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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 | |