User:HCA

I'm an assistant professor in biomechanics, specializing in animal locomotion. My prior work has focused on arboreal snake locomotion, sidewinding and power amplification in frog jumping.

On Wikipedia, I try to contribute specialized knowledge from my areas of expertise in what little spare time I have. I'll often add long blocks of text, entirely new pages, or perform major re-writes. I frequently forget references, or add them in incorrect formats, so anyone is encouraged to fill in those omissions (as I may simply forget to come back and add them). It should generally be assumed that I don't know the right formatting for just about anything, and am just here to perform "brain dumps" for the sake of spreading information.

Please bug me about fixes/re-writes I've said I'll do on various talk pages "when I'm less busy". Unless it makes it into my "to do" list, I'll probably forget (and possibly even then), and I would appreciate reminders, even if I can't act on them immediately.

I am also the creator of WikiProject_Organismal_Biomechanics

To Do List
Fix errors in Stretch_shortening_cycle Fix references in Arboreal locomotion Fix origins and insertions of erector spinae Add twitch and tetanus to muscle contraction Add either a flight section to bat or a whole bat flight page Muscle embryology very poorly laid out. Especially fix hypaxial and epaxial. Anatomy as a whole needs to be less human-centric. Hyoid is far, far too human-centric - major re-write. Crocodilian_armor Needs to be massively revised. May be stolen in whole from old book. Aquatic_adaptation is just terrible and needs a complete re-write. Merge Human_anatomical_terms and Anatomical_terms_of_location, with a massive/major re-write. Merge Leg and Limb_(anatomy) Continue revision of muscle and skeletal muscle Add entire page for On Growth & Form Add images to arciferal and firmisternal Merge Human anatomy, human body and body systems

Pages created or completely re-written

 * Ringer's_solution
 * in vitro muscle testing
 * Gait
 * Arboreal locomotion
 * Evolution_of_mammalian_auditory_ossicles
 * Work Loop
 * Epaxial_and_hypaxial_muscles
 * Cranial_kinesis
 * Keel-bellied_Water_Snake
 * Apodeme
 * Slit_sensilla
 * Cuban_crocodile
 * Petrochirus_diogenes
 * Epibulus_insidiator
 * Buccal_pumping
 * Branchial_arch
 * Pedicellate_teeth
 * Pyramiding
 * Hemipenis
 * Blue tegu
 * Alula
 * Articular
 * Quadrate_bone
 * Quadratojugal
 * Angular
 * Splenial
 * Suprangular
 * Jugal
 * Rectilinear_locomotion
 * Concertina_movement
 * Caenophidia
 * Scolecophidians
 * Henophidians
 * Sidewinding
 * Keeled_scales
 * Homalopsinae
 * snake skull
 * Constriction
 * Corallus
 * Aspidelaps
 * Pelvic spur
 * Demosponge
 * Jenny_Haniver
 * Furcifer_labordi
 * Burmese_Pythons_in_Florida
 * Arciferal
 * Firmisternal
 * Robostrider
 * Chinese_Alligator
 * Bothrops_atrox
 * Echis_carinatus
 * Cerastes_cerastes
 * Burmese_Python
 * herp
 * Myoneme
 * Bioactive terrarium

Tools & References
Reference format tool using pubmed ID etc. []

Frequent references: Pough's herpetology text: Pough's vertebrate life text: Lieber's muscle text: Biewener's animal locomotion: Kardong's vertebrate anatomy text: McMahon's muscle text: