PHYSICS OF THE HUMAN BODYPHYSICS 3360

Text Book: Physics of The Human Body by Richard P. McCall.The Johns Hopkins University Press.ISBN-13: 978-080189456

DESCRIPTION OF COURSE CONTENT

This course, PHYS 3360 describes:a) How Human Body Works, b) It explores the basic physics

principles.c) Describe numerous actions and

properties of the human body.

TOPICS OF STUDY

Motion and Balance

Fluids and Pressure

Energy, Work, and Metabolism

Sound, Speech, and Hearing

Electrical Properties and Cell Potential

Optics of the eye

Biological Effects of Nuclear Radiation

Drug Delivery and Concentration

1- MOTION AND BALANCEThis Chapter discusses motion of the human body. It describes how the use of forces and torques allows a person to walk, to lift an object, or to maintain balance. It looks at the importance of muscles, bones, and joints in the process of human motion.

2- FLUIDS AND PRESSUREThis chapter discusses fluids and pressure in the body, which leads naturally into a description of blood pressure, the heart that provides the pressure, and blood flow through arteries and veins. It investigates the pressure in various organs such lungs, the brain, the bladder, and the eye, as well as pressure applied to solids such as bones, with brief look at bone density.

3- ENERGY, WORK, AND METABOLISM

This chapter describes energy in the body, including discussions on work, temperature and heat, and metabolism. Also explores regulation of body temperature, food calories and exercise.

4- SOUND, SPEECH, AND HEARINGThis Chapter discuss principles of sound applied to speech and hearing. It looks at waves and harmonic motion, the sound frequency spectrum, the production of speech in the larynx, and the detection of sound in the ear. It includes a discussion of hearing problems and other applications of sound waves, such as ultrasound imaging.

5- ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES AND CELL POTENTIAL

This Chapter describes the electrical properties of the body by looking at the electric forces and fields as well as electric energy and voltage. It extends the exploration to static electricity, conduction of electrical signals along neurons, and a description of the membrane potential. Then some application such as electrocardiogram or EKG.

6- OPTICS OF THE EYE

This Chapter It focuses on optics of the eye and discusses image formation by lenses in general, and specifically how the eye causes light to refract and form an image on the retina. Then describe vision problems and techniques for correcting them, such as contracts or LASIK.

7- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION

This Chapter explores the biological effects of nuclear radiation and the nucleus of the atom, then look at nuclear radiation and its damaging effects on human tissue. But also describes the important useful applications of radiation, particularly in the medical field, such as diagnostic imaging and methods of treating cancer.

8- DRUG DELIVERY AND CONCENTRATIONThis Chapter explores methods of taking medication and the elimination of medication from the body. It discusses changes in medication concentration over time using mathematical modeling(s).

THIS COURSE WILL ADDRESS FOUR CORE CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES

• Critical Thinking Skills - to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.

• Communication Skills - to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication.

• Empirical and Quantitative Skills - to include the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions.

• Teamwork Hands on Activities

Human Arm Model Human ear Model Human Structure Model Human Eye Model

THANKS

Fajer B Jaafari