title: [Biophysical Model of Contractile Activity of Muscle Cells].
abstract: Muscle cells have the specific structure, the advanced cytoskeleton, which takes most of cell volume and forms a contractile apparatus. On the basis of the equations of continuum mechanics we proposed a mathematical model of the biomechanical behavior of cells as a whole, and it was modified to describe the contractile activity in muscle cells as an elastic rod. The model takes into account the result of transduction of external influences, namely the development of internal deformation, and allows for estimation of mobility and/or tension developed in muscle cells in the case of change in external influence.
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: Pokusaev
authors: I V
authors: IV
authors: Ogneva
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D032342:Muscle Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*