Biophysical Phenomena
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Biophysical Phenomena. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Biophysical Phenomena.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Biomechanics - The mechanical laws and the action of forces in living structures....
Biophysical Phenomena - The physical characteristics and processes of biological systems....
Biophysical Processes - Physical forces and actions in living things....
Energy Transfer - The transfer of energy of a given form among different scales of motion. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionar...
Facilitated Diffusion - The passive movement of molecules exceeding the rate expected by simple diffusion. No energy is expe...
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer - A type of FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY using two FLUORESCENT DYES with overlapping emission and absorpt...
Linear Energy Transfer - Rate of energy dissipation along the path of charged particles. In radiobiology and health physics, ...
Mechanotransduction, Cellular - The process by which cells convert mechanical stimuli into a chemical response. It can occur in both...
Membrane Fluidity - The motion of phospholipid molecules within the lipid bilayer, dependent on the classes of phospholi...
Membrane Potentials - The voltage differences across a membrane. For cellular membranes they are computed by subtracting t...
Osmosis - Tendency of fluids (e.g., water) to move from the less concentrated to the more concentrated side of...
Protein Folding - A rapid biochemical reaction involved in the formation of proteins. It begins even before a protein ...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
