Physical quantities and measurement units. Point mass kinematics.
Velocity. Acceleration. Gravitational acceleration. Circular motion.
Dynamics and Newton laws. Mass and weight. Friction. Rigid body static
equilibrium laws. Levers. Elastic properties of body tissues. Stressdeformation
relationships. Momentum and conservation law. Work,
energy and conservation laws. Mechanical power. Heat concept and
propagation. Thermometric scales. Gas laws. Diffusion. Osmotic pressure
in biological processes. Thermal capacity and specific heat. Phase
changes. Latent heat. Thermodynamics. Fluid statics. Density and
pressure. Stevino, Pascal, Archimede and Torricelli laws. Blood pressure
measurement. Fluidodynamics. Bernoulli equation. Venturi effect. Surface
tension. Capillarity. Electrostatics. Electric properties of matter. Coulomb
law. Electric field and electric potential. Electric current. Electrical
resistance. Ohm laws. Magnetic fields. Electromagnetic radiation. Ionizing
radiation and its interaction with biological matter. Magnetic resonance.
Main hardware and software features of a PC. Von Neumann architecture.
The roles of CPU, ALU and CU. Central memory and its features. The
Binary system and information codification. Common software packages
(Word, Excel). Digital images.
