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Biomechanics of Soft Tissues

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The human body is composed of four primary groups of tissues: (1) epithelial tissues are characterized by having cells closely joined one to another and found on free surfaces of the body; (2) muscle tissues are characterized by the high degree of contractility of their cells or fibers—their primary function is to move the skeleton; (3) nervous tissues are composed of cells specialized in the properties of irritability and conductility; and (4) connective tissues are those in which the cells are separated by large amounts of extracellular materials.

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Haut, R.C. (1993). Biomechanics of Soft Tissues. In: Nahum, A.M., Melvin, J.W. (eds) Accidental Injury. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2264-2_10

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