Transport phenomena in biological systems / George A. Truskey, Fan Yuan, David F. Katz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Truskey, George A.

Contributor:

Yuan, Fan, 1960-

Katz, David F.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological transport.

Physical Description:

xxi, 793 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2004]

Contents:

Part I Introduction to Physiological Fluid Mechanics 51

2 Conservation Relations and Momentum Balances 53

3 Conservation Relations for Fluid Transport, Dimensional Analysis, and Scaling 118

4 Approximate Methods for the Analysis of Complex Physiological Flow 167

5 Fluid Flow in the Circulation and Tissues 211

Part II Fundamentals and Applications of Mass Transport in Biological Systems 255

6 Mass Transport in Biological Systems 257

7 Diffusion with Convection or Electrical Potentials 338

8 Transport in Porous Media 387

9 Transvascular Transport 427

Part III The Effect of Mass Transport upon Biochemical Interactions 449

10 Mass Transport and Biochemical Interactions 451

11 Cell Surface Ligand-Receptor Kinetics and Molecular Transport within Cells 509

12 Cell Adhesion 568

Part IV Transport in Organs 607

13 Transport of Gases between Blood and Tissues 609

14 Transport in the Kidneys 639

15 Drug Transport in Solid Tumors 689

16 Transport in Organs and Organisms 718

Appendix Mathematical Background 744

A.1 Review of Calculus and Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations 744

A.2 Solution of Partial Differential Equations by the Method of Separation of Variables 752

A.3 Basics of Vectors and Tensors 758

A.4 Introduction to MATLAB 766.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0130422045

OCLC:

53223734