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10688
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| Year |
2
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Physics
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Mode of delivery |
Face to Face with recourse to e-learning.
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Work placements |
Not applicable.
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Learning outcomes |
To understand the workings of the human body at the level of the following issues:
- Elasticity of tendons, blood vessels, bones;
- Significance and behaviour of fluids (blood, lymph, aqueous humour, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid) in the human body;
- Transport phenomena involving the blood, air and heat;
- Importance of diffusion at the cellular level;
- Transport phenomena across cell membranes;
- Propagation of electrical signals in the human body (particularly along the axons);
- Propagation of sound and electromagnetic waves (light)
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Syllabus |
1 - Elasticity and strength of materials.
2 - Fluids in static equilibrium in the human body.
3 - The motion of fluids in the human body.
4 - Heat and kinetic theory. Diffusion.
5 - Osmosis.
6 - Heat and life.
7 - Electricity and the nervous system.
8 - Waves, sound and light.
9 - Senses: hearing and vision.
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Main Bibliography |
- Biomedical Applications of Introductory Physics, J. A. Tuszynski e J. M. Dixon, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
- Physics in Biology and Medicine, Paul Davidovits, Third Edition, Academic Press. 2008.
- Physics for the Life Sciences, Alan H Cromer, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1977.
- Physics of the Human Body, Irving P. Herman, Springer 2007.
- Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences, Kirsten Franklin, Paul Muir, Terry Scott, Lara Wilcocks e Paul Yates, Wiley 2010.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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