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2010-2011 Graduate Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BME 611 - Fields, Forces and Flows in Cells and Tissues

3 Credit Hours
Applications of equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics to rate processes and forces in cells and tissues. Fields in heterogeneous media, electrical double layers, and electromechanical forces in physiological systems. Fluid and solid continuum mechanics of porous hydrated biological tissues. Electrophoretic, electroosmotic flows, and diffusion-reaction. Electromechanical and physicochemical interactions in biomaterials and cells. Case studies in membrane transport, electrode interfaces, electrical, mechanical, and chemical transduction in tissues. Cardiovascular, orthopedic and other clinical examples.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 511 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.



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