Fundamentals of Biopotentials
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Fundamentals of Biopotentials Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Fundamentals of Biopotentials (subject code 3140311) as prescribed for Biomed · Semester 4 divides the course into 4 units, covering 28 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3140311)Unit 1 Introduction to Physiological systems of the body, The Origins of Biopotentials,
- Medical Instrumentation System
- Electrical activity of excitable cells- Resting states
- Nernst equation
- Active states
- Network equivalent circuit of nerve/ skeletal fiber
- properties of action potentials
- propagation of the action potential
Unit 2 Review of biopotentials, Electrode as a bioelectric transducer, The electrode-
- electrolyte interface
- Polarizable and nonpolarizable electrodes
- Half-cell potential
- Electrode behavior and circuit models
- The electrode-skin interface and Motion artifact
- Body-surface recording electrodes
- Internal electrodes
- Electrode arrays
Unit 3 Generation of ECG, Electrocardiography, The ECG waveform & Wigger’s
- The standard ECG lead system
- Characteristics of Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- EEG electrodes and the 10-20 system
- Physiology of Electromyogram (EMG)
- EMG electrodes
- Electroneurogram (ENG)
- Electroretinogram (ERG)
Unit 4 Introduction to ion distributions, Na+ and K+ distributions, Cl- distributions, Ca2+
- Exchange and pumping
- (Na-K) ATPase Pump
- Diffusion and diffusion coefficient
- Permeability coefficient
- Circuit analysis for cell membrane
- Subject Code: 3140311
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