Physics of the Human Body: A Physical View of Physiology (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)

physics Of The Human Body Comprehensively Addresses The Physical And Engineering Aspects Of Human Physiology By Using And Building On First-year College Physics And Mathematics. Topics Include The Mechanics Of The Static Body And The Body In Motion, The Materials Properties Of The Body, Muscles In The Body, The Energetics Of Body Metabolism, Fluid Flow In The Cardiovascular And Respiratory Systems, The Acoustics Of Sound Waves In Speaking And Hearing, Vision And The Optics Of The Eye, The Electrical Properties Of The Body, And The Basic Engineering Principles Of Feedback And Control In Regulating All Aspects Of Function. The Goal Of This Text Is To Understand Physical Issues Concerning The Human Body, In Part By Developing And Then Using Simple And Subsequently More Refined Models Of The Macrophysics Of The Human Body. Many Chapters Include A Brief Review Of The Necessary Physical Principles. There Are Problems At The End Of Each Chapter; Solutions To Selected Problems Are Also Provided. This Text Is Geared To Undergraduates Interested In Physics, Medical Applications Of Physics, Quantitative Physiology, Medicine, And Biomedical Engineering. Descripción del editor: "This book comprehensively addresses the physics and engineering aspects of human physiology by using and building on first-year college physics and mathematics. Topics include the mechanics of the static body and the body in motion, the mechanical properties of the body, muscles in the body, the energetics of body metabolism, fluid flow in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, the acoustics of sound waves in speaking and hearing, vision and the optics of the eye, the electrical properties of the body, and the basic engineering principles of feedback and control in regulating all aspects of function. The goal of this text is to clearly explain the physics issues concerning the human body, in part by developing and then using simple and subsequently more refined models of the macrophysics of the human body. Many chapters include a brief review of the underlying physics. There are problems at the end of each chapter; solutions to selected problems are also provided. This second edition enhances the treatments of the physics of motion, sports, and diseases and disorders, and integrates discussions of these topics as they appear throughout the book. Also, it briefly addresses physical measurements of and in the body, and offers a broader selection of problems, which, as in the first edition, are geared to a range of student levels. This text is geared to undergraduates interested in physics, medical applications of physics, quantitative physiology, medicine, and biomedical engineering". (Springer) Front Matter....Pages I-XIX Terminology, the Standard Human, and Scaling....Pages 1-36 Statics of the Body....Pages 37-92 Motion....Pages 93-192 Mechanical Properties of the Body....Pages 193-269 Muscles....Pages 271-317 Metabolism: Energy, Heat, Work, and Power of the Body....Pages 319-403 Fluid Pressure, Fluid Flow in the Body, and Motion in Fluids....Pages 405-441 Cardiovascular System....Pages 443-523 Lungs and Breathing....Pages 525-553 Sound, Speech, and Hearing....Pages 555-628 Light, Eyes, and Vision....Pages 629-711 Electrical and Magnetic Properties....Pages 713-765 Feedback and Control....Pages 767-780 Back Matter....Pages 781-857 This book comprehensively addresses the physical and engineering aspects of human physiology by using and building on first-year college physics and mathematics. It is the most comprehensive book on the physics of the human body, and the only book also providing theoretical background. The book is geared to undergraduates interested in physics, medical applications of physics, quantitative physiology, medicine, and biomedical engineering. "Physics of the Human Body comprehensively addresses the physics and engineering aspects of human physiology by using and building on first-year college physics and mathematics."--Jacket