Phase transitions in biological systems: Difference between revisions

From PhyWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
Line 14: Line 14:
==Plants as a Biological System==
==Plants as a Biological System==
===Photosynthesis===
===Photosynthesis===
[[Image:Photo1.png|Photo1.png]]


==Biological Thermodynamics==
==Biological Thermodynamics==

Revision as of 00:12, 16 April 2009

The Human Body as a Biological System

Respiratory System

Oxygen gas

Digestive System

Breakdown of food for energy. ATP.

Circulatory System

Transportation

Nervous System

Various signaling pathways

Reproductive System

The fertilization of an egg by sperm is irreversible.

Plants as a Biological System

Photosynthesis

Photo1.png

Biological Thermodynamics

Sources

1. “Digestion”, 15APR09, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestion>

2. Fox, Stuart Ira, “Human Physiology”, 10th Edition, McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008

3. “MIT Department of Physics: Biophysics: Biological and Medicine”, 15APR09,< http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/areasofresearch/atomic_cm_plasma/biophysics/biophysics.html>

4. “Nervous system”, 15APR09, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_system>

5. “Phase Changes”, 15APR09, < http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/phase.html>

6. “Phase transition”, 15APR09, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_transition>

7. “Photosynthesis”, 15APR09, <http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html>

8. “Photosynthesis”, 15APR09, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis>

9. “Soft Condensed Matter: where physics meets biology”, 15APR09,< http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/169>

10. “Types of Photosynthesis”, <http://wc.pima.edu/~bfiero/tucsonecology/plants/plants_photosynthesis.htm>