Mechanical Properties of Living Cells and Tissues Related to Thermodynamics, Experiments and Quantitative Morphology - A Review
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RIV/49777513:23640/11:43898305
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Mechanical Properties of Living Cells and Tissues Related to Thermodynamics, Experiments and Quantitative Morphology - A Review
Original language description
This chapter considers living tissues (consisting of individual cells and the tissue matrix) from the perspective of physics. It is a review of several current approaches that are clearly physical. Beginning with thermodynamics, we examine the free-energy dependence of microscopic parameters for living tissues, and we continue with special mechanical properties of living cells and the important role of prestress in the cellular skeleton. We mention the tensegrity theory and briefly review the approach in which a cell is regarded as a soft glassy material. We then discuss the problems of description and experimental identification of properties in living tissues and use an example to outline a purely mechanical explanation for the way that smooth musclecells efficiently control the mechanical behavior of the entire tissue. The concluding discussion summarizes the role of physical models for cell mechanics in researching the structural principles governing living matter.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
BO - Biophysics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA106%2F09%2F0734" target="_blank" >GA106/09/0734: Relation among microscopic arrangement of biological tissues, function of cytoskeleton, and mechanical properties of living</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)
Others
Publication year
2011
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Theoretical Biomechanics
ISBN
978-953-307-851-9
Number of pages of the result
18
Pages from-to
3-20
Number of pages of the book
402
Publisher name
InTech
Place of publication
Rijeka, Croatia
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