Physics With Illustrative Examples From Medicine and Biology

1 Kinematics.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Motion in One Dimension: Velocity and Acceleration.- 1.3 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions: Velocity and Acceleration.- 1.4 Units and Conversion Factors.- 1.5 References and Supplementary Reading.- 1.6 Problems.- 2 Dynamics.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Newton’s First Law: The Law of Inertia.- 2.3 Newton’s Second Law of Motion.- 2.4 Newton’s Third Law of Motion: The Law of Action and Reaction.- 2.5 The Fundamental Forces of Physics.- 2.6 Nonfundamental or Derived Forces.- 2.7 Newton’s Laws Applied to Problems in Dynamics.- 2.8 References and Supplementary Reading.- 2.9 Problems.- 3 Static Equilibrium and the Forces Acting on Muscles and Bone within the Human Body.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Conditions of Static Equilibrium.- 3.3 Applications of Statics.- 3.4 Static Equilibrium of Deformable Bodies: Stress, Strain, and Fracture.- 3.5 Static Equilibrium of Fluids.- 3.6 References and Supplementary Reading.- 3.7 Problems.- 4 Momentum.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Momentum and the Dynamics of a System of Many Particles.- 4.3 Motion of the Center of Mass of an Extended Body.- 4.4 Conservation of Momentum.- 4.5 Ballistocardiography.- 4.6 Impulse and the Change of Momentum.- 4.7 Flow of Mass and Momentum. Transport in Fluids.- 4.8 References and Supplementary Reading.- 4.9 Problems.- 5 Work and Energy.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Work, Kinetic Energy, and Power in One-Dimensional Motion.- 5.2.H. Units and Conversion Factors.- 5.3 Work, Energy, and Power in Three Dimensions.- 5.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics.- 5.5 Rotational Motion.- 5.6 References and Supplementary Reading.- 5.7 Problems.- 6 Feedback, Control, and Stability in Physical and Biological Systems.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.3 Temperature Control Using Feedback.- 6.4 Control of BodyTemperature.- 6.5 Control of Blood Glucose Level.- 6.6 References and Supplementary Reading.- 6.7 Problems.