SylabUZ
| Course name | Biophysics |
| Course ID | 06.9-WM-ER-IB-32_18 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering |
| Field of study | WM - oferta ERASMUS |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2023/2024 |
| Semester | 2 |
| ECTS credits to win | 3 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Laboratory | 15 | 1 | - | - | Credit with grade |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The aim of the course is to teach the foundations of biophysics to the extent which is both necessary and useful in biomedical engineering.
Basic Physics Course
1) Static forces: equilibrium considerations for the human body, skeletal muscles, levers, the elbow, the hip,
2) Friction: standing and moving on an incline, friction at joints,
3) Translational motion: jump – maximum standing and running jump and vault poling, energy considerations,
4) Angular motion: running: running on a curved track, pendulum and walking, speed of running, model of walking and running,
5) Elasticity and strength of materials: longitudinal stretch and compression, spring, bone fracture: energy and impulse force considerations, injuries in car accidents, osteoarthritis and exercise,
6) Fluids: force and pressure in fluids, Pascal’s principle, hydrostatic skeleton, Archimedes’ principle, power required for floating, surface tension,
7) Motion of fluids: Bernouli’s equation, viscosity and Poiseuille law, turbulent flow, circulation of the blood, blood pressure, control of blood flow, turbulence in the blood, arteriosclerosis and blood flow, power produced by the heart, blood pressure measurement,
8) Heat and Kinetic Energy: Heat and hotness, kinetic theory of matter, basic definitions, transfer of heat, transfer of molecules by diffusion, diffusion through membranes, the respiratory system, surfactants and breathing, diffusion and contact lenses,
9) Thermodynamics: first and second laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamics of living systems, information and the second law,
10) Heat and life: energy requirements of people, energy from food, regulation of body temperature, control of skin temperature, evaporation, resistance to cold,
11) Electricity: nervous system, electrical potential in the axon, action potential, synaptic transmission, electricity in plants, electricity in the bones, electric fish, heart as an electric device,
12) Optics: vision, nature of light, structure of the eye, accommodation, lens system of the eye, resolving power of the eye, corrective lenses,
13) Atomic physics: the atom, spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, electron microscope, X-rays, Computed Tomography, lasers,
14) Nuclear physics: the nucleus, magnetic resonance imaging, radiation therapy, food preservation by radiation, isotopic tracers, laws of physics and life.
Lecture, biophysics laboratory
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
The final grade is the average of the lab and the lecture, provided they receive both positive grades.
1. P. Davidovits, Physics in Biology and Medicine, Academic Press, New York, 2008
Modified by dr hab. inż. Katarzyna Arkusz, prof. UZ (last modification: 01-06-2023 12:14)
