The diversity of hydrostatic skeletons
@article{Kier2012TheDO, title={The diversity of hydrostatic skeletons}, author={William M. Kier}, journal={Journal of Experimental Biology}, year={2012}, volume={215}, pages={1247 - 1257} }
Summary A remarkably diverse group of organisms rely on a hydrostatic skeleton for support, movement, muscular antagonism and the amplification of the force and displacement of muscle contraction. In hydrostatic skeletons, force is transmitted not through rigid skeletal elements but instead by internal pressure. Functioning of these systems depends on the fact that they are essentially constant in volume as they consist of relatively incompressible fluids and tissue. Contraction of muscle and…
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