Editing Tensegrity (section)

=== Anatomy ===
Biotensegrity, a term coined by Stephen Levin, is an extended theoretical application of tensegrity principles to biological structures.<ref>{{cite book |last=Levin |first=Stephen |chapter=16. Tensegrity, The New Biomechanics |editor-first=Michael |editor-last=Hutson |editor2-first=Adam |editor2-last=Ward |title=Oxford Textbook of Musculoskeletal Medicine |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5G1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA150 |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-967410-7 |pages=155–56, 158–60}}</ref> Biological structures such as [[muscle]]s, [[skeleton|bones]], [[fascia]], [[ligaments]] and [[tendons]], or rigid and elastic [[cell membrane]]s, are made strong by the unison of tensioned and compressed parts. The [[Human musculoskeletal system|musculoskeletal system]] consists of a continuous network of muscles and connective tissues,{{sfn|Souza|Fonseca|Gonçalves|Ocarino|2009}} while the bones provide discontinuous compressive support, whilst the nervous system maintains tension in vivo through electrical stimulus. Levin claims that the [[Vertebral column|human spine]], is also a tensegrity structure although there is no support for this theory from a structural perspective.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Levin|first=Stephen M.|date=2002-09-01|title=The tensegrity-truss as a model for spine mechanics: biotensegrity|journal=[[Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology]]|volume=02|issue=3n04|pages=375–88 |doi=10.1142/S0219519402000472|issn=0219-5194}}</ref>