| 41621 Engineering and Physiology |
| Danish title: Fysiologi for ingeniører |
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Language: English ECTS-creditpoints: 5, External examination.
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| Recommended semester: 1st - 4th semester |
| Evaluation: Written exam
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| Examination: 13-scale |
| Previous course: C8141, 72105 |
Aim: 1. to provide the physiologic basis to ease biomedical engineering tasks,
2. to provide a basis for better communication with the medical disciplines,
3. to understand the increasing importance and possibilities for engineering in diagnosics and therapies of diseases,
4. to spawn the interest for biomedical engineering. |
Contents: Basic concepts of physiology
The structure of the complex control systems of the body
Some of the main areas of physiology will be examined
- Blood- and immune system
- Circulation, cardiac function and respiratory system
- Water / salt balance and the renal system
- Muscle and nerve physiology
- The autonomous nerve system
- The structure of the endocrine systems
Clinical examples will be given during the lectures.
Excursion to the x-ray department (different types of image formation) and the cardiologic laboratory (heart investigations and therapies). |
| Contact: Steen Dawids, building 358, (+45) 4525 6287, sd@mek.dtu.dk |
| Department: 041 Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Updated: 02-07-2001 |
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