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GENERAL
PHYSICS
(6-YEAR
PROGRAM, FIRST SEMESTER)
30
HOURS (LECTURES)
1.
HISTORY AND BASIC CONCEPTS IN MECHANICS – 2 HOURS
short
history of mechanics; basic definitions (speed and velocity,
acceleration, force, pressure, mass, weight, linear momentum, Newton’s
laws of motion, radian, angular velocity, angular acceleration,
relations between angular and linear motion, moment of inertia, torque,
Newton’s laws of angular motion, angular momentum, work, energy, heat,
power); units and conversions
2.
DESCRIPTION AND CAUSES OF MOTION – 2 HOURS
velocity
and acceleration; acceleration of gravity; motion units; constant
acceleration; graphical description of motion; Newton’s laws; forces
as vectors; force of gravity; mass; weight; density; phenomenon of
weightless, equilibrium and torques, circular motion
3.
WORK AND ENERGY – 2 HOURS
work;
energy; conservation of energy; power; principles of machines
4.
BIOMECHANICS (PART I): STATIC FORCES, FRICTION, TRANSLATIONAL MOTION
– 2 HOURS
equilibrium
and stability; equilibrium considerations for human body; stability of
human body under action of an external force; skeletal muscles; levers;
elbow and hip joint; spine; standing tip-toe on one foot; dynamic;
aspects of posture; friction at hip joint, vertical jump; effect of
gravity on vertical jump; running high jump; motion through air; energy
consumed in physical activity
5.
BIOMECHANICS (PART II): ANGULAR MOTION, ELASTICITY AND STRENGHT OF
MATERIALS, INSECT FLIGHT – 2 HOURS
forces
on curved path; pendulum; walking; physical pendulum; speed and energy
of walking; longitudinal stretch and compression; bone fracture (energy
considerations); impulsive forces; fracture due to a fall (impulsive
force considerations); whiplash injury; hovering flight; wing muscles;
power required for hovering; kinetic energy of wing; elasticity of wings
6.
PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS AND GASES – 2 HOURS
liquid
state; pressure in liquids, Pascal’s principle; Buoyant force and
Archimedes principle; nature and laws of ideal gas; Boyle’s law;
Charles law; constant volume processes
7.
THE MOTION OF FLUIDS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE: PRESSURE AND CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM – 2 HOURS
Bernoulii’s
equation; viscosity and Poiseulle’s law; turbulent flow; circulation
of blood; blood pressure; control of blood flow; energetics of blood
flow; types of pumps; heart as force pump; power produced by heart;
blood pressure measurement techniques
8.
KINETIC THEORY AND MOLECULAR PHENOMENA RELATED TO BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
– 2 HOURS
kinetic
theory of matter; molecules; diffusion; osmosis; dialysis; transport
across living membranes; laws of gas transport; cohesion and adhesion;
surface tension; capillary action; viscosity; adsorption and absorption;
respiratory system
9.
HEAT – 2 HOURS
heat
and laws of thermodynamics; methods for temperature measurement;
internal energy; effects of heat; energy requirement of people;
thermoregulation; heat transfer; convection; radiation; evaporation;
heat application in medicine
10.
THERMODYNAMICS – 2 HOURS
first
law of thermodynamics, second law of thermodynamics, thermal engines
11.
HISTORY AND BASIC CONCEPTS IN ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETICS – 2 HOURS
short
history of electricity and magnetism; basic definitions (electric
charge, electric field, voltage, electric current, resistor, capacitor,
inductor)
12.
ELECTRICITY – 2 HOURS
electrical
nature of matter; behavior of electric charges; flow of electric charge;
electric fields and voltages; magnets and magnetic fields;
electromagnets; interaction between electricity and magnetism
13.
BASICS OF MAGNETISM – 2 HOURS
magnetic
field strength, magnetic induction, hysteresis
14.
BIOPHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF ELECTROTHERAPY – 2 HOURS
definitions
of electric current, voltage, intensity, density, resistance (tissue
impedance); impact of the electric current on human body (electrochemical
effects, cathodal and anodal
events, electrophoresis, electroosmosis, electrothermal effects);
direct current; alternating current; pulsed current; basic terms (waveform
and time - depend parameters, frequency, current modulations);
electrodes (types, size and placing); selection of various electric
currents and physical quantities; calculating a frequency for different
period time
15.
USEFULNESS OF ELECTRODIAGNOSTICS IN MEDICINE – 2 HOURS
history
of electodiagnostics, motor point of muscle and nerve, electrodiagnostics
(degeneration test, strength - duration test, chronaxie and rheobase,
nerve conducting tests: motor nerve conduction, f - wave nerve
conduction, sensory nerve conduction, h - reflex response,
electromyography)
35
HOURS (SEMINARS) - SOLVING PROBLEMS AND EXAMPLED EXERCISES
1.
MECHANICS – 2 HOURS
2.
BIOMECHANICS – 2 HOURS
3.
PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS AND GASES – 2 HOURS
4.
PRESSURE AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM – 2 HOURS
5.
TEST – 2 HOURS
6.
HEAT – 3 HOURS
7.
THERMODYNAMICS
– 2 HOURS
8.
STATIC
ELECTRICITY – 3 HOURS
9.
ELECTRICITY I – 2 HOURS
10.
ELECTRICITY II – 2 HOURS
11.
TEST – 2 HOURS
12.
ELASTICITY OF BODIES: VIBRATIONS AND WAVES – 3 HOURS
13.
ACOUSTICS – 2 HOURS
14.
OPTICS – 3 HOURS
15.
TEST – 3 HOURS
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