
Lecture Description
A description of how to apply Ohm's Law from E&M to understand hemodynamics, specifically the relationship between blood pressure, cardiac output, and systemic vascular resistance. I also briefly cover the different forms of shock.
Course Index
- Density and Specific Gravity
- Archimedes' Principle and Buoyancy
- Hydrostatic Pressure
- Hydrostatic Pressure: Medical Applications
- Pascal's Law
- The Continuity Equation
- The Bernoulli Equation
- The Bernoulli Equation: Medical Applications
- Ohm's Law and Hemodynamics
- Viscosity and Poiseuille's Law
- Reynolds Numbers and Turbulence
- Surface Tension and Surfactant
Course Description
A physics/math and medicine course with 12 lessons on basic fluid mechanics principles, with emphasis on common medical applications. Topics covered include: Archimedes' principle, specific gravity, hydrostatic pressure, Pascal's law, the continuity equation, Bernoulli's Equation, viscosity, Poiseuille's Law, Reynolds numbers, and more.
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