109 PHYS-General physics for health sciences student

Course description
Basic Principles of Mechanics: Units and dimensions, vector analysis, speed & velocity, acceleration, force, Newton’s law
of    motion,  gravity,  Centre  of  Mass,  Linear  Momentum,Torque and Equilibrium, work, energy, power.
Properties of Fluids:  Gases, pressure, Continuity equation,flow  of  ideal  liquid,  Bernoulli's  equation,  Blood  pressure
measurements. Simple medical applications.
Basic  Electricity:  Coulomb’s  law,  electric  field,  electric potential,  capacitance,  steady  electric  currents,  resistance,
Ohm’s  law,  connecting  resistors  in  series  and  in  parallel, Kirchhoff's rules.
Optics:  Nature  of  light,  reflection  and  refraction  of  light, mirrors and lenses, human eye, simple optical instruments,
simple medical applications.  
Modern Physics (Atomic & Nuclear Physics): Electromagnetic spectrum, photon, wave properties of matter, atomic structure, Bohr atom and atomic spectra, X-rays, Nuclear radiation,   radioactivity, half-life time, interaction of radiation with matter, radiation units,  nuclear hazards, medical applications.