Syllabus

Course Title	:	Physics for Medicine and Biology
Course Code	:	MEPH 501
Credit Hours	:	3
Prerequisite	:	Graduate Standing

Course Description

Biomedical applications of physics including, e.g., biomechanics, solute exchange involving capillaries and glomeruli, differences in ionic concentrations and electric potentials across cell membranes, the electrodynamics of nerve impulse transmission, and the atomic and molecular physics of radiative heat loss of the body, thermography and vision.

Main Textbook

* Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology. R.K. Hobbie and B.J. Roth. Fourth edition, 2007. Springer.

References

* Fundamentals of Physics. Halliday, Resnick, & Walker

* Hole's Human Anatomy & Physiology. Shier et. al.

* Physics of the Body. Cameron, Grant, & Skofronick

* Physics with Illustrative Examples from Medicine & Biology

Teaching Tools

* Computer presentations

* Blackboard

* Transparencies

* Internet online courses

* Group discussions

Assessment

Activity	Weight
Problem Sets	10%
Exam #1	30%
Exam #2	30%
Final Exam	30%

Grading

Grade	Mark
A+	≥89
A	82-88
B+	75-81
B	68-74
C+	61-67
C	54-60
D+	47-53
D	40-46
F	<40

Course Content

Session	Topic
1.	Human bone and muscle system
2.	Forces on joints and muscles
3.	Stress and strain in bones
4.	Viscous flow of fluids
5.	Flow in the airways and the flow of blood
6.	Exponential growth and decay
7.	Clearance
8.	Multiple decay paths
9.	The probability distribution functions
10.	The Boltzmann factor
11.	The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
12.	The chemical potential
13.	The Gibbs free energy
14.	The continuity equation
15.	Random motion of solute particles
16.	Diffusion: Fick's first law
17.	Fick's second law of diffusion
18.	End effects in diffusion through a pore
19.	Osmotic pressure
20.	Flow of water through a membrane
21.	Volume transport through a membrane
22.	The artificial kidney
23.	Glomerular filtration in the kidney
24.	Nerve and muscle cells
25.	Resting potential difference
26.	Resistance and capacitance of a nerve cell
27.	The Hodgkin-Huxley model
28.	Propagating nerve impulse
29.	The potential outside a long cylindrical axon
30.	Electrical properties of the heart
31.	The electrocardiogram
32.	The magnetic field of an axon
33.	The magnetocardiogram
34.	Magnetic materials and biological systems
35.	Donnan equilibrium
36.	The Gouy-Chapman model
37.	The Debye-Huckel model
38.	The Nernst-Planck equation
39.	The Goldman equation
40.	Scattering and absorption of radiation
41.	Infrared radiation from the body
42.	Blue and ultraviolet radiation
43.	Heating tissue with light