Physics Of The Human Body (biological And Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)

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  • Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering

  • Year: 2,008

  • Edition: 1st ed. 2007. Corr. 2nd printing

  • Pages: 875

  • Pages In File: 875

  • Language: English

  • Topic: 18

  • Issue: до 2011-08

  • Identifier: 3540296034,9783540296034

  • Issn: 1618-7210

  • Paginated: 1

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  • Tags: Биологические дисциплины Биофизика

  • Toc: Cover Page......Page 1Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering......Page 3Title Page......Page 4ISBN 9783540296034......Page 5Preface......Page 7Contents......Page 121.1 Anatomical Terminology......Page 191.2 Motion in the Human Machine......Page 211.3 The Standard Human......Page 341.4 Scaling Relationships......Page 40Problems......Page 442.1 Review of Forces, Torques, and Equilibrium......Page 552.2 Statics: Motion in One Plane and Levers......Page 582.3 Statics in the Body......Page 612.4 The Sense of Touch......Page 972.5 Diversion into the Units of Force and Pressure......Page 982.6 Summary......Page 100Problems......Page 1013.1 Kinematics and Musculature......Page 1113.2 Standing......Page 1133.3 Walking......Page 1203.4 Running......Page 1393.5 Jumping......Page 1513.6 Throwing a Ball......Page 1563.7 Other Types of Motion......Page 1693.8 Collisions of the Human Body......Page 1713.9 Sustained Acceleration......Page 188Problems......Page 1904 Mechanical Properties of the Body......Page 2114.1 Material Components of the Body......Page 2134.2 Elastic Properties......Page 2194.3 Time-Independent Deviations in Hookean Materials......Page 2264.4 Static Equilibrium of Deformable Bodies (Advanced Topic)......Page 2364.5 Time-Dependent Deviations from Elastic Behavior: Viscoelasticity......Page 2464.6 Viscoelasticity in Bone......Page 2604.7 Bone Fractures......Page 2624.8 Common Sports Injuries......Page 2744.9 Avoiding Fractures and Other Injuries: Materials for Helmets......Page 2774.10 Summary......Page 279Problems......Page 2805.1 Skeletal Muscles in the Body......Page 2895.2 The Structure of Muscles......Page 2945.4 Activating Muscles: Macroscopic View......Page 2995.5 The Effect of Exercise......Page 3085.7 Active/Tetanized Muscles: Microscopic View......Page 3105.8 Hill Force–Velocity Curve......Page 3165.9 The Sliding Filament Model: Nanoscopic View......Page 323Problems......Page 3286.1 Conservation of Energy and Heat Flow......Page 3376.2 Energy Content of Body Fuel......Page 3406.3 Energy Storage Molecules......Page 3476.4 Metabolic Rates......Page 3566.5 Loss of Body Heat......Page 3796.6 Body Temperature......Page 395Problems......Page 4027.1 Characteristic Pressures in the Body......Page 4237.2 Basic Physics of