“In the reductionist world of classical anatomy, muscles, connective tissues, and bones are all described as distinct entities, both in name and function. Bones form the ‘skeletal’ system, muscles form the ‘muscle’ system and fasciae is part of the ‘connective tissue’ system. However, during embryological development all pf these tissues are derived from the same mesenchymal stem cell population and differentiate within it to form a continuum that starts life as a soft-bodied skeleton.”
BIOTENSEGRITY- THE STRUCTURAL BASIS OF LIFE GRAHAM SCARR
LUMBERING DINOSAURS
EXPLANATION OF THE ELEPHANT
Tensegrity and the Gravity Field. Recall video of how people move in Zero Gravity. How the foot interacts with the Earth through the force of gravity and the Tensegral dynamics of the body is a primary influence on movement dynamics. Tensegrity requires that our bodies have mass and that this mass is opposed by the ground through the feet. When we are lying down, tensegrity principles do not apply.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyaluronic_acid
TENSION IS GOOD
FASCIAE IS FRACTAL
ACTIN
Fasciae self-similar at many different scales
Tensegrity in biological organization. Intra and extracellular matrix, actin,
Further Reading:
STRUCTURAL REGENERATION
There has to be a mechanism for organizing structural regeneration that includes information from outside the cell on what is going on within the body, enabling the body to adapt to functional alterations:
STRUCTURAL REGENERATION
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Da Vinci’s anatomical drawings capture the essence of the Tensegrity Principle at work in human anatomy and a paper on his work is included here:
DA VINCI