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Muscles, reflexes, and locomotion / Thomas A. McMahon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMahon, Thomas A., 1943-1999, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reflexes--Mathematical models.
- Reflexes.
- Muscle contraction--Mathematical models.
- Muscle contraction.
- Animal locomotion--Mathematical models.
- Animal locomotion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The description for this book, Muscles, Reflexes, and Locomotion, will be forthcoming.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Sources and Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Fundamental Muscle Mechanics
- Chapter 2: Muscle Heat and Fuel
- Chapter 3: The Contractile Proteins
- Chapter 4: The Sliding Movement: A. F. Huxley's 1957 Model
- Chapter 5: Force Development in the Crossbridge
- Chapter 6: Reflexes and Motor Control
- Chapter 7: Neural Control of Locomotion
- Chapter 8: Mechanics of Locomotion
- Chapter 9: Effects of Scale
- Answers to Selected Problems
- List of Symbols
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-323) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691221540
- 0691221545
- OCLC:
- 1226679135
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