Medical Physics. Physical Aspects of the Human Body / / Hartmut Zabel.
The updated edition of the first of three volumes on Medical Physics focuses even more on body systems related to physical principles such as body mechanics, energy balance, and action potentials. Thanks to numerous newly incorporated didactic features, the introductory text into the broad fi eld of...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 2nd, completely revised edition |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | De Gruyter STEM ;
Volume 1 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XVII, 513 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- 1 Brief overview of body parts and functions
- 2 Body mechanics and muscles
- 3 Elastomechanics: beams, bones, and fractures
- 4 Energy household of the body
- 5 Resting potential and action potential
- 6 Signal transmission in neurons
- 7 Electrophysical aspects of the heart
- 8 The physical aspects of the circulatory system
- 9 Physical aspects of the respiratory system
- 10 Physical aspects of the urinary system
- 11 Physical aspects of vision
- 12 Sound, sound perception, and balance
- 13 Prosthetics
- Appendix
- 14 Answers to questions
- 15 Solutions to exercises
- 16 List of acronyms (used in all three volumes)
- 17 Selection of fundamental physical constants, conversions, and relationships
- 18 List of scientists named in this volume
- 19 Glossary
- 20 Index of terms