| TBMT09 | Physiological pressures and flows, 6 ECTS credits. /Fysiologiska tryck och flöden/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 80 |
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Area of Education: Medicine Subject area: Biomedical Engineering |
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| Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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| Aim: The course aims at describing pressures and flows in the circulatory, respiratory, digestive and endocrine systems. Techniques used for measuring such flows and pressures. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Anatomy and Physiology Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course comprises lectures and demonstrations (50h) and laboratory work (16h). |
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| Course contents: Circulation: Hemodynamics, measurements and clinical applications, fluid mechanics in the circulatory system, models of the circulatory system. Respiration: respiration physiology, respiratory disease and measurements. Digestion: gastric disease, esophagus physiology and diagnosis. Measurement techniques. Endocrines: Models and measurements. |
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| Course literature: Compendium Fysiologiska tryck och flöden, IMT, 2001. G.J. Tortora and S.R. Grabowski: Principles of Anatomy and Physiology. 10:th ed. Harper Collins College Publ. 2003. Bertil Jacobson: Medicin och teknik. Studentlitteratur, 1987. Tomas Jansson: Kompendium i medicinsk ultraljudsteknik, Lunds Tekniska Högskola |
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| Written examination Labratory work |
4 ECTS 2 ECTS |
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Course language is English. Department offering the course: IMT. Director of Studies: Göran Salerud Examiner: Per Ask Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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