... of mechanosensory receptors. Therefore, the mechanical properties of these specialized cuticular systems are of crucial importance. We studied the different cuticular layers of the head part (gula) of the head-to-neck ball articulation of Pachnoda marginata and of the photomechanic infrared(IR) sensilla...

...N. Barbakadze; S. Enders; S. Gorb; E. Arzt SUMMARY Insect exoskeleton (cuticle) has a broad range of mechanical properties depending on the function of a particular structure of the skeleton. Structure and mechanical properties of the specialised cuticle of insect joints remain largely unknown...

... required to refill the subumbrellar cavity. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 23 6 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 microfibril modulus of elasticity mechanical property mesoglea jellyfish extracellular matrix fibrillin elastic fibre...

...Romana Santos; Delphine Haesaerts; Michel Jangoux; Patrick Flammang SUMMARY Echinoderms possess mutable collagenous tissues (MCTs), which are capable of undergoing rapid changes in their passive mechanical properties mediated by secretions from a specific cell type, the juxtaligamental cell...

... the mechanical properties of the skeletal tissue, but its cost, mass and time taken for production will, biologists tend to assume, be balanced by natural selection to produce a satisfactory result. However, such complexity makes it difficult to be sure that we understand the extent to which mineralised skeletal...

... for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 08 07 1999 13 10 1999 © 1999 by Company of Biologists 1999 reflex tendon tap mechanical property disuse rat soleus muscle The soleus reflex excitability of the motoneuron is usually tested by the quantification of the ‘H...