SYLLABUS OF MEDICAL PHYSICS

SYLLABUS OF MEDICAL PHYSICS
KPBI DENTISTRY AND PHARMACY
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REFERENCESS
: Dr. Irwan Ary Dharmawan (Physics Department, UNPAD)
: Hana Rizmadewi Agustina, S.Kp, MN (Nursing Faculty, UNPAD)
: http://phys.unpad.ac.id/jurusan/staff/dharmawan
: 2 (with 1 hour tutorial)
: Wednesday, 13.00 – 15.00 at RA-1.2 (Lecture)
: Wednesday, 15.00 – 16.00 at RB-1.5 (Tutorial)
: - Physics in Biology and Medicine 3 rd Ed, Paul Davidovits,
Academic Press
- Physics, Douglas C. Giancoli, Prentice Hall (available in library)
- Google keywords : Physics, Medical Physics,
Physics for Medicine
1. STATIC FORCES
1.1 Equilibrium and Stability
1.2 Equilibrium Considerations for the Human Body
1.3 Stability of the Human Body under the Action of an External Force
1.4 Skeletal Muscles
1.5 Levers
1.6 The Elbow
1.7 The Hip
1.8 Standing Tip-Toe on One Foot
2. FRICTION
2.1 Standing at an Incline
2.2 Friction at the Hip Joint
3. TRANSLATIONAL MOTION
3.1 Vertical Jump
3.2 Effect of Gravity on the Vertical Jump
3.3 Range of a Projectile
3.4 Running High Jump
3.5 Energy Consumed in Physical Activity
4. ANGULAR MOTION
4.1 Forces on a Curved Path
4.2 A Runner on a Curved Track
4.3 Pendulum
4.4 Walking

4.5 Physical Pendulum
4.6 Speed of Walking and Running and its Energy
4.7 Carrying Loads
5. ELASTICITY AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
5.1 Longitudinal Stretch and Compression
5.2 A Spring
5.3 Bone Fracture: Energy Considerations
5.4 Impulsive Forces
5.5 Fracture Due to a Fall: Impulsive Force Considerations
5.6 Airbags: Inflating Collision Protection Devices
5.7 Falling from Great Height
5.8 Osteoarthritis
6. FLUIDS
6.1 Force and Pressure in a Fluid
6.2 Pascal’s Principle
6.3 Hydrostatic Skeleton
6.4 Archimides’s Principle
6.5 Bouyancy of Fish
6.6 Surface Tension
6.7 Contraction of Muscles
7. THE MOTION OF FLUIDS
7.1 Bernoulli’s Equation
7.2 Viscosity and Poiseuille’s Law
7.3 Turbulent Flow
7.4 Circulation of the Blood
7.5 Blood Pressure
7.6 Control of Blood Flow
7.7 Energetics of Blood Flow
7.8 Turbulence in the Blood
7.9 Arteriosclerosis and Blood Flow
7.10 Power Produced by the Heart
7.11 Measurement of Blood Presure
8. HEAT AND KINETIC THEORY
8.1 Heat and Hotness
8.2 Transfer of Heat
8.3 Transport of Molecules by Diffusion
8.4 Diffusion through Membranes
8.5 The Respiratory System
8.6 Surfactants and Breathing
8.7 Diffusion and Contact Lenses

9. THERMODYNAMICS AND HEAT
9.1 First Law of Thermodynamics
9.2 Second Law of Thermodynamics
9.3 Difference between Heat and Other Forms of Energy
9.4 Thermodynamics of Living Systems
9.5 Energy Requirement of People
9.6 Energy from Food
9.7 Regulation of Body Temperature
9.8 Measurement of Body Temperature
10. WAVES AND SOUND
10.1 Properties of Sound
10.2 Some Properties of Waves
10.3 Hearing and the Ear
10.4 Sounds Produced by Animals
10.5 Clinical Uses of Sound
11. ELECTRICITY
11.1 The Nervous System
11.2 Electricity in the Bone
11.3 Diagnostic Equipment
11.4 Physiological Effects of Electricity
12. OPTICS
12.1 Vision
12.2 Nature of Light
12.3 Eye
12.4 Lenses
13. ATOMIC PHYSICS
13.1 The Atom
13.2 Spectroscopy
13.3 Electron Microscope
13.4 X-rays
13.5 X-ray Computerized Tomography
13.6 Lasers
14. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
14.1 The Nucleus
14.2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
14.3 Radiation Therapy