   thumb|right|page of one of the first works of biomechanics (de motu animalium of giovanni alfonso borelli) biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems such as humans, animals, plants, organs, and cellsr. mcneill alexander (2005) mechanics of animal movement, current biology volume 15, issue 16, 23 august 2005, pages r616-r619. by means of the methods of mechanics.  ==word history== the word "biomechanics" (1899) and the related "biomechanical" (1856) were coined by nikolai bernstein from the ancient greek Î²Î¯Î¿Ï bios "life" and Î¼Î·ÏÎ±Î½Î¹ÎºÎ®, mÄchanikÄ "mechanics", to refer to the study of the mechanical principles of living organisms, particularly their movement and structure.oxford english dictionary, third edition, november 2010, s.vv. == method == biomechanics is closely related to engineering, because it often uses traditional engineering sciences to analyze biological systems. some simple applications of newtonian mechanics and/or materials sciences can supply correct approximations to the mechanics of many biological systems. applied mechanics, most notably mechanical engineering disciplines such as continuum mechanics, mechanism analysis, structural analysis, kinematics and dynamics play prominent roles in the study of biomechanics. usually biological systems are much more complex than man-built systems. numerical methods are hence applied in almost every biomechanical study. research is done in an iterative process of hypothesis and verification, including several steps of modeling, computer simulation and experimental measurements. ==subfields== applied subfields of biomechanics include: * soft body dynamics * kinesiology (kinetics + physiology) * animal locomotion & gait a
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