The Soft–Hard Tissue Junction
The Soft–Hard Tissue Junction
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GBPRichly illustrated throughout with actual tissue images, this innovative book shows that the soft-hard tissue junction is best understood in a biomechanical context. The authors describe their pioneering experimental methods, providing an essential structure-function framework for computational modelling, and thereby encouraging the development of more realistic, predictive models of this important tissue junction. Covering the three main musculoskeletal junctions of cartilage-bone, disc-vertebra, and ligament/tendon-bone, the relevant soft tissues are examined with respect to both their own inherent structure and their mode of integration with the hard tissue. The soft-hard tissue interface is explored with a focus on structural damage resulting from overloading, and its associated pathologies. Adopting a multiscale approach, ranging in structural resolution from the macro to fibril levels, this is a must-have guide to the field and an ideal resource for researchers seeking new and creative approaches for studying the joint and spine tissues.
- Presents a novel experimental approach to studying the soft-hard tissue junction
- Includes numerous images of musculoskeletal tissue systems
- Provides a structural context for biomechanical modelling
Product details
November 2018Adobe eBook Reader
9781316998465
0 pages
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Table of Contents
- 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.
