Year 1: Cardiovascular System

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Decks in this class (21)

1. Anatomy of the Heart and Circulation
What is the pericardium,
How many layers does the pericard...,
What is the name of the fluid bet...
20  cards
2. Mechanical Properties of the Heart I
What is required for contraction,
What is the shape of a single ven...,
Describe the process of contraction
47  cards
3. Mechanical Properties of the Heart II
What phases is the heart beat div...,
Define diastole,
Define systole
54  cards
4. Blood Vessels and Blood Flow
What are the features of arteries,
What are the features of small ar...,
Where does most of the pressure d...
57  cards
5. The Microcirculation
Describe the arrangement of the m...,
Define blood flow rate,
What is the equation for blood fl...
57  cards
6. Blood Vessel Order, Function and Specilisation
What are the layers in a blood ve...,
Describe the tunica adventitia,
Describe the tunica media
71  cards
7. Electrical Properties of the Heart
What is meant when the ion is in ...,
Describe the movement of in a par...,
How can the resting membrane pote...
48  cards
8. Sympathetic nervous and renin-angiotensin systems
Where does the parasympathetic sy...,
Where does the sympathetic system...,
Where are the baroreceptors found
71  cards
9. Basic Haemostasis
What are the functions of haemost...,
What does the formation of an uns...,
What does the stabilisation of th...
71  cards
10. Clinical Haemostasis Thrombosis
What is the state of normal haemo...,
What are the characteristics of a...,
What is primary haemostasis
42  cards
11. Regulation of the cardiovascular system
What is venous volume distributio...,
What are the ways of regulating flow,
Define autoregulation
57  cards
12. Practical ECG methods
0  cards
13. Understanding the ECG
0  cards
14. ECG - Identifying some Basic Disturbances of Rhythm
0  cards
15. Hypertension
What is abnormal blood pressure,
Describe the way systolic blood p...,
Describe the way diastolic blood ...
40  cards
16. Responses to CVS stress
Why do you take blood pressure fr...,
Does gravity have an effect on ar...,
Does gravity have an effect on th...
32  cards
17. Atherosclerosis
What cells remove arterial tissue,
What cells make arterial tissue,
List the potentially modifiable r...
87  cards
18. Vascular Endothelium
Define atherosclerosis,
Give a symptoms atherosclerosis,
What type of disease is atheroscl...
36  cards
19. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
Define heart failure,
Definition of heart failure in man,
When heart failure occurs what ot...
53  cards
20. Coronary Heart Disease
How does coronary artery disease ...,
Patients who present with sudden ...,
What can coronary artery disease ...
75  cards
21. Integration of CVS Responses
0  cards

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