week 6

• Main types of energy in biological systems


  • To be able to list
• Newton's laws


  To be able to define and apply to explain how we move
• Properties of waves


  To be able to describe and explain, and use this knowledge to define how we see and hear
• How physics dictates the energy of a chemical reaction

  To be able to explain, and give examples of how this can be used within biomedicine
• Components of electricity


  To be able to describe and explain, and how this applies to the human body
• The thoughts we have, the signals we send from the brain to the muscles and the changes that cause the muscle fibres to contract are all electrical
• Charge


  An intrinsic property of subatomic particles (protons and electrons), which causes them to exert a force on each other which hold them together in an atom
• Coulomb (C)


  Defined as the quantity of charge that has passed in 1s through the cross-section of an electrical conductor carrying one ampere of current
• Electrical Energy


  Ohm's Law, Current, Voltage (Potential Energy), Resistance
• The body is an electrical conductor
• Electrical Conductance in the Body
• Learning Resources


  • "Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences"
  • "Biophysics for Dummies"