Question

The tendon from the flexor hallucis longus muscle in the hindlimb of a turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) has a resilience of 0.93. If 9.00 J of work are done on the tendon to stretch it out, how many Joules of work does the tendon do as it is relaxing?

Answer 1

Answer:

8.37 Joules

Explanation:

The amount of energy that a substance, such as animal tissue or rubber can take and yet return to its original condition is known as resilience. When we stress such a substance and then let it restore to its previous state, we are referring to the substance to maintain its elastic area of the stress-strain curve.

From the given information:

the resilence is 0.93

The amount of work done during stretching of the tendon = 9.00 J

Thus,

the work done when relaxing = 0.93 × 9.00 J

= 8.37 Joules