- Docente: Manuel Terenzi
- Credits: 2
- SSD: FIS/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Speech and Language Therapy (cod. 8478)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8474)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is able to deal with human physiology by taking into account the laws governing the biological processes of the human body.
Course contents
Approach to the Description of Physical Phenomena. Physical unit of measure. Measure. Measurement errors. Representation of Data, Mathematical Models. Interpolation, extrapolation.
Physical phenomena and their description
The movement of the bodies: Cinematics and laws of motion
The forces and their effect, principles of dynamics
Energy. Forces and energy. Kinetic and potential energy
Electrical charges, electric field, conductors and insulators, electric currents.
The magnetic field and electromagnetism
Matter, density
Solids, liquids, gases.
Pressure, tension, elasticity, capillarity, viscosity, motion of a liquid.
Solutions, diffusion, osmosis
Heat and temperature
Temperature measurements and heat exchanges,state changes
Thermodynamics
Geometric and Wave Optics.
waves
Reflection, refraction, diffusion
Light, doppler effect, eye, lenses
The atom and its structure
Radioactive decay, X-rays and ionizing particles
Diagnostics and therapy: equipment (TC, gamma rooms)
Non-ionizing and equipment: RM ultrasound
Use of Instrumentation for Drawing of Physical Sizes.
Sensors and signal picking
Readings/Bibliography
R. Zannoli, I. Corazza: ELEMENTI DI FISICA per le lauree di primo livello dell'area medica, Società Editrice Esculapio.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods
Written Test
Teaching tools
Multimedia presentations possibly integrated with illustrations and explanations on a blackboard.
Office hours
See the website of Manuel Terenzi