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Medical Biophysics 331G Interactions with the Physical Environment, in Animals and Humans

Examination of the physical processes in the environment that affect life, and physical processes in animals that enable them to survive. Topics include gaseous pressure, temperature, light, gravity, sound, ionizing radiation. Special emphasis is given to heat exchange, human vision and hearing, altitude and diving, the space environment, radiation tolerance.

Antirequisite: The former Biology 331G.
Prerequisites: Biology 022 or 023, Physics 020, 024 or 025. Open to second-year students with at least a 70% average in first year.
Pre- or corequisite: Calculus 050a/b plus one of Calculus 051a/b or 081a/b, or Applied Mathematics 026.
3 lecture hours, half course.


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