PHYS 145 Physics for Health Science Students

PHYS 145 Physics for Health Science Students 3 (2+1+0)

 

1. Mechanics:

 

a) Basic Principles of Mechanics : Units & dimensions, vector analysis, velocity & acceleration, forces, Newton's law of motion, gravity, work, energy, power.

 

b) Properties of Fluids (liquids): Density & Specific gravity, pressure, flow of ideal liquid, viscosity, diffusion, surface-tension, simple medical applications.

 

2. Basic Electricity and Magnetism:

 

Coulomb's law, electric field, electric potential, capacitance, steady electric currents, Ohm's law, magnetic field, generators and transformers, motors, galvanometers, mass spectrometer, cyclotron.

 

3. Optics:

 

a) Ray-Optics: Nature of light, reflection and refraction of light, lenses, human eye, simple optical instruments, simple medical applications. (e.g. vision defects, colour vision … etc.).

 

b) Wave Optics : Huygen's principle, interference and diffraction of light, medical applications, (e.g. Medical imaging, the laser and its applications).

 

4. Modern Physics (Atomic & Nuclear Physics) :

 

Electromagnetic spectrum, photon, wave properties of matter, atomic structure, Bohr atom and atomic spectra, X-rays, Nuclear radiation, interaction of radiation with matter, nuclear hazards, medical applications (e.g. Radiations therapy, diagnostic use of radioisotopes, etc.).