Biophysics of the senses / Tennille D. Presley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Presley, Tennille D., 1980- author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

School of Medicine Library Fund.

Series:

IOP ebooks. 2021 collection.

IOP ebooks. [2021 collection]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Senses and sensation.

Biophysics.

Sensation--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Sensation--physiology.

Biophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color).

polychrome

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] : IOP Publishing, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Tennille D. Presley, PhD is a tenured Associate Professor of Physics at Winston Salem State University (WSSU). She has been the recipient of numerous external and internal grants and awards including the Research Initiation Program for two years, the Preparing Critical Faculty for the Future Program Grant funded by the National Science Foundation and the Co-Director for the Provost's Scholars Science Immersion Program.

Contents:

1. Units : the essential tools to all understanding

1.1. What are units and why are they important?

1.2. Unit conversions

2. Mechanics of the body

2.1. What is mechanics?

2.2. Speed, velocity, and acceleration

2.3. Newton's laws of motion

2.4. Bodily movements

3. How physics generates order in the body?

3.1. Bodily order

3.2. Work, energy, and power

3.3. Thermodynamics

3.4. Metabolism

3.5. Pressure

4. Electrical properties of the body

4.1. Atoms and electricity

4.2. Electric force, electric field and electric potential

4.3. Current, voltage, and power

4.4. Magnetism

4.5. Capacitance

5. Free radicals

5.1. What is a free radical?

5.2. Types of free radicals

5.3. Interrelationships of radicals

5.4. Antioxidants

5.5. Ways to measure free radicals

6. Cardiac conductivity

6.1. Machinery of the heart and blood flow

6.2. Membrane potential

6.3. Electrocardiogram and echocardiogram

6.4. Cardiac abnormalities

7. The human mind

7.1. What is a neuron?

7.2. Nerve impulses

7.3. Quantum mechanics

7.4. Cognition and neurological disorders

7.5. Networks and regulatory control

8. Physics of nutrition, exercise and disease

8.1. Physics of a healthy diet

sense of taste

8.2. Exercise

8.3. Impact of disease

9. Music's influence on physics and the body

9.1. History of sound and the science of music

9.2. Mechanics of music and cellular effects

9.3. Frequency, waves and vibrations

9.4. Beats, resonance and the Doppler effect

9.5. Musical impact on disease

10. Power tools and the body

10.1. The power tools that are useful for everyday life

10.2. Internal tools that 'power' the body.

Notes:

"Version: 20210204"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the School of Medicine Library Fund.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780750332835

0750332832

9780750332828

0750332824

Publisher Number:

99989315421

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.