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8575 Medical Biophysics - Six-year degree in Medicine

Center

Faculty of Medicine and Odontology

Departament

Physiology

Lecturers in charge

E9033 - FRANCISCO DALMASES MONCAYO

Met. Docent

Met. Avaluació

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Bibliografia

A) BÁSICA

Algún texto desarrollado a nivel de física general, como por ejemplo:
CATALÁ, J. Física. Ed. Saber. Valencia.
FRUMENTO, A. Biofísica. Ed. Mosby/Doyma Libros, Madrid.
CAMERON, J.R., SKOFRONICK, J.G. Medical Physics. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
PARISI, M. Temas de Biofísica. McGraw-Hill Interamericana, Madrid.

B) CONSULTA

CROMER, A.H. Física para las ciencias de la vida. Ed. Reverté, S.A., Barcelona.
DÍEZ DE LOS RIOS, A. Introducción a la biofísica y a la física médica. Sec. Publicaciones Universidad de Málaga.
GREMY, F. (ed.) Biophisique. Flammarion Médicine Sciences, París.
McDONALD, S.G., BURNS, D.M. Física para las ciencias de la vida. Fondo Educati

Continguts

1. - Origin and content of Biophysics and Medical Physics.

I. - PHYSICAL BASE OF BIOMECHANICS

ELASTICITY
2. - the deformable solid : elasticity. - Law of Hooke.
3. - Elasticity by traction and contraction. Poisson Coefficient.
4. - Elasticity by shears. - Elasticity by compression.
5. - Other elastic rehearsals: flexion and torsion. - Osseous elasticity.

SURFACE PHENOMENA
6. - Superficial tension. - Tenso-activity.
7. - Contact surfaces: meniscuses. - Humidity. Biological applications.
8. - Law of Laplace: consequences.
9. - Capillarity phenomena. - The pulmonary surfactant.

INTRODUCTION TO THE DYNAMICS OF FLUIDS AND BIORHEOLOGY
10.- General study of the flowing currents: flowing regimes. - Expenditure or
flow. Equation of continuity.
11. - Régime of Bernouilli. - Viscosity.
12.- Non-newtonian liquids. Blood viscosity.

SEDIMENTATION IN BIOMEDICINE
13.-Dynamics of sedimentation. - Speed and sedimentation constant.
14. - Concept of speed of globular sedimentation (SGS). - Ultracentrifugation.

PHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HEMODYNAMICS
15.-Laminar régime. Load loss. - Law of Poiseuille.
16. - Hemodynamic resistance: concept and laws of association.
17.- Turbulent régime. - Reynolds number.
18.- Blood flow: arterial elasticity. - Vascular pressure and tension.
19.- Heart work and