Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems

by Truskey, George A; Yuan, Fan; Katz, David F

• ISBN13: 9780131569881
• ISBN10: 0131569880
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780130422040, 9780134634050
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-23
• Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

Presenting engineering fundamentals and biological applications in a unified way, this book provides learners with the skills necessary to develop and critically analyze models of biological transport and reaction processes.It covers topics in fluid mechanics, mass transport, and biochemical interactions, with engineering concepts motivated by specific biological problems.For researchers in biomedical engineering.

Author Biography

The authors are faculty members in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University.  The authors are leaders in their respective fields of research and their research has involved various aspects of momentum and mass transport related to biological phenomena and technologies.

Table of Contents

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Introduction

Introduction to Physiological Fluid Mechanics

Conservation and Momentum Balances

Conservation Relations for Fluid Transport, Dimensional Analysis and Scaling

Macroscopic Form of Conservation Relations and Applications of Momentum Transport

Fluid Flow in the Circulation and Tissues

Fundamentals and Applications of Mass Transport

Introduction to Mass Transport

Diffusion with Convection or Electrical Potentials

Transport in Porous Media

Transvascular Transport

Solvent and Solute Transport across the Kidney Glomerulus

The Effect of Mass Transport Upon Biochemical Interactions

Mass Transport and Biochemical Interactions

Oxygen Transport from the Lungs to the Tissues

Ligand-Receptor Kinetics on the Cell Surface and Molecular Transport within Cells

Cell Adhesion and Cell Signaling

Transport of Drugs and Macromolecules in Tumors

Transport in Organs and Organisms

Heat Transfer in Biological Systems

Appendix

Relevant Mathematical Concepts

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