Biology and Mechanics of Blood Flows Part I: Biology /

• Main Author: Thiriet, Marc (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: CRM Series in Mathematical Physics
• Subjects: Physics.; Cardiology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Continuum mechanics.; Biomedical engineering.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; Biomedical Engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

Biology and Mechanics of Blood Flows presents the basic knowledge and state-of-the-art techniques necessary to carry out investigations of the cardiovascular system using modeling and simulation. Part I of this two-volume sequence, Biology, addresses the nanoscopic and microscopic scales. The nanosc...

Table of Contents:

• The Cell
• Plasma Membrane and Cell Environment
• Ion Carriers and Receptors
• Signaling Pathways
• Transport and Cell Motion
• Blood
• Heart Wall
• Vessel Wall
• Endothelium
• Tissue Growth, Repair, and Remodeling.