Biomechanics of the Gravid Human Uterus

• Main Authors: Miftahof, Roustem N. (Author), Nam, Hong Gil (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Human physiology.; Bioinformatics.; Systems biology.; Computational biology.; Biomathematics.; Life Sciences.; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences.; Human Physiology.; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.; Systems Biology.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.

The complexity of human uterine function and regulation is one of the great wonders of nature and represents a daunting challenge to unravel. This book is dedicated to the biomechanical modeling of the gravid human uterus and gives an example of the application of the mechanics of solids and the the...

Table of Contents:

• Biological Preliminaries
• Models of the Gravid Uterus
• A Dynamic Model of the Fasciculus
• General Theory of Thin Shells
• Essentials of the Theory of Soft Shells
• Continual Model of the Myometrium
• Models of Synaptic Transmission and Regulation
• Pharmacology of Myometrial Contractility
• Gravid Uterus as a Soft Biological Shell
• Biomechanics of the Gravid Uterus in Perspective.  .