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>I know from my studies that muscles generally conserve volume when they
>contract. However, does tendon tissue conserve volume too? I'm building
>a geometrical model for modelling muscle shapes and I'm hoping I only
>have to apply a volume constraint on the muscle fibres only.
>
If it's made of water it conserves its volume. Since this applies to most
human tissues, volume is conserved. There is an extracellular matrix but
it is not a large volume and is pretty incompressible itself.
On the other hand, I dont know if anyone has actually experimentally
verified this for tendon.
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>contract. However, does tendon tissue conserve volume too? I'm building
>a geometrical model for modelling muscle shapes and I'm hoping I only
>have to apply a volume constraint on the muscle fibres only.
>
If it's made of water it conserves its volume. Since this applies to most
human tissues, volume is conserved. There is an extracellular matrix but
it is not a large volume and is pretty incompressible itself.
On the other hand, I dont know if anyone has actually experimentally
verified this for tendon.
__________________________________________
| Gerry Gottlieb (617) 353-8984 |
| NeuroMuscular Research Center 353-9757 |
| Boston University fax 353-5737 |
| 44 Cummington St. |
| Boston MA 02215 /\ |
|_______________________/\ / \ /\_______|
| \/ \/