Physics of the Human Body (Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 2007)

Errata

1. Chapter 1, page 3, line 1: This should read … which are posterior to the nose.

2. Chapter 1, page 14, Fig. 1.13: In part (b): "Elevation" is also a good label and in part (d) "Depression" is also a good label.

3. Chapter 1, page 26, Section 1.5, line 3: This should read … the rotation of bones about joints.

4. Chapter 2, page 41, Fig. 2.4: (b) The arrow next to M+W should be pointing up and M+W should be replaced by W-M. (c) M+W should be replaced by M-W. To be consistent with the weight force pushing down, the left most arrow should point down. To be consistent with the vertical normal force from the fulcrum, the M arrow should point down and the W arrow should point up.

5. Chapter 2, page 47, Fig. 2.9: In part (c) the distances shown from the forearm and weight should extend all the way to the pivot fulcrum.

6. Chapter 2, page 86, Problem 2.15, line 5: This should read … the force exerted by the scapula …

7. Chapter 3, page 134, Fig. 3.36: (a) The vertical arrow should extend to the height of the center of mass dot (and not to the dotted line).

8. Chapter 3. page 147, Figure 3.46: In the lower figure, the vertical axis label “Torque” is misspelled.

9. Chapter 3, page 154, Figure 3.55: Labeling is missing in the angular momentum vertical axis.

10. Chapter 3, page 163, third line after eq. 3.108: This should read … compared to 7,800 for a perfectly inelastic collision.

11. Chapter 3, page 177, Problem 3.31b, line 3: This should read …increases his body mass by 5 kg.

12. Chapter 4, page 232 top, Fig. 14.46: The x-axis label should be Strain (%).

13. Chapter 4, page 237, Fig. 4.56c: Note that the force across the dashpot and top spring is Fa and that across the lower spring is Fb, and so this is similar to that in part b.

14. Chapter 4, page 268, Problem 4.35c, third line: This should read …from T=0 to T = many ……

15. Chapter 5, page 278, Fig. 5.5b: The starting points of the muscle fibers on either side on the left and right should be the same positions as in (a) and they should have the same separations, and with fiber contraction the points of attachment of fibers on the tendon get closer, as shown. Also, the lower end of the tendon should end just below the bottom fibers, as it does in (a).

16. Chapter 5, page 286, Fig. 5.14a: The subscript for the tension generator should be G1, so it should be TG1.

17. Chapter 5, page 296, Fig. 5.23: The vertical scale should range from 0 to 100 (or in the vertical scale label “%” should be replaced by “fraction”).

18. Chapter 5, page 302, Table 5.9: (a) The caption should include: with forces normalized per unit area. (b) In labels for columns 2 and 4, P0 should be changed to Tmax. (c) In label for column 3, v0 should be changed to vmax.

19. Chapter 5, page 309, Fig. 5.37: "Distance per ATP" should replace "Distance/ATP."

20. Chapter 5, page 312, Problem 5.9, last line: T01 should be TG1, and T02 should be TG2.

21. Chapter 6, page 353 top, Table 6.27: Second line should read: ... sweeping floor .

22. Chapter 8, page 459, Fig. 8.16: The maximum capillary area should be 4000 cm2 (instead of 600 cm2) and the minimum capillary flow speed should be 0.22 mm/s (instead of 1 mm/s).

23. Chapter 8, page 466, Fig. 8.23b: It would be better to have an upward pointing arrow at the top of the unfolded vessel showing the direction of the stress at the upper surface.

24. Chapter 8, page 474, paragraph 2, line 6: It would be better to replace 0.02 cm/s by 0.022 cm/s and 0.2 mm/s by 0.22 mm/s.

25. Chapter 8, page 481, Fig. 8.34: The top two curves should be labeled “Systolic pressure” and the bottom two curves should be labeled “Diastolic pressure”.

26. Chapter 8, page 485, Fig. 8.40b: Note that the pressure axis does not start at 0 mmHg.

27. Chapter 8, page 486, paragraph 2, line 3: Should read: ... scale linearly with time, and assuming no back pressure ...

28. Chapter 8, page 510, Fig. 8.59: In (a) and (b) the units of pressure for the vertical axis should be mmHg.

29. Chapter 8, page 515, Fig. 8.63: The y axis units should be cmH2O-min/L.

30. Chapter 9, page 531, Fig. 9.6a: The pressure to the right of the plug should be labeled as P2.

31. Chapter 9, page 533, line right after Eq. 9.6: This should read ...the much larger...

32. Chapter 9, page 539, Fig. 9.14: The y axis units should be cmH2O-s/L

33. Chapter 11, page 644, Fig. 11.14b: There should be only one space between the and eye in Perfect image for the eye….

34. Chapter 11, page 668, Fig. 11.28: The caption should twice refer to the eye lens, and not the eye.