Physical quantities and measurement units. Kinematics of point particle: displacement, velocity and acceleration. Rectilinear motion. Dynamics and Newton laws. Mass and weight. Friction. Work, energy and conservation laws. Moment of a force. Rigid body static equilibrium laws. Levers and applications to the human body. Elasticity and Hooke's law. Stress-deformation relationships. Fracture mechanisms.
Fluid in static and dynamic conditions. Density and pressure. Stevino, Pascal, Archimede and Torricelli laws. Blood pressure measurement. Bernoulli equation and its applications to the cardiovascular system. Venturi effect. Viscosity. Hydrodynamic resistance in the circulatory system.
Thermal capacity and specific heat. Phase changes, latent heat and heat propagation. Gas laws.
The sound. Propagation of sound waves. Levels of sound sensation. Reception of elastic waves in biological systems. Ultrasound and their applications in medicine.
Electromagnetism. Electric properties of matter. Coulomb law. Electric field and electric potential. Electric current. Electric current and measuring instruments. Electrical resistance. Ohm laws. Magnetic fields. Electromagnetic radiations and their applications in medicine.