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Decks in this class (32)

Respiratory 1- Respiratory Physiology Lecture
What are the functions of the res...,
Why do we breathe,
What is the respiratory system re...
33  cards
Respiratory Physiology 2.1-Anatomy of Pleural cavity
What is the pleural cavity,
What is average total volume of l...,
How full are lungs when breathing...
26  cards
Respiratory Physiology 2.2-mechanisms of breathing
What is boyle s law,
What is dalton s law,
What is charles law
30  cards
Respiratory Physiology 3.1- Alveolar Ventilation vs Pulmonary ventilation
Is anatomical dead space volume f...,
What does the term ventilation mean,
What two ways can ventilation be ...
25  cards
Respiratory Physiology 2.3- Surfactant and Compliance
What are the alveolar wall cell t...,
Give characteristics of surfactant,
How does surface tension occur
22  cards
Respiratory Physiology 3.2- Diffusion of gases between alveoli and blood
What is the function of the pulmo...,
What is the function of the pulmo...,
How is pulmonary circulation diff...
27  cards
Respiratory Physiology 3.3- Common lung pathologies affecting diffusion
1  cards
Respiratory Physiology 3.4- lung function tests and common lung conditions
Obstructive vs restrictive lung d...,
Why are obstructive lung disorder...,
Give examples of obstructive lung...
28  cards
Respiratory Physiology 4.1-Ventilation: perfusion relationship
What does ventilation refer to,
What does perfusion refer to,
Where is most ventilation and per...
24  cards
Respiratory Physiology 4.2- Gas transport in the Blood
What are the two forms that oxyge...,
How much oxygen travels in plasma...,
How much oxygen in whole blood an...
42  cards
Respiratory Physiology 4.3- Additional material on oxygen carriage in blood
State the differences between par...,
What are the values assigned to t...,
Why is partial pressure of oxygen...
16  cards
Respiratory Physiology 5.1- Chemoreceptors
Control of ventilation:
36  cards
Respiratory Physiology 5.2- Acid base balance
What is the difference between pe...,
What pathway means changes in pla...,
What happens to ventilation durin...
15  cards
Pathology of obstructive lung disease
What is chronic obstructive pulmo...,
What is fev1,
What is fvc
35  cards
Clinical Features of Asthma in children
What does no wheeze mean,
What is the solution to suspected...,
Give characteristics of asthma
18  cards
Management of Asthma in children
How steroid sensitive is childhoo...,
What should you use with mdis met...,
What are the goals of treating as...
27  cards
Clinical features of asthma in adults
1  cards
Overview of the function of the CVS1 and CVS2
What does cardiovascular system t...,
What side of heart pumps blood in...,
What side of heart is responsible...
39  cards
Electrical properties of the heart pt.1 and pt.2.
Differences between cardiac muscl...,
Function of gap junctions,
Function of desmosomes
40  cards
A first look at the ECG
What do we record in sll 1,
What are the augmented leads,
What are the six chest leads or p...
43  cards
Cardiac cycle pt.1.
What are the names of the stages ...,
What happens in late diastole,
What happens in atrial contraction
23  cards
The Cardiac Cycle pt.2.
What are heart sounds generated by,
What are the four physiological h...,
What are additional heart sounds ...
10  cards
Short term control of blood pressure
Equation of map,
What is map,
Too low map
26  cards
Long term control of blood pressure
What mediates long term control,
What are the functions of the kid...,
How does plasma affect map
18  cards
Regulation of stroke volume and heart rate
What is heart rate set by,
What nervous system regulates hea...,
What branch increases heart rate
32  cards
Pressure and flow in arteries and veins pt.1,pt.2,pt.3.
How do you measure arterial pressure,
Describe arterial pressure in ven...,
What causes the dicrotic notch
10  cards
Acute Coronary Syndromes: Presentation & Management
Give characteristics of coronary ...,
Types of heart problems,
What is acute coronary syndrome
32  cards
Hypertension
Definitions of prevention,
When should you suspect hypertension,
What does hypertension increase r...
47  cards
SIHD and angina : presentation and investigation
Definition of angina,
Pathophysiology of myocardial isc...,
What is supply demand mismatch du...
25  cards
Pathophysiology of thrombosis and embolism
What is normal blood flow describ...,
What is important in blood flow,
What is stasis
28  cards
CVS Histology
What does endocardium and tunica ...,
What does myocardium and tunica m...,
What does epicardium and tunica e...
24  cards
Drugs used in the treatment of the cardiovascular system
0  cards

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