Questions tagged [bio-mechanics]
The study biological systems in regards to their ability to apply and respond to mechanical forces.
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Mechanics of Peregrine Falcon Dive Pull Up
There are loads of information on how fast the Peregrine Falcon dives, but aside from having specialized lungs, eyes, etc... to survive the dive.
What mechanics does it use to pull out of such a dive,...
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The exact points of muscle attachment and the “equal and opposite force” that skeletal muscles apply
I've been trying to make a simple simulation of the human body executing some motions in Mathematica (the details are irrelevant), but I need to know some more information about muscles and how they ...
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why does water go from high to low osmotic pressure to decrease the size of the nucleus?
I am reading this paper "Volume regulation and shape bifurcation in the cell nucleus" (linked below)
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/joces/128/18/3375.full.pdf
I am confused by this ...
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Question about the basilar membrane mechanics (cochlea)
I am reading about the mechanics of the basilar membrane in the inner ear.
In various publications, it is said that, at a specific position on the basilar membrane,
the outer hair cells are activated ...
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Do tarantulas and humans have the same mechanism for growing hair?
There's hair on my arms.
Tarantulas also have hair on their arms.
Is this the same type of hair?
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How does anaerobic burst-flight performance scale with mass?
Quails employ anaerobic burst flight to escape predators and the Quetzalcoatlus northropi have most likely used it during launch and climb out, then transition to soaring.
Now, I have read these ...
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How does fungi network transfer substances between plants?
How does fungi network transfer substances between plants?
I recently read a short article about fungi network. And I am wondering about how fungi network works (Mechanism).
Plants have fungi ...
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Are trees still carrying their leaves more likely to be felled by an autumn storm?
Is there evidence that trees still carrying their leaves are more likely to be felled by an autumn storm than trees already having lost their leaves?
At first sight this seems plausible (and might be ...
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Origins of the body mechanics theory
In physical therapy and occasionally in sports coaching, there's often a precise description of the mechanics of what happens during the movement (which muscles are engaged, which joint moves where ...
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Movement of the Thoracic Cage During Movements of the Thoracic Spine
Just for a bit of context: I am trying to create a 3D digital model of the human skeleton as the first step towards computer generated muscle simulation, and as such I want the skeleton to be as ...
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Tensile strength of collagen?
Really specific question, but what is the average tensile strength of human collagen, type I? I've tried looking for it online, and either my google-fu skills are weak, or I'm just unlucky. Also, is ...
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about the muscle's tension's variables
I'm reading the paper "THE PROBLEM OF THE INTERRELATION OF CO-ORDINATION AND LOCALIZATION", which is written by N. Bernstein.
The paper said
"The degree of tension of a muscle is a function, in the ...
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Strongest bone in body
AS internet tells is it is thigh bone which is strongest, but why, it carry only upper part of body, does not heel or any foot bones should be strongest in body as they carry full body weight ?
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Muscle involved in carrying load on head
I have seen people carrying heavy load on their head especially in 3rd world countries, does carrying on head any benefit or harm, which muscle get strengthen in doing it?
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Three foramen lying in one vertical plane
In the human skull we can see that 3 foramina named as supraorbital notch(foramen) , infraorbital foramen and mental foramen share a common vertical plane.
Is there any surgical significance of for ...
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How is the Force of Contraction Applied to the Tendons by the Muscle's Individual Fibers?
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The image above is a side view of a semi-transparent skeletal muscle. The dark red lines represent individual fibers, the blue lines represent ...
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Human femur maximum strength
In this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os98s9kBlOI it is demonstrated that a moose leg bone can support until nearly 10 tonne before break. Is there any similar demonstration on human femurs? ...
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Etymology of eccentric/concentric contractions
I was wondering if anyone knew why the terms eccentric and concentric were chosen to refer to lengthening and shortening muscle contractions?
The basic etymology of the words are to do with ...
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Bite Force of Triceratops
Estimations (or measurements) of bite force is usually conducted for toothy predators like sharks, theropod dinosaurs and crocodiles. For example: Tyrannosaurus had a bite force of about 57 kN (about ...
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How are ants able to dig with such pointy limbs?
Digging is usually efficient with somewhat broader structures shovels, no one tries to shovel with an ice-pick. Given that ants have very pointy mandibles and thin wispy legs, how are they able to dig ...
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Curved membrane effect
Curved Membrane effect: Movements of the tympanic membrane are more at the periphery than at the centre where malleus is attached which provides some leverage. This is called as curved membrane ...
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How pulmonary vasculature removes embolism?
This book says:
Pulmonary vasculature removes emboli before they reach into systemic circulation.
I can speculate that if the emboli are made of fat or clot then our body could degrade it but how ...
