Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mechanics of hard tissue / J. Lawrence Katz, Anil Misra, Orestes Marangos, Qiang Ye, and Paulette Spencer -- Musculoskeletal soft tissue mechanics / Richard L. Lieber, Samuel R. Ward, and Thomas J. Burkholder -- Joint-articulating surface motion / Kenton R. Kaufman and Kai-Nan An -- Joint lubrication / Michael J. Furey -- Analysis of gait / Roy B. Davis III, Peter A. DeLuca, and Sylvia Ounpuu -- Mechanics of head/neck / Albert I. King and David C. Viano -- Biomechanics of chest and abdomen impact / David C. Viano and Albert I. King -- Cardiac biodynamics / Andrew D. McCulloch and Roy C.P. Kerckhoffs -- Heart valve dynamics / Choon Hwai Yap, Erin Spinner, Muralidhar Padala, and Ajit P. Yoganathan -- Arterial macrocirculatory hemodynamics / Baruch B. Liber -- Mechanics of blood vessels / Thomas R. Canfield and Philip B. Dobrin -- The venous system / Artin A. Shoukas and Carl F. Rothe -- Mechanics and transport in the microcirculation / Aleksander S. Popel and Roland N. Pittman -- Mechanics and deformability of hematocytes / Richard E. Waugh and Robert M. Hochmuth -- Mechanics of tissues/lymphatic transport / Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein and Alan R. Hargens -- Modeling in cellular biomechanics / Alexander A. Spector and Roger Tran-Son-Tay -- Cochlear mechanics / Charles R. Steele and Sunil Puria -- Inner ear hair cell bundle mechanics / Jong-Hoon Nam and Wallace Grant -- Excerise physiology / Cathryn R. Dooly and Arthur T. Johnson --Factors affecting mechanical work in humans / Ben F. Hurley and Arthur T. Johnson.