Organs and Artificial Organs

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.07.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Rationale and Introduction
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Overview of the Circulatory System
  4. Dimensional Analysis Calculation Demonstrating Heart Reliability
  5. Introduction to Units of Measure
  6. Dimensional Analysis of Graphical Data: Ventricular Pressure vs. Volume Graph
  7. Dimensional Analysis for Evaluating Potential Power Sources for an Artificial Heart
  8. Dimensional Analysis does Problem Analysis
  9. Student Background and Challenges
  10. Strategies
  11. Classroom Activities and Lesson Plans
  12. Standards Alignment
  13. Teacher and Student Resources
  14. Endnotes
  15. Bibliography

Dimensional Analysis: A Mathematics Tool to Dissect the Circulatory System

Richard Cordia Taylor

Published September 2011

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Endnotes

  1. NASA, Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap Investigation Board Phase I Report
  2. Boron and Boulpaep, Medical physiology: a cellular and molecular approach, 508-533
  3. Cardiology Teaching Package
  4. Saltzman, Biomedical engineering: bridging medicine and technology, Chapter 8
  5. American Heritage Dictionary
  6. Essentials of the SI: Base & derived units
  7. Boron and Boulpaep, Medical physiology: a cellular and molecular approach, 523
  8. Saltzman, Biomedical engineering: bridging medicine and technology. Chapter 8
  9. Boron and Boulpaep, Medical physiology: a cellular and molecular approach, 455
  10. Ibid, 460
  11. Wolters Kluwer Health
  12. Concept Developed for an Implanted Stimulated Muscle-Powered Piezoelectric Generator
  13. Huffman and Norman, Nuclear-Fueled Circulatory Support Systems IV: Radiologic Perspectives
  14. California Department of Education, 2-3

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