Neil D Broom, Ashvin Thambyah

The Soft-Hard Tissue Junction

Structure, Mechanics and Function

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discover how the detailed structures of musculoskeletal tissue junctions relate to mechanical function with this image-rich book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 188mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 953g
• ISBN-13: 9781107137868
• ISBN-10: 1107137861
• Artikelnr.: 52526190

Autorenporträt

Neil D. Broom is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Auckland, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Osteochondral System: 1. General principles relating to the joint tissues and their function
2. The osteochondral junction
3. Failure of the osteochondral junction
4. Shear failure of the osteochondral junction
5. A large in vivo model exploring extreme physiological loading of the osteochondral tissues
Part II. The Intervertebral Disc-Endplate System: 6. Relevant anatomy and macro-level structure
7. The elastic fibre component in the disc
8. Detailed analysis of the disc-endplate system
9. Structure of the nucleus and its relation to annulus and endplate
10. Experimental investigation of failure of the annulus-endplate junction region
11. Endplate involvement in whole disc failure
12. Micromechanics of failure of the disc-endplate system under realistic loading
Part III. The Enthesis: 13. Tendon and ligament biomechanics
14. The enthesis: composition, structure and function
15. Exploring enthesis structure-function relationships
16. Managing the modulus mismatch.