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Reproductive biomechanics / edited by David Elad and Roger C. Young.

Contributor(s): Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 1101Publication details: Boston, Mass. : Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2007.Description: xii, 528 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781573316736 (pbk.)
  • 1573316733 (pbk.)
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WQ 205 R42275 2007
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Contents:
Contents Part I: Nonpregnant uterine peristalsis 1. Physiology of upward- transport in the human female genital tract: Ioannis Zervomanolakis, Helmut Ott, Dijana Hadziomerovic, Verena Mattle, Beata Seeber, Irene Virgolini , Dirk Heute, Stefan Kissler, Gerhard Leyendecker, Ludwig. Wildt 2. Bioengineering studies of the embryo transfer procedure: Osnat Eytan, David Elad, Ariel J. Jaffa 3. Utero-tubal transport capacity and its impairment in endometriosis and adenomyosis: Stefan Kissler, Stephan Zangos, Inka Wiegratz, Joachim Kohl, Achim Rody, Regine Gaetje, Natascha Dobert, Ludwig Wildt, Georg Kunz, Gerhard Leyendecker, Manfred Kaufmann 4. Uterine contractility: Visualization of synchronization measures in two simultaneously recorded signals: Edward Oczeretko, Agnieszka Kitlas, Marta Borowska, Jolanta Swiatecka, Tadeusz Laudanski 5. Uterine contractility evaluated on cine MRI: Kaori Togashi, Takashi Koyama Part II: Myometrical contractility and calcium transport Myocytes, myometrium, and uterine contractions: Roger C. Young In situ Ca signalling: lack of Ca sparks in rat myometrium: Theodor Burdyga, Susan Wray, Karen Noble Control of uterine Ca2+ by membrane voltage: towards understanding of excitation-contraction coupling in human myometrium: Smygol Anatoly, Andrew Nlanks, Gilles Bru-Mercier, Joana Gullan, Steven Thornton Modelling myometrial smooth muscle contraction: Limor Bursztyn, Osnat Eytan, Ariel J. Jaffa, David Elad Interstitial Cajal-like cells in human uterus and fallopian tube: Laurentiu M Popescu, Sanda M Ciontea, Dragos Cretoiu Part III: Mechanics of the Uterus and cervix in pregnancy Microstructure and mechanics of the chorioamnion membrane with an emphasis on fracture properties: Steven E. Calvin, Michelle L. Oyen In vivo characterization of the mechanics of human uterine cervices: Margit Bauer, Edoardo Mazza, Alessandro Nava, Michael Bajka, Fernando Cacho, Uwe Lang, Gerhard A Holzapfel Analysis of cervical dynamics using ultrasound image processing: Rimma Pugatsch, David Elad, Ariel J Jaffa, Osnat Eytan Part IV: Placental vasculature and blood flow Twin-twin transfusion syndrome modeling: Jeroen PHM van den Wijngaard, Michael G Ross, Martin JC van Gemert Modeling Acardiac twin pregnancies Fetal blood flow in branching models of the chorionic arterial vasculature: Zoya Gordon, David Elad, Ariel J. Jaffa, Osnat Eytan Part V: Pelvic floor mechanics Functional anatomy of the female pelvic floor: James A Ashton-Miller, John OL DeLancey Evaluation of the dynamic responses of female pelvic floor using a novel vaginal probe: Qiyu Peng, Keiichi Shishido, Yoshimura Yasukuni, Omata Sadao, Christos E Constantinou Finite element studies of the deformation of the pelvic floor: Joao AC Martins, Matilde PM Pato, Eduardo B Pires, Renato MN Jorge, Marco Parente, Teresa Mascarenhas A contextual model of pelvic floor muscle defects in female stress urinary incontinence: A rational for physiotherapy management: Stephanie Madill, Linda McLean Magnetic resonance-based female pelvic anatomy as relevant for maternal childbirth injury simulations. Part VI: Mechanics of embryonic development Cardiovascular developmental insights from embryos: Bradley B Keller, Li J Liu, Joseph P Tinney, Kimimasa Tobita Mechanobiology of embryonic limb development: Niamh C Nowlan, Paula Murphy, Patrick J Prendergast Hedgehog signaling: A biophysical or biomechanical modulator in embryonic development?: Takashi Nagase, Masafumi Machida, Masaaki Yamagishi Part VII: Penile Mechanics and Hemodynamics A mathematical model of penile vascular dysfunction and its application to a new diagnostic technique: Ofer Barnea, Shimon Hayun, Gabriel Gillon Penises as variable-volume hydrostatic skeletons: Diane A Kelly A three-dimensional model of the penis for analysis of tissue stresses during erection: Eran Linder-Ganz, Juza Chen, David Elad, Amit Gefen Part VIII: Sperm Propulsion The geometric clutch as a working hypothesis for future research on cilia and flagella: Charles B Lindemann Fluid dynamic models of flagellar and ciliary beating: Robert Dillon, Lisa Fauci, Charlotte Omoto, Xingzhou Yang Molecular basis of sperm flagellar axonemes: Structural and evolution aspects: Kazuo Inaba
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I: Nonpregnant uterine peristalsis
1. Physiology of upward- transport in the human female genital tract: Ioannis Zervomanolakis, Helmut Ott, Dijana Hadziomerovic, Verena Mattle, Beata Seeber, Irene Virgolini , Dirk Heute, Stefan Kissler, Gerhard Leyendecker, Ludwig. Wildt
2. Bioengineering studies of the embryo transfer procedure: Osnat Eytan, David Elad, Ariel J. Jaffa
3. Utero-tubal transport capacity and its impairment in endometriosis and adenomyosis: Stefan Kissler, Stephan Zangos, Inka Wiegratz, Joachim Kohl, Achim Rody, Regine Gaetje, Natascha Dobert, Ludwig Wildt, Georg Kunz, Gerhard Leyendecker, Manfred Kaufmann
4. Uterine contractility: Visualization of synchronization measures in two simultaneously recorded signals: Edward Oczeretko, Agnieszka Kitlas, Marta Borowska, Jolanta Swiatecka, Tadeusz Laudanski
5. Uterine contractility evaluated on cine MRI: Kaori Togashi, Takashi Koyama

Part II: Myometrical contractility and calcium transport
Myocytes, myometrium, and uterine contractions: Roger C. Young
In situ Ca signalling: lack of Ca sparks in rat myometrium: Theodor Burdyga, Susan Wray, Karen Noble
Control of uterine Ca2+ by membrane voltage: towards understanding of excitation-contraction coupling in human myometrium: Smygol Anatoly, Andrew Nlanks, Gilles Bru-Mercier, Joana Gullan, Steven Thornton
Modelling myometrial smooth muscle contraction: Limor Bursztyn, Osnat Eytan, Ariel J. Jaffa, David Elad
Interstitial Cajal-like cells in human uterus and fallopian tube: Laurentiu M Popescu, Sanda M Ciontea, Dragos Cretoiu

Part III: Mechanics of the Uterus and cervix in pregnancy
Microstructure and mechanics of the chorioamnion membrane with an emphasis on fracture properties: Steven E. Calvin, Michelle L. Oyen
In vivo characterization of the mechanics of human uterine cervices: Margit Bauer, Edoardo Mazza, Alessandro Nava, Michael Bajka, Fernando Cacho, Uwe Lang, Gerhard A Holzapfel
Analysis of cervical dynamics using ultrasound image processing: Rimma Pugatsch, David Elad, Ariel J Jaffa, Osnat Eytan

Part IV: Placental vasculature and blood flow
Twin-twin transfusion syndrome modeling: Jeroen PHM van den Wijngaard, Michael G Ross, Martin JC van Gemert
Modeling Acardiac twin pregnancies
Fetal blood flow in branching models of the chorionic arterial vasculature: Zoya Gordon, David Elad, Ariel J. Jaffa, Osnat Eytan

Part V: Pelvic floor mechanics
Functional anatomy of the female pelvic floor: James A Ashton-Miller, John OL DeLancey
Evaluation of the dynamic responses of female pelvic floor using a novel vaginal probe: Qiyu Peng, Keiichi Shishido, Yoshimura Yasukuni, Omata Sadao, Christos E Constantinou
Finite element studies of the deformation of the pelvic floor: Joao AC Martins, Matilde PM Pato, Eduardo B Pires, Renato MN Jorge, Marco Parente, Teresa Mascarenhas
A contextual model of pelvic floor muscle defects in female stress urinary incontinence: A rational for physiotherapy management: Stephanie Madill, Linda McLean
Magnetic resonance-based female pelvic anatomy as relevant for maternal childbirth injury simulations.

Part VI: Mechanics of embryonic development
Cardiovascular developmental insights from embryos: Bradley B Keller, Li J Liu, Joseph P Tinney, Kimimasa Tobita
Mechanobiology of embryonic limb development: Niamh C Nowlan, Paula Murphy, Patrick J Prendergast
Hedgehog signaling: A biophysical or biomechanical modulator in embryonic development?: Takashi Nagase, Masafumi Machida, Masaaki Yamagishi

Part VII: Penile Mechanics and Hemodynamics
A mathematical model of penile vascular dysfunction and its application to a new diagnostic technique: Ofer Barnea, Shimon Hayun, Gabriel Gillon
Penises as variable-volume hydrostatic skeletons: Diane A Kelly
A three-dimensional model of the penis for analysis of tissue stresses during erection: Eran Linder-Ganz, Juza Chen, David Elad, Amit Gefen

Part VIII: Sperm Propulsion
The geometric clutch as a working hypothesis for future research on cilia and flagella: Charles B Lindemann
Fluid dynamic models of flagellar and ciliary beating: Robert Dillon, Lisa Fauci, Charlotte Omoto, Xingzhou Yang
Molecular basis of sperm flagellar axonemes: Structural and evolution aspects: Kazuo Inaba


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