Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

630 Pages·2015·40.055 MB·English

by  Russell K. Hobbie, Bradley J. Roth

Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology
Russell K. Hobbie • Bradley J. Roth
Intermediate Physics for
Medicine and Biology
Fifth Edition
RussellK.Hobbie BradleyJ.Roth
UniversityofMinnesota OaklandUniversity
Minneapolis,Minnesota Rochester,Michigan
USA USA
ISBN978-3-319-12681-4 ISBN978-3-319-12682-1(eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-12682-1
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Preface
FromthePrefacetotheThirdEdition,byRussellK.Hobbie: analysisorcomplexexponentialnotation,oftenhidesphys-
icalrealityfromthestudent.Ihaveseenelectricalengineer-
Between1971and1973Iauditedallthecoursesmedicalstu- ing students who could not tell me what is happening in
dentstakeintheirfirst2yearsattheUniversityofMinnesota. an RC circuit but could solve the equations with Laplace
IwasamazedattheamountofphysicsIfoundinthesecourses transforms.
andhowlittleofitisdiscussedinthegeneralphysicscourse.
Ifoundagreatdiscrepancybetweenthephysicsinsomepa- TheFourthEditionfollowedthetraditionofearliereditions.
persinthebiologicalresearchliteratureandwhatIknewtobe
The book added a second author: Bradley J. Roth of Oak-
the level of understanding of most biology majors or premed
studentswhohavetakenayearofphysics.Itwasclearthatan land University. Both of us have enjoyed this collaboration
intermediatelevelphysicscoursewouldhelpthesestudents.It immensely. We added a chapter on sound and ultrasound,
wouldprovidethephysicstheyneedandwouldrelateitdirectly deletingorshorteningtopicselsewhere,inordertokeepthe
tothebiologicalproblemswhereitisuseful.
bookonlyslightlylongerthantheThirdEdition.
This book is the result of my having taught such a course
since1973.Itisintendedtoserveasatextforanintermediate The Fifth Edition does not add any new chapters,
course taught in a physics department and taken by a variety but almost every page has been improved and up-
of majors. Since its primary content is physics, I hope that dated. Again, we fought the temptation to expand the
physicsfacultywhomightshyawayfromteachingaconven-
book and deleted material when possible. Some of
tionalbiophysicscoursewillconsiderteachingit.Ialsohope
thatresearchworkersinbiologyandmedicinewillfinditause- the deleted material is available at the book’s website:
ful reference to brush up on the physics they need or to find http://www.oakland.edu/~roth/hobbie.htm.TheFifthEdition
afewpointerstothecurrentliteratureinanumberofareasof has 12% more end-of-chapter problems than the Fourth
biophysics.(Thebibliographyineachchapterisbynomeans
Edition; most highlight biological applications of the phys-
exhaustive;however,thereferencesshouldleadyouquicklyinto
a field.) The course offered at the University of Minnesota is ical principles. Many of the problems extend the material
takenbyundergraduatesinanumberofmajorswhowanttosee in the text. A solutions manual is available to those teach-
morephysicswithbiologicalapplicationsandbygraduatestu- ing the course. Instructors can use it as a reference or
dentsinphysics,biophysicalsciences,biomedicalengineering,
provide selected solutions to their students. The solutions
physiology,andcellbiology.
Becausethebookisintendedprimarilyforstudentswhohave manual makes it much easier for an instructor to guide an
taken only one year of physics, I have tried to adhere to the independent-study student. Information about the solutions
followingprinciplesinwritingit: manualisavailableatthebook’swebsite.
1. Calculusisusedwithoutapology.Whenanimportantidea
Chapter 1 reviews mechanics. Translational and rota-
incalculusisusedforthefirsttime,itisreviewedindetail.
Thesereviewsarefoundintheappendices. tionalequilibriumareintroduced,withtheforcesintheheel
2. Thereaderisassumedtohavetakenphysicsandknowthe and hip joint as clinical examples. Stress and strain, hy-
basic vocabulary. However, I have tried to present a logi-
drostatics, incompressible viscous flow, and the Poiseuille–
caldevelopmentfromfirstprinciples,butshorterthanwhat
Bernoulli equation are discussed, with examples from the
wouldbefoundinanintroductorycourse.Anexceptionis
foundinChaps.14–18,wheresomeresultsfromquantum circulatorysystem.Thechapterconcludeswithadiscussion
mechanicsareusedwithoutderivingthemfromfirstprin- ofReynoldsnumber.
ciples. (My students have often expressed surprise at this
Chapter 2 is essential to nearly every other chapter in
changeofpace.)
the book. It discusses exponential growth and decay and
3. I have not intentionally left out steps in most derivations.
Some readers may feel that the pace could be faster, par- givesexamplesfrompharmacologyandphysiology(includ-
ticularly after a few chapters. My students have objected ing clearance). The logistic equation is discussed. Students
strongly when I have suggested stepping up the pace in
arealsoshownhowtousesemilogandlog–logplotsandto
class.
determine power-law coefficients using a spreadsheet. The
4. Eachsubjectisapproachedinassimpleafashionaspos-
sible.Ifeelthatsophisticatedmathematics,suchasvector chapterconcludeswithabriefdiscussionofscaling.
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vi Preface
Chapter3isacondensedtreatmentofstatisticalphysics: nerveandmusclecells,anddefibrillation.Finally,themodel
averagequantities,probability,thermalequilibrium,entropy, isextendedtotheelectroencephalogram.
and the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Topics Chapter 8showshowthecurrentsinaconducting nerve
treated include the following: the Boltzmann factor and its ormusclecellgenerateamagneticfield,leadingtothemag-
corollary,theNernstequation;theprincipleofequipartition netocardiogramandthemagnetoencephalogram.Somebac-
of energy; the chemical potential; the general thermody- teria and higher organisms contain magnetic particles used
namicrelationship;theGibbsfreeenergy;andthechemical for determining spatial orientation in the earth’s magnetic
potentialofasolution.Youcanplowthroughthischapterif field. The mechanism by which these bacteria are oriented
you are a slave to thoroughness, touch on the highlights, or is described. The detection of weak magnetic fields and the
useitasareferenceasthetopicsareneededinlaterchapters. useofchangingmagneticfieldstostimulatenerveormuscle
Chapter4treatsdiffusionandtransportofsoluteinanin- cellsarealsodiscussed.
finite medium. Fick’s first and second laws of diffusion are Chapter 9 covers a number of topics at the cellular and
developed. Steady-state solutions in one, two, and three di- membrane level. It begins with Donnan equilibrium, where
mensions are described. An important model is a spherical the presence of an impermeant ion on only one side of
cell with pores providing transport through the cell mem- a membrane leads to the buildup of a potential difference
brane. It is shown that only a small number of pores are across the membrane, and the Gouy–Chapman model for
requiredtokeepupwiththerateofdiffusiontowardoraway how ions redistribute near the membrane to generate this
from the cell, so there is plenty of room on the cell surface potential difference. The Debye–Hückel model is a sim-
for many different kinds of pores and receptor sites. The ple description of the neutralization of ions by surrounding
combination of diffusion and drift (or solvent drag) is also counterions.TheNernst–Planckequationprovidesthebasic
discussed.Finally,asimplerandom-walkmodelofdiffusion modelfordescribingcombineddiffusionanddriftinanap-
isintroduced. pliedelectricfield.ItalsoformsthebasisfortheGoldman–
Chapter 5 discusses transport of fluid and neutral so- Hodgkin–Katz model for zero total current in a membrane
lutes through a membrane. This might be a cell membrane, withaconstantelectricfield.Gatedmembranechannelsare
the basement membrane in the glomerulus of the kidney, then discussed. Noise is inescapable in all signalling situa-
or a capillary wall. The phenomenological transport equa- tions.Afterdevelopingthebasicpropertiesofshotnoiseand
tions including osmotic pressure are introduced as the first Johnson noise, we show how a properly adapted shark can
(linear) approximation to describe these flows. Countercur- detect very weak electric fields with a reasonable signal-to-
rent transport is described. Finally, a hydrodynamic model noise ratio. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the
isdevelopedforright-cylindricalpores.Thismodelprovides basicphysicalprinciplesthatmustbekeptinmindwhenas-
expressions for the phenomenological coefficients in terms sessing the possibility of biological effects of weak electric
oftheporeradiusandlength.Itisalsousedtocalculatethe andmagneticfields.
netforceonthemembranewhenthereisflow. Chapter 10 describes feedback systems in the body. It
After reviewing the electric field, electric potential, and starts with the regulation of breathing rate to stabilize the
circuits,Chap.6describestheelectrochemicalchangesthat carbon dioxide level in the blood, moves to linear feedback
cause an impulse to travel along a nerve axon or along a systems with one and two time constants, and then to non-
musclefiberbeforecontraction.Twomodelsareconsidered: linear models. We show how nonlinear systems described
electrotonus (when the membrane obeys Ohm’s law) and bysimpledifferenceequationscanexhibitchaoticbehavior,
theHodgkin–Huxleymodel(whenthemembraneisnonlin- andhowchaoticbehaviorcanariseincontinuoussystemsas
ear).Saltatoryconduction inmyelinated fibers isdescribed. well.ExamplesoffeedbacksystemsincludeCheyne–Stokes
The dielectric properties of the membrane are modeled in respiration, heat stroke, pupil size, oscillating white-blood-
termsofitsmolecularstructure.Somesimplechangestothe cell counts, waves in excitable media, and period doubling
membrane conductivity give riseto a periodically repeating andchaosintheheart.
actionpotential.Finally,ageneralrelationshipisdeveloped Chapter11showshowthemethodofleastsquaresunder-
betweendiffusivetransport,resistance,andcapacitancefora lies several important techniques for analyzing data. These
givengeometry. range from simple curve fitting to discrete and continuous
Chapter7showshowanelectricpotentialisgeneratedin Fourier series, power spectra, correlation functions, and the
the medium surrounding a nerve or muscle cell. This leads Fouriertransform.Wethendescribethefrequencyresponse
to the current dipole model for the electrocardiogram. The of alinear systemand thefrequency spectrumof noise.We
model is refined to account for the anisotropy of the elec- conclude with a brief discussion of testing data for chaotic
trical conductivity of the heart. We then discuss electrical behaviorandtheimportantconceptofstochasticresonance.
stimulation,whichisimportantforpacemakers,stimulating
Preface vii
Armed with the tools of the previous chapter, we turn to Chapter 17 introduces nuclear physics and nuclear
images in Chap. 12. Images are analyzed from the stand- medicine. The different kinds of radioactive decay are de-
point of linear systems and convolution. This leads to the scribed. Dose calculations are made using the fractional
useofFourieranalysistodescribethespatialfrequenciesin absorbed dose method recommended by the Medical Inter-
animageandthereconstructionofanimagefromitsprojec- nal Radiation Dose Committee of the Society of Nuclear
tions. Both Fourier techniques and filtered back projection MedicineandMolecularImaging.Augerelectronscanmag-
arediscussed. nifythedosedeliveredtoacellortoDNA.Thiscanpoten-
Chapter 13 analyzes sound, hearing, and medical ultra- tiallyprovidenewmethodsoftreatment.Diagnosticimaging
sound.Thewaveequationisderived,andthewavespeedand includes single photon emission tomography and positron
acoustic impedance are related to the tissue properties. The emission tomography. Therapies include brachytherapy and
structureandfunctionoftheearisdescribed.Finally,meth- internal radiotherapy. A section on the nuclear physics of
ods for ultrasonic imaging are discussed, including pulse radonclosesthechapter.
echotechniquesandDopplerimaging. Chapter 18 develops the physics of magnetic resonance
Chapter14discussesthevisible,infrared,andultraviolet imaging(MRI).Weshowhowthebasicpulsesequencesare
regionsoftheelectromagneticspectrum.Thescatteringand formed and used for slice selection, readout, image recon-
absorption cross sections are introduced and are used here struction, and to manipulate image contrast. We close with
andinthenextthreechapters.Wethendescribethediffusion chemical shift imaging, flow effects, functional MRI, and
model for photon transport in turbid media. Thermal radi- diffusionanddiffusiontensorMRI.
ation emitted by the body can be detected; the emission of Biophysics is a very broad subject. Nearly every branch
thermalradiationbythesunincludesultravioletlight,which of physics has something to contribute, and the boundaries
injuresskin.Protectionfromultravioletlightisbothpossible between physics and engineering are blurred. Each chapter
andprudent.Thedefinitionsofvariousradiometricquantities couldbemuchlonger;wehaveattemptedtoprovidethees-
havevariedfromonefieldofresearchtoanother.Wepresent sentialphysicaltools.Molecularbiophysicshasbeenalmost
acoherentdescriptionofradiometric,photometric,andacti- completelyignored:excellenttextsalreadyexist,andthisis
nometric definitions. We then turn to the eye, showing how notourareaofexpertise.Thisbookhasbecomelongenough.
spectaclelensesareusedtocorrecterrorsofrefraction.The Wewouldappreciatereceivinganycorrectionsorsugges-
chaptercloseswithadescriptionofthequantumlimitations tionsforimprovingthebook.
todark-adaptedvision. Finally, thanks to our long-suffering families. We never
Chapter15,likeChap.3,hasfewbiologicalexamplesbut understood what these common words really mean, nor the
sets the stage for later work. It describes how photons and depthofourindebtedness,untilwewrotethebook.
ionizing charged particles such as electrons lose energy in
traversingmatter.Theseinteractionmechanisms,bothinthe RussellK.Hobbie
body and in the detector, are fundamental to the formation ProfessorofPhysicsEmeritus,UniversityofMinnesota
of a radiographic image and to the use of radiation to treat ([email protected])
cancer. BradleyJ.Roth
Chapter 16 describes the use of x rays for medical diag- ProfessorofPhysics,OaklandUniversity
nosis and treatment. It moves from production to detection, ([email protected])
to the diagnostic radiograph. We discuss image quality and
noise,followedbyangiography,mammography,fluoroscopy,
and computed tomography. After briefly reviewing radio-
biology, we discuss therapy and dose measurement. The
chaptercloseswithasectionontherisksfromradiation.
Contents
1 Mechanics ...................................................................................... 1
1.1 DistancesandSizes ........................................................................ 1
1.2 Models................................................................................... 3
1.3 ForcesandTranslationalEquilibrium.......................................................... 3
1.4 RotationalEquilibrium...................................................................... 4
1.5 VectorProduct ............................................................................ 6
1.6 ForceintheAchillesTendon................................................................. 6
1.7 ForcesontheHip .......................................................................... 7
1.8 TheUseofaCane ......................................................................... 10
1.9 Work .................................................................................... 11
1.10 StressandStrain........................................................................... 12
1.11 Shear .................................................................................... 13
1.12 Hydrostatics .............................................................................. 13
1.13 Buoyancy................................................................................. 15
1.14 Compressibility............................................................................ 15
1.15 Diving ................................................................................... 15
1.16 Viscosity ................................................................................. 15
1.17 ViscousFlowinaTube ..................................................................... 16
1.18 Pressure–VolumeWork ..................................................................... 19
1.19 TheHumanCirculatorySystem .............................................................. 20
1.20 TurbulentFlowandtheReynoldsNumber ..................................................... 22
SymbolsUsed ................................................................................... 24
Problems ....................................................................................... 25
References ...................................................................................... 30
2 ExponentialGrowthandDecay ................................................................... 33
2.1 ExponentialGrowth ........................................................................ 33
2.2 ExponentialDecay ......................................................................... 35
2.3 SemilogPaper............................................................................. 36
2.4 VariableRates............................................................................. 38
2.5 Clearance................................................................................. 40
2.6 TheChemostat ............................................................................ 40
2.7 MultipleDecayPaths....................................................................... 41
2.8 DecayPlusInputataConstantRate........................................................... 41
2.9 DecayWithMultipleHalf-LivesandFittingExponentials ........................................ 41
2.10 TheLogisticEquation ...................................................................... 42
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2.11 Log–logPlots,PowerLaws,andScaling....................................................... 43
2.11.1 Log–logPlotsandPowerLaws....................................................... 43
2.11.2 FoodConsumption,BasalMetabolicRate,andScaling................................... 44
SymbolsUsed ................................................................................... 45
Problems ....................................................................................... 45
References ...................................................................................... 51
3 SystemsofManyParticles ........................................................................ 53
3.1 GasMoleculesinaBox..................................................................... 54
3.2 MicrostatesandMacrostates................................................................. 56
3.3 TheEnergyofaSystem:TheFirstLawofThermodynamics ...................................... 57
3.4 EnsemblesandtheBasicPostulates........................................................... 59
3.5 ThermalEquilibrium ....................................................................... 60
3.6 Entropy .................................................................................. 62
3.7 TheBoltzmannFactor ...................................................................... 62
3.8 TheNernstEquation ....................................................................... 63
3.9 ThePressureVariationintheAtmosphere...................................................... 64
3.10 EquipartitionofEnergyandBrownianMotion.................................................. 64
3.11 HeatCapacity ............................................................................. 65
3.12 EquilibriumWhenParticlesCanBeExchanged:theChemicalPotential ............................ 66
3.13 ConcentrationDependenceoftheChemicalPotential ............................................ 67
3.14 SystemsThatCanExchangeVolume.......................................................... 68
3.15 Extensive Variables and
GeneralizedForces ......................................................................... 68
3.16 TheGeneralThermodynamicRelationship..................................................... 69
3.17 TheGibbsFreeEnergy ..................................................................... 70
3.17.1 GibbsFreeEnergy ................................................................. 70
3.17.2 AnExample:ChemicalReactions .................................................... 71
3.18 TheChemicalPotentialofaSolution.......................................................... 72
3.19 TransformationofRandomnesstoOrder....................................................... 74
SymbolsUsed ................................................................................... 75
Problems ....................................................................................... 76
References ...................................................................................... 83
4 TransportinanInfiniteMedium .................................................................. 85
4.1 Flux,Fluence,andContinuity................................................................ 85
4.1.1 TheContinuityEquationinOneDimension ............................................ 86
4.1.2 TheContinuityEquationinThreeDimensions.......................................... 86
4.1.3 TheIntegralFormoftheContinuityEquation .......................................... 87
4.1.4 TheDifferentialFormoftheContinuityEquation ....................................... 88
4.1.5 TheContinuityEquationwithaChemicalReaction...................................... 89
4.2 DriftorSolventDrag ....................................................................... 89
4.3 BrownianMotion .......................................................................... 89
4.4 MotioninaGas:MeanFreePathandCollisionTime ............................................ 90
4.5 MotioninaLiquid ......................................................................... 91
4.6 Diffusion:Fick’sFirstLaw .................................................................. 92
4.7 TheEinsteinRelationshipBetweenDiffusionandViscosity....................................... 93
4.8 Fick’sSecondLawofDiffusion .............................................................. 95
4.9 Time-IndependentSolutions ................................................................. 97
4.10 Example:Steady-StateDiffusiontoaSphericalCellandEndEffects ............................... 98
4.10.1 DiffusionThroughaCollectionofPores,Corrected ..................................... 100
4.10.2 DiffusionfromaSphere,Corrected ................................................... 100
4.10.3 HowManyPoresAreNeeded?....................................................... 100
4.10.4 OtherApplicationsoftheModel ..................................................... 101
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4.11 Example:ASphericalCellProducingaSubstance............................................... 101
4.12 DriftandDiffusioninOneDimension......................................................... 102
4.13 AGeneralSolutionfortheParticleConcentrationasaFunctionofTime ............................ 104
4.14 DiffusionasaRandomWalk................................................................. 105
SymbolsUsed ................................................................................... 107
Problems ....................................................................................... 108
References ...................................................................................... 114
5 TransportThroughNeutralMembranes ........................................................... 117
5.1 Membranes ............................................................................... 117
5.2 OsmoticPressureinanIdealGas ............................................................. 118
5.3 OsmoticPressureinaLiquid ................................................................ 120
5.4 SomeClinicalExamples .................................................................... 121
5.4.1 EdemaDuetoHeartFailure ......................................................... 122
5.4.2 Nephrotic Syndrome, Liver Disease,
andAscites ....................................................................... 122
5.4.3 EdemaofInflammatoryReaction..................................................... 122
5.4.4 HeadachesinRenalDialysis......................................................... 123
5.4.5 OsmoticDiuresis .................................................................. 123
5.4.6 OsmoticFragilityofRedCells ....................................................... 123
5.5 VolumeTransportThroughaMembrane....................................................... 123
5.6 SoluteTransportThroughaMembrane ........................................................ 125
5.7 Example:TheArtificialKidney .............................................................. 126
5.8 CountercurrentTransport.................................................................... 127
5.9 AContinuumModelforVolumeandSoluteTransportinaPore ................................... 128
5.9.1 VolumeTransport.................................................................. 128
5.9.2 SoluteTransport ................................................................... 130
5.9.3 Summary......................................................................... 133
5.9.4 ReflectionCoefficient .............................................................. 133
5.9.5 TheEffectofPoreWallsonDiffusion................................................. 134
5.9.6 NetForceontheMembrane ......................................................... 134
SymbolsUsed ................................................................................... 135
Problems ....................................................................................... 135
References ...................................................................................... 139
6 ImpulsesinNerveandMuscleCells................................................................ 141
6.1 PhysiologyofNerveandMuscleCells ........................................................ 141
6.2 Coulomb’sLaw,Superposition,andtheElectricField............................................ 143
6.3 Gauss’sLaw .............................................................................. 144
6.4 PotentialDifference ........................................................................ 147
6.5 Conductors ............................................................................... 148
6.6 Capacitance............................................................................... 149
6.7 Dielectrics ................................................................................ 149
6.8 CurrentandOhm’sLaw..................................................................... 151
6.9 TheApplicationofOhm’sLawtoSimpleCircuits............................................... 153
6.10 Charge Distribution in the Resting
NerveCell ................................................................................ 154
6.11 TheCableModelforanAxon................................................................ 155
6.12 ElectrotonusorPassiveSpread ............................................................... 159
6.13 TheHodgkin–HuxleyModelforMembraneCurrent............................................. 160
6.13.1 VoltageClampExperiments ......................................................... 161
6.13.2 PotassiumConductance............................................................. 163
6.13.3 SodiumConductance ............................................................... 164
6.13.4 LeakageCurrent ................................................................... 165