Biomechanics of the Human Urinary Bladder

• Main Authors: Miftahof, Roustem N. (Author), Nam, Hong Gil. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Bioinformatics.; Biological models.; Physiology > Mathematics.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.; Systems Biology.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36146-3

As a research subject, the biomechanics of the urinary bladder are relatively young, yet medical problems associated with them are as old as mankind. Offering an update on recent achievements in the field, the authors highlight the underlying biological, chemical and physical processes of bladder fu...

Table of Contents:

• The Bladder as a Dynamic System
• Investigations into Biomechanics of the Bladder
• Geometry of Thin Shells
• Essentials of the Theory of Soft Shells
• Continual Model of the Detrusor
• A Model of the Detrusor Fasciculus
• The Intrinsic Regulatory Pathways
• The Synaptic Transmission
• Pharmacology of Detrusor Activity
• Human Urinary Bladder as a Soft Biological Shell
• Challenges in Human Urinary Bladder Mechanics.