Bones
Subtitle: Structure and Mechanics
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: June 10, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780691090962
Subjects: Animal physiology; Evolution; Human biology; Biomechanics; Membrane Physiology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Biological Sciences; Science / Biology; Bones
First sentence: THROUGHOUT this book I shall be suggesting that the structure of bone tissue, and of whole bones, makes sense only if its function, particularly its mechanical function, is known or guessed.