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PHY231H1Physics of Living Systems

Course Title PHY231H1
Session fall
Year of Study 2nd year
Time and Location 24l: MW2, Room: MP408
18P: F1-3, Room: MP222

Ruxandra  Serbanescu
MP121C
416-946-8713

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Official Description

An introductory course for students interested in understanding the physical phenomena occurring in biological systems and the applications of physics in life sciences.  Topics may include physical processes inside living cells and systems; medical physics and imaging.

Prerequisite: PHY132H1/152H1, (MAT135H1,MAT136H1)/137Y1/157Y1
Co-requisite: n.a.
Exclusion: PHY238Y1
Recommended preparation: BIO130H1
  BR=5 DR=SCI
Textbook Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology, 4th edition by R.K. Hobbie, B.J. Roth (Springer 2007).

Additional Notes

Topics will include:  Forces and flows in human body, transport processes, impulses in nerve and muscle cells.  Mechanics, Dimensional analysis, Basic thermodynamics, Diffusion, Fluids, Electric phenomena