Blood Lungs and Heart

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Week 3- Pressure and flows
What is blood pressure caused by ...,
Define mean arterial blood pressu...,
What is a baroreceptor how many t...
44  cards
Sepsis
Define infection,
Define systemic inflammatory resp...,
Define sepsis
16  cards
Week 2- Obstructive Airway Diseases (asthma And COPD)
Define asthma,
What is the aetiology of asthma,
Give examples of the factors invo...
33  cards
Week 1 Oxygen Transport
Outline the reasons for oxygen tr...,
A reaction is required to carry m...,
Describe the structure of haemogl...
22  cards
Week 1: Basic Lung Function & Testing
Give 4 reasons uses of measuring ...,
What lung parameters can be measu...,
What is the peak flow
19  cards
Week 1: Acid Base Regulation
Define acid base strong acid weak...,
What is normal ph of the body wha...,
What does acid base regulation co...
26  cards
Week 3- Heart as an electrical pump
Explain the structure of cardiac ...,
Describe the internal structure o...,
How is cardiac contraction initiated
21  cards
Week 4 - Heart Failure
What is the pathophysiological de...,
What is the clinical definition s...,
Describe the pressure changes in ...
6  cards
Cardiovascular pharmacology
Define acs what conditions are in...,
What are the principles of treatm...,
Define heart failure what is the ...
24  cards
Pharmacology of airway diseases (Week 2)
Explain the pathophysiology of ea...,
Explain the pathophysiology of th...,
What three things is asthma chara...
27  cards
Shock (Week 5)
Define shock,
Define decompensation,
What approach do you use when app...
23  cards
Week 1 Haemostasis and vascular pathology
Define haemostasis,
List three things haemostasis allows,
List three key components of haem...
43  cards
Guided learning- Respiratory histology
What type of epithelium line the ...,
Describe the histology of respira...,
Label the image
20  cards
Guided learning- Atherosclerosis
Describe the normal structure of ...,
What are the differences between ...,
Describe the structure of arterioles
27  cards
Week 2- Control of breathing
Describe neural mechanisms of con...,
Describe how normal breathing occ...,
What sensory afferents do the res...
26  cards
Week 2 Respiratory Failure
Define the two types of respirato...,
Explain the oxygen cascafe,
What is the alveolar gas equation
27  cards
Week 1- Carbon dioxide transport
Where is co2 produced and where d...,
What is the incremental co2,
How is incremental co2 picked up ...
24  cards
Week 1 Gas Laws
What is kinetic theory what propo...,
What is generates pressure what w...,
What is boyles law
31  cards
Week 1: Factors affecting Flow through Tubes
Define pressure,
Define pressure gradient,
Define resistance
28  cards
Week 1- Mechanics of breathing
What determines lung volume,
Describe the elastic recoil of th...,
What is inbetween the lungs and t...
23  cards
Week 1 Ventilation and Perfusion
Give 4 key functions of the respi...,
Describe the general structure of...,
What histological changes occur a...
24  cards
Week 5- Anaphylaxis
Give two examples of a hyperactiv...,
Define hypersensitivity contrast ...,
Define allergy
16  cards
Week 4- Cardiac Output
Define cardiac output what is the...,
Define end diastolic volume what ...,
Define end systolic volume what i...
31  cards
Week 4 Acute Coronary Syndromes
Define acs,
Describe the symptoms of acs,
Describe the difference between s...
17  cards

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