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Biomechanics I
FSI-RBAAcad. year: 2010/2011
Biomechanics I is an introductory course for Biomechanics II, dealing with biomechanical problems in musculo-skeletal system, and for Biomechanics III, dealing with problems of cardio-vascular system. To manage these two biomechanics, students need basic knowledge on structure and function of cells, on histology, physiology and pathology of tissues in human organism. Biomechanics I comprehends system approach to bioengineering, medicine, structure and functions of cells and elements of tissues. It deals with histology and physiology of epithels, connective, fibrous and bone tissues and of cartilages, especially of joint cartilage, as well as with muscle and neural tissue in greater detail. It deals adequately with pathology of the above tissues, especially from the viewpoint of degradation processes. In the part devoted to biomaterial engineering, the course focuses on constitutive and strength properties of basic biomaterials (collagen, elastin, acetin), and on properties of austenitic steels, alloys, high-pressure-polyethylene, and ceramics, being used in implants. Systematic approach to modelling in biomechanics is presented. The course presents also basic information on self-organization and synergy in biological branches.
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Recommended reading
KŘEN, Jiří, Josef ROSENBERG a Přemysl JANÍČEK. Biomechanika. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita, 1997. ISBN 80-7082-365-8.
VICECONTI, Marco. Multiscale modeling of the skeletal system. První vydání. Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 0521769507 (EN)
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2. Structure of medicine, basic terminology in medicine.
3. Origin, structure, and definition of biomechanics in systematic approach
4. Cell in systematic approach
5. Histology, physiology and pathology of bone tissue and joint cartilage
6. Histology, physiology and pathology of muscle tissue (striated, smooth, and heart muscle tissue)
7. Histology, physiology and pathology of neural tissue
8. Systematic approach to blood, its pathology, lymfatic system
9. Biomaterial engineering – material characteristics of biological and technical materials
10. Biomaterial engineering – material characteristics of technical materials in biomechanics
1l. Comprehensively on degradation processes in tissues
12. Solving biomechanical problems by modelling
13 Synergetics v biological systems
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2. Contens of particular branches in medicine (anatomy, histology, physiology, pathology)
3. Illustration of biomechanical problems in various branches of biomechanics
4. Functions of individual cell elements
5. Osteoporosis of bone tissue, arthrosis of joint cartilages, therapy of this diseases
6. Muscle diseases
7. Molecule motors
8. Diseases of neural system
9. Biomechanics of implants
10. Nano- and microbiomechanics
11. Biomimetic materials
12. Illustration of solutions to problems of clinical biomechanics
13 Illustration of self-organization in biology, hypotheses of origin of life, self-organizing processes