So we're going to talk about thinking about the body as a system,

我们会讲到如何将身体看作系统进行研究
as a system that can be understood the same way

这个系统能够以研究
a motor could be understood or a computer that could be understood.

引擎或计算机的方法进行研究
That study is Systems Physiology

这项研究叫做系统生理学
and that's an important subdivision of Biomedical Engineering.

它是生物医学工程的一个重要分支
We'll talk about instrumentation a little bit and I've mentioned this,

我会讲到本节课提到
things like the EKG machine and the heart/lung machine are instruments

像心电图仪或者心肺功能机这样的设备
that are designed to either keep patients alive

用来维持病人生命
or to allow you to monitor their function over time.

或者能全天候地监测生命体征
We'll talk about imaging which I mentioned,

我们也会讨论到影像学
biomechanics or the study of humans as mechanical objects.

生物机械学即将人体作为机械的研究
We'll talk about a field which is growing now

我们也会讲到现在正在发展的一个领域