Recommended study literature
Final exam: State examination
Slovak in combination with English (some of the suggested readings are in English).
1. Newton laws of dynamics, constant and acerated motion
2. Oscillations of a linear harmonic oscillator: undamped, damped
3. Forced oscillations, resonance
4. Mechanical energy, work, power, conservation laws (energy, momentum, angular momentum)
5. Basic laws of hydrostatics, hydrodynamics and their applications (Pascal's law, Archimedes' law, Bernoulli's equation, continuity equation)
6. Electric charge, electric field intensity, electric charge density.
7. Gauss's law and its use to calculate the electric field in symmetric cases.
8. Electrostatic field of a dipole and force effects of an electric field on a dipole.
9. Electric field around conductors and in their cavities. The relationship between the intensity of the electric field and the surface charge density.
10. Ampere's law and its use for calculation of magnetic fields in symmetric cases.
11. Electromagnetic induction, Lenz's law.
12. Basic properties of electromagnetic waves. Poynting vector. Light intensity.
13. Polarization of light (Fresnel equations, Brewster angle). Realization of polarized waves.
14. Interference of light waves (Beam coherence - methods for producing two coherent light sources)
15. Diffraction (Huygens-Fresnel principle, slit, difraction grating).
16. Rutherford scattering
17. X-rays
18. Bohr model of hydrogen atom and radiation spectra
19. Nuclear binding energy (Weizsäcker formula, applications)
20. Statistical law of radioactive decay
21. Alpha decay of nuclei, beta decay
22. Mechanisms of ionizing radiation interaction with matter.
23. Interaction of gamma radiation with matter
24. Physical principles of particle detection.
25. Continuous random variables. Probability density function. Expected value and mean squared deviation. State two examples of probability density functions.
26. The Drunkard's Walk. Dependence of the mean square of the distance on the number of steps.
27. Maxwell's velocity distribution. The most probable value of the velocity and the average squared velocity.
28. Boltzmann distribution. Barometric formula.
29. The first law of thermodynamics for an ideal gas. Mayer's relationship.
30. Carnot cycle.
31. Gas work (isochoric, isobaric, isothermal, adiabatic process)
32. Gas entropy increment (isochoric, isobaric, isothermal, adiabatic process).
33. Two-state system (spin) at temperature T. Average energy.
34. Grand canonical distribution (Bose-Einstein distribution, Fermi-Dirac distribution).
35. Canonical ensemble. Statistical sum. Calculation of the expected value of energy from the statistical sum.
36. Passage of particles through the barrier - quantum tunnelling (importance in biology).
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The condition for passing the course is successful completion of the state examination
Recommended study literature
Final exam: state final exam
Indicative evaluation scale: A 90%, B 80%, C 70%, D 60%, E 50%
Slovak in combination with English
1. Spine, vertebrae, joints, function
2. Chest, skeleton, connections, function
3. Skull bones
4. Skeleton of the upper limb, conjunctions
5. Skeleton of the lower limb, conjunctions
6. Pelvis
7. Oral cavity, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, and their function
8. Small and large intestine, and their function
9. Liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, pancreas, and their function
10. Nasal cavity, larynx, trachea, and their function
11. Bronchi, lungs, and their function
12. External description of heart, cavities and valves of heart, and their function
13. Transmission system and blood vessels of heart, function
14. Pulmonary blood circulation, physiological properties
15. Body blood circulation, physiological properties
16. Excretory system, functions
17. Medulla spinalis, medulla oblongata, pons, cerebellum, and their function
18. Mesencephalon, diencephalon, and their function
19. Telencephalon, primary, secondary and tertiary and associative cortical areas
20. CNS cavities and casings
21. Autonomic nervous system, and their function
22. Epithelial tissue, and its function
23. Muscle tissue, supportive and connective tissue
24. Blood and haematopoiesis, blood groups, blood clotting
25. Nerve tissue, neuron, its function
26. Microscopic anatomy of cardiovascular system (heart, arteries, capillaries, veins) and respiratory system
27. Microscopic anatomy of digestive system (hollow organs of the digestive system, glandular organs of digestive system (salivary glands, liver, pancreas, gallbladder))
28. Microscopic anatomy of central and peripheral nervous system, and endocrine glands
29. Homeostasis
30. Negative and positive feedback
31. Endocrine system
32. Neuron, nerve excitement, resting membrane potential, receptor potential, action potential, neuromuscular transmission
33. Reflex arc
34. Basic physiological properties of heart muscle (automation, conductivity, irritability, contractility)
35. Cardiac cycle
36. Cardiac output, preload, contractility, afterload
37. ECG
38. Blood flow in blood vessels, blood pressure, factors influencing blood pressure
39. Blood capillaries, hydrostatic and oncotic pressure in capillaries
40. Nervous and humoral regulation of cardiovascular system activity
41. Ventilation, tidal volumes, dead space
42. Diffusion, perfusion, transmission of respiratory gases in blood, oxygen supply
43. Nephron and its function, glomerular filtration, tubular processes in kidneys
44. The role of kidneys and respiration in regulation of acid-base balance, blood pH, maintenance of acid-base balance
45. Sensory perception, sight, hearing, taste, smell, balance, pain
46. Movement regulation
47. Bioenergetics (glycolysis, Krebs cycle, oxidative phosphorylation)
48. Nutrition, work metabolism, thermoregulation
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Nadeau J.L (2012). Introduction to experimental biophysics: Biological methods for physical scientists. Boca Raton : CRC Press. ISBN 9781498799591
Waczulíková, I., Slezák, P. (2015). Introductory Biostatistics. Bratislava: Comenius University, 1 st Edition, 2015, 147 p. ISBN 978-80-223-3938-4
Gavora P. (2007). Sprievodca metodológiou kvalitatívneho výskumu /. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského
Lang T.A., Secic M. (1997). How to report statistics in medicine : Annotated guidelines for authors, editors, and reviewers /. Philadelphia : American College of Physicians.
Literature according to the supervisor's recommendation and from the student's own research will be listed in the list of used literature in the bachelor's thesis
Legislation and documents of World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki, ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects
Preliminary evaluation: individual work
Final exam: bachelor thesis defense
Indicative evaluation scale: A 90%, B 80%, C 70%, D 60%, E 50%
Slovak in combination with English (some of the suggested readings are in English)
Under supervision the students will gain skills in studying a topic and, competence to search for relevant state-of-the-art literature, for academic, scientific and technical resources, skills in critical appraising scientific literature, executing experiments or survey, documenting, analysing, interpreting and presenting results. The submitted thesis must meet Comenius University requirements for thesis content. To fulfil the Bachelor degree requirement, the bachelor thesis must be successfully defended in an oral examination before a committee.
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The students will be capable of using and searching electronic and library information sources, reading and discussing academic literature and concepts with their supervisors and summarizing their thoughts about the literature both orally and on paper. They will also know how to apply appropriate theories and methods in their own research project and how to summarize the obtained results and incorporate them into the final thesis in accordance with the internal regulations of Comenius University.