Jaws Case Resolution Template Instructions
AJ Petto & RD Clare
Case Studies in Human Anatomy and Physiology
Case Resolution Template Instructions:
1. Make a copy of this document on your computer (it can be on your hard drive or on removable media, such as a thumb drive). 2. Save the document before you begin to answer the questions. 3. Save your document frequently as you move through the assignment. 4. Save your final document, and then close it and exit the word processing program. 5. Then open the D2L page for your laboratory section and upload the completed Case Resolution Template into the appropriate drop box. 6. Be sure to save and print the email confirmation of drop box delivery.
AJ Petto & RD Clare
Case Studies in Human Anatomy and Physiology
Jaws Case Resolution Template
1) This case study focuses on the “unity of form and function” as represented in the biomechanics of jaw anatomy. What is the relationship between the length of the sarcomere and the tension generated by a muscle? What is the relationship between the length or thickness of the whole muscle and the force produced by the bite? What is the relationship between the length of the mandible, height of the ramus, and the angle …show more content…
The graph produced by the length-tension relationship is a curve that peaks at a comfortable position. For the sarcomere and the muscles have the greatest tension. As the sarcomere continues to be lengthened the tension of the muscles is decreased. In this situation the sarcomere is being overly stretched. On the other end of the graph near zero where the sarcomere has not been stretched it is described as being overly contracted. The tree gouging monkeys most have a longer sarcomere than the opportunistic monkey because they must lengthen it further to create the optimal tension to bite the tree. Therefore, the S. oedipus’s shorter sarcomere fits its needs as a nongouging
Case Studies in Human Anatomy and Physiology
Case Resolution Template Instructions:
1. Make a copy of this document on your computer (it can be on your hard drive or on removable media, such as a thumb drive). 2. Save the document before you begin to answer the questions. 3. Save your document frequently as you move through the assignment. 4. Save your final document, and then close it and exit the word processing program. 5. Then open the D2L page for your laboratory section and upload the completed Case Resolution Template into the appropriate drop box. 6. Be sure to save and print the email confirmation of drop box delivery.
AJ Petto & RD Clare
Case Studies in Human Anatomy and Physiology
Jaws Case Resolution Template
1) This case study focuses on the “unity of form and function” as represented in the biomechanics of jaw anatomy. What is the relationship between the length of the sarcomere and the tension generated by a muscle? What is the relationship between the length or thickness of the whole muscle and the force produced by the bite? What is the relationship between the length of the mandible, height of the ramus, and the angle …show more content…
The graph produced by the length-tension relationship is a curve that peaks at a comfortable position. For the sarcomere and the muscles have the greatest tension. As the sarcomere continues to be lengthened the tension of the muscles is decreased. In this situation the sarcomere is being overly stretched. On the other end of the graph near zero where the sarcomere has not been stretched it is described as being overly contracted. The tree gouging monkeys most have a longer sarcomere than the opportunistic monkey because they must lengthen it further to create the optimal tension to bite the tree. Therefore, the S. oedipus’s shorter sarcomere fits its needs as a nongouging