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Revision as of 00:56, 16 April 2009
Phase transitions are present everywhere. Even within something as complex as the human body or plants, phase transitions are still present throughout processes which these systems use to survive.
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
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>