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    Magnetism is a class of physical phenomena mediated by magnetic fields. Magnets exert forces on one another and some materials like iron. All magnets have two poles, north and south, with one end attracted to the geographic north pole and the other to the south. Magnetic fields can penetrate tissue with little effect and are used in medical imaging tools like magnetocardiograms of the heart and magnetoencephalograms of the brain. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging uses the small magnetic fields of atom nuclei to generate diagnostic images.

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    Magnetism is a class of physical phenomena mediated by magnetic fields. Magnets exert forces on one another and some materials like iron. All magnets have two poles, north and south, with one end attracted to the geographic north pole and the other to the south. Magnetic fields can penetrate tissue with little effect and are used in medical imaging tools like magnetocardiograms of the heart and magnetoencephalograms of the brain. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging uses the small magnetic fields of atom nuclei to generate diagnostic images.

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    Magnetism is a class of physical phenomena mediated by magnetic fields. Magnets exert forces on one another and some materials like iron. All magnets have two poles, north and south, with one end attracted to the geographic north pole and the other to the south. Magnetic fields can penetrate tissue with little effect and are used in medical imaging tools like magnetocardiograms of the heart and magnetoencephalograms of the brain. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging uses the small magnetic fields of atom nuclei to generate diagnostic images.

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    Name: Kathryn M.

    Navarro
    Subject: Sci 12 (Physics for Health Science)
    Professor: Sonia Barba

    Magnetism
    Magnetism is a class of physical phenomena that are mediated by magnetic fields.

    Perhaps the most familiar magnets are the small ones used to stick notes on
    refrigerators. Of course, compass needles also are magnets; mounted on low-friction pivots,
    they align themselves along the earth’s magnetic field. The earth itself is in fact a gigantic
    magnet.
    Magnets exert forces on one another and on some materials, such as iron. This forces is the
    magnetic forces, which is another manifestation of the electromagnetic force. Magnets and
    magnetism are named after Magnesia, a region in Asia Minor where ancient peoples found
    rocks that would attract or repel one another. Those rocks (called lodestones) contain iron, one
    of only few elements that can be permanently magnetized. Magnets attract even unmagnetized
    iron. Iron and other materials that can be permanently magnetized, such as nickel, cobalt, and
    gadolinium, are called ferromagnetic materials after the Latin word for iron.
    All magnets have two poles. These are named north and south poles because one end of
    magnet is attracted almost directly toward the geographic north pole of the earth and the
    other end toward the geographic south pole of the earth.
    All electric currents create magnetic fields.

    Medical Uses of Magnetic Fields


    One convenient property of magnetic fields is that they penetrate tissue and have relatively
    little effect on stationary nonferromagnetic materials. This means that magnetic fields can be
    used to probe the body with few adverse effects.
    Magnetocardiogram (MCG) give information not obtained in electrical measurements of the
    heart, but their usefulness as a diagnostic tool is not well enough established to justify the
    expensive equipment needed to make the measurement
    Recordings of magnetic brain waves, called magnetoencephalograms (MEG), are uncommon
    because of their difficulty. As with the heart, the magnetic field of the brain gives different
    information than electric signals from the brain. The usefulness of the MEG as a diagnostic tool
    is not yet known.
    Nuclear Magnetic resonance (NMR) and is called NMR imaging. The nuclei of some atoms have
    small magnetic fields because their spins, just as electrons do.

    Other uses of Magnetic Fields


    Magnetism is a common phenomenon. Its use ranges from mundane door latches to
    sophisticated medical imaging. One increasingly common use of magnetism is information
    storage. Video and stereo recordings are often made on magnetic tape. Computers almost
    always use magnetic devices to record and store information, usually on magnetic tapes or
    disks.
    Quiz:
    1. Give the materials that can be permanently magnetized.
    Answers: iron, nickel, cobalt, and gadolynium
    2. What are the two names after magnesia?
    Answers: magnets and magnetism
    3. Give one medical use of magnetic fields.
    Answer: magnets can be used to direct catheter through the circulatory system
    4. What is the equipment used to measure the magnetic field of the heart?
    Answer: magnetocardiogram
    5. What is magnetism?
    Answer: Magnetism is a class of physical phenomena that are mediated by magnetic fields.

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