Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia - Guida degli insegnamenti (Syllabus)
Knowledge of basic principles of mathematics and geometry.
At the end of the course the student should be able to recognize the fundamental physical principles which both the main biological/physiological phenomena and the main diagnostic techniques used in Medicine are based on.
Introduction: Recalling some basic mathematic principles; vectors. Physical quantities, units.
Mechanics: Kinematics and laws of motion. Forces and laws of dynamics. Momentum and its conservation.
Work and energy. Conservative fields, potential energy and conservation of mechanical energy. Elastic and anelastic collisions. Torque; angular momentum and its conservation. Elements of statics and levers.
Statics e dynamics of fluids: Pressure. Pascal's principle. Stevin's law. Pressure measurements. Archimede's principle. Moving fluids: Bernoulli's law, Poiseuille's law.
Thermodynamics: Temperature. Thermodynamic work, heat and internal energy. 1st principle of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic transformations. 2nd principle of thermodynamics and thermal engines.
Electromagnetism: Electrical charge. Electrical field and electrical potential. Gauss' law. Capacity and capacitors. Electrical current and Ohm's law, elementary electric circuits. Magnetic field. Ampére's law.
The exam consists of a written test concerning the solution of some exercises and/or the answer to some theory questions.
a) F.Rustichelli, Introduzione alla Fisica Biomedica, Ed. Libreria Scientifica Ragni, Ancona.
b) G.Bellini, G.Manuzio, Fisica per le Scienze della Vita, Ed. Piccin, Padova.
c) A.Giambattista, B.McCarthy-Richardson, R.C.Richardson, Fisica Generale - Principi e Applicazioni, Ed. McGraw-Hill, Milano.
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