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| Introduction | |
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| Scaling | |
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| Vector Representation of DNA | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Kinematics in One Dimension | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Mass Variations over Time | |
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| Volume of Respiratory Dead Space | |
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| Ballistocardiogram | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Kinematics in Two Dimensions | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Maximum Range of Broadjumping | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Applications of Newton's Laws to Muscles and Joints | |
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| Mechanics of Raising the Arm | |
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| Skeletal Mechanics of the Hip | |
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| Forces in Chewing | |
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| Traction Systems and Treatment of Broken Bones | |
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| Osteoarthritis and Friction at Skeletal Joints | |
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| Application of Newton's Laws to Molecules | |
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| Newton's Third Law and Locomotion | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Dynamics and Uniform Circular Motion | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Walking and Running | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Work and Energy | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Work and Power of Muscles | |
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| Energy and Power When Running | |
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| Maximum Height of a Vertical Jump | |
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| Mechanical Efficiency of the Heart | |
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| Treadmill Exercise and Cardiac Stress | |
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| Dynamics of Bumblebee Flight | |
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| Force Generation in Cells: Hill's Law, Muscles, and Motor Proteins | |
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| Metabolic Energy | |
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| Scaling Relationships Involving Metabolic Rates | |
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| Energy Management in the Human Body | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Impulse and Momentum | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Impulsive Force and Injury Due to a Fall | |
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| Animal Propulsion | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Rotational Kinematics | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Physics of Basketball | |
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| Ultracentrifuge | |
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| Sedimentation in Biology | |
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| Solved Problem | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Rotational Dynamics | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Levers and Biomechanics | |
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| Skeletal Mechanics of the Leg | |
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| Forces at Ankle Joint | |
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| Spinal Column | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Elasticity and Simple Harmonic Motion | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Bone Stiffness and Strength | |
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| Bone Fracture and Bone Design | |
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| Bone Fracture from a Fall | |
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| Stresses in the Leg during Movement | |
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| Physics of Karate: Breaking Wooden Blocks with Bare Hands | |
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| Elasticity of Ligaments | |
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| The Resilience of Tendons | |
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| Elasticity of Lungs | |
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| Elastic Properties of Blood Vessels | |
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| How Trees Bend | |
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| Human Leg as Physical Pendulum during Walking | |
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| Insect Flight and Mechanism of Resonance | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Fluids | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Capillary Rise in Plants | |
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| Examples of Pressure in Human Organs | |
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| Bladder Pressure | |
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| Cerebrospinal Pressure | |
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| Pressure in the Gastrointestinal System | |
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| Pressure in the Eye | |
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| Circulation of Blood around the Body | |
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| Structure of the Heart and Its Action as a Double Pump | |
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| More About Blood Pressure | |
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| Cardiovascular System | |
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| Blood Flow Waveforms, Velocity Profiles, and Flow in Curved Vessels | |
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| Poiseuille's Law, Blood Flow, and Viscosity of Blood | |
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| Equation of Continuity and Blood Flow | |
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| Vascular Turbulence | |
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| Diseases Related to Fluid Flow or Abnormal Blood Vessels and Bernoulli's Principle | |
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| Intravenous Supply of Nutrients, Fluids, Blood, and Drugs | |
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| Physiological Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure | |
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| Forces Acting on a Blood Vessel | |
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| Forces Acting within a Brain Aneurysm | |
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| Fluid Dynamics of Respiration | |
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| Buoyancy and Drag in Animals and Fishes | |
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| Pressure Vessels in Cells | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Temperature and Heat | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Thermography | |
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| Hypothermia and Low Temperatures in Biology and Medicine | |
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| Heat Stroke | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Transfer of Heat | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Heat Regulation in Animals | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Diffusion through Membranes | |
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| Diffusion in Biology | |
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| Osmosis in Biological Organisms | |
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| Osmotic Pressure of Cells | |
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| Osmotic Work | |
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| Regulation of Fluid between Cells (Interstitial Fluid) | |
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| Gas Exchange in Animals: Breathing and Diffusion | |
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| Lung Functioning | |
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| Gas Exchange in Terrestrial Organisms | |
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| Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria | |
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| Gas Exchange in Plant Leaves | |
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| Oxygen Consumption by Aerobic Bacteria | |
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| Active Transport | |
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| Atmospheric Pressure Variations and Physiology | |
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| Drag Forces on Swimming Organisms | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Thermodynamics | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Biochemical Energy Generation | |
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| First Law of Thermodynamics and Living Organisms | |
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| Physics of Animal Thermoregulation | |
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| Entropic Elasticity of DNA | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Waves and Sound | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Physics of Hearing | |
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| Sound Perception | |
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| Medical Applications of Ultrasound | |
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| Assessment of Stroke Risk and Ultrasound | |
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| Doppler Flowmeter | |
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| Complexity of Structure of Ears in Nature | |
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| Echolocation: Imaging by Sound | |
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| Echolocation of Bats | |
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| Echolocation of Dolphins | |
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| Noise Reduction and Traffic | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Principle of Linear Superposition and Interference Phenomenon | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Generation of Human Voice | |
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| The Perception of Sound | |
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| Helmholtz Resonance Theory | |
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| Hitting the Baseball | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Electric Forces and Electric Fields | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Electric Forces in Molecular Biology: DNA Structure and Replication | |
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| Electrophoresis of Proteins | |
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| Solved Problem | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Discovery of Bioelectricity | |
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| Electrostatics in Water | |
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| The ATP and ADP Molecules and the Conversion of ATP to ADP | |
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| Electrostatic Potential of DNA | |
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| Electrical Potentials of Cellular Membranes | |
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| Medical Diagnostic Techniques and Treatment | |
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| Electrocardiography | |
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| Electroencephalography | |
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| Electroretinography | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Electric Circuits | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Electrical Current through Electrolytes | |
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| Electrical Signal Transmission through Nerves | |
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| Conduction across a Synapse: A Biological Computer Chip? | |
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| Resistance in the Human Body | |
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| The Electrical Origin of the Heartbeat | |
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| Health Hazards, Electrical Shock, and Physiological Effects of Current | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic Resonance Imaging | |
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| Biomagnetism | |
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| Magnetotactic Bacteria | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Electromagnetic Induction | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Electromagnetic Flowmeter | |
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| Solved Problem | |
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| Alternating Current Circuits | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Electrical Current across Biomembranes | |
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| Electrical Analogue of Nonpulsating Blood Flow | |
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| Pulsating Blood Flow | |
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| Diathermy | |
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| Impedance Plethysmography | |
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| Pacemakers | |
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| Solved Problem | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Electromagnetic Waves | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Cochlear Implants | |
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| Green Fluorescent Protein | |
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| Solar Radiation and Greenhouse Effect | |
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| Hazards and Benefits of Ultraviolet Radiation | |
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| Medical Applications of X-rays and [gamma]-Rays | |
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| Applications of Microwaves | |
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| Infrared Radiation | |
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| Applications of Polarimeters in Determination of Sugar Concentration | |
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| Solved Problem | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Reflection of Light: Mirrors | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Lighting Devices and Their Intensity | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Refraction of Light, Lenses, and Optical Instruments | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Anatomy of the Human Eye | |
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| Wavelength Response of the Eye | |
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| Optical Properties of the Eye | |
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| Light Absorption and Black-White Vision | |
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| Color Vision | |
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| Common Visual Defects | |
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| Pinhole Vision | |
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| Endoscopes | |
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| Polarizing Microscope | |
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| Solved Problem | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Interference and Wave Nature of Light | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Resolution of the Human Eye | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Particles and Waves | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Nature of the Atom | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Fluorescence in Biomolecules | |
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| Bioluminescence and Marine Organisms | |
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| DNA: Information and Damage | |
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| Quantum Response of the Eye | |
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| Spectrophotometry | |
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| Applications of Lasers in Medicine and Biology | |
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| Photorefractive Keratectomy and Applications of Lasers to Eye Surgery | |
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| Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer | |
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| Removal of Birthmarks | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Isotopes and the Human Body | |
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| Measurement of Radiation: Dosimetry | |
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| Radioactive Radon Gas in Houses | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Dose of Ionizing Radiation, Nuclear Diagnostics, and Radiation Therapy | |
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| Physical Background | |
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| Absorbed Dose and Relative Biological Effectiveness | |
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| Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation | |
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| Medical Diagnostics Based on Nuclear Effects | |
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| Emission Tomography | |
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| CAT Scans | |
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| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging | |
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| Radiopharmaceuticals | |
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| Single-Emission Computed Tomography | |
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| Tracers in Medicine and Biology | |
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| Nonradioactive Tracers | |
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| Chromosome Division | |
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| Metabolic Uptake | |
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| Isotopic Dilution | |
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| Location of Hemorrhages | |
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| Radiocardiography | |
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| Radiation Therapy | |
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| Solved Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |