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Decks in this class (22)

Lecture 1 - Anatomy and Physiology
What is the difference between an...,
What is functional genomics
2  cards
Lecture 2 - Body fluids and membrane transport
What is the composition of the av...,
What is intracellular fluid,
What is extracellular fluid
24  cards
Lecture 3 - Homeostasis
What did bernard say about the de...,
Who coined the term homeostasis,
What sort of fluctuations does th...
18  cards
Lecture 4 - Basic tissues
What are the functions of epithelia,
What are some characteristics of ...,
What is the basic structure of ep...
31  cards
Lecture 5 - Blood vessels
What are some key features blood ...,
What is the structure of all bloo...,
What is the tunica intima
27  cards
Lecture 6 - Anatomy of the circulatory system
What is the main function of a ci...,
What are the three different type...,
What is the blood circulatory system
18  cards
Lecture 7 - Anatomy of the heart
Where is the heart located,
What are the two types of pericar...,
What is the fibrous pericardium
22  cards
Lecture 8 - Haematology
How much blood does the average a...,
What is the composition of blood,
What is the function of blood
32  cards
Lecture 9 - Haematology II
What is the homeostatic response,
O,
Where to platelets come from
17  cards
Lecture 10 - Haematology 10
How are wbc formed,
What are the five types of wbc,
Which wbc are agranulocytes
18  cards
Lecture 11 - Circulation of blood
What is the function of the cardi...,
What are the 5 different componen...,
Which components of the circulato...
22  cards
Lecture 12 - Control of cardiac output
What is cardiac output,
What is heart rate,
What is stroke volume
26  cards
Lecture 13 - Blood pressure regulation
What is the definition of blood p...,
What is the formula for blood pre...,
What is the role of autoregulation
21  cards
Lecture 14 - Capillary exchange
Why do we need capillary exchange,
What are 3 adaptations capillarie...,
Why and how does short diffusion ...
25  cards
Lecture 15 - Cardiovascular disease
How does hypertension affect card...,
How does myocardial infarction af...,
How does arrhythmia affect cardio...
49  cards
Lecture 16 - Anatomy of respiratory tract
What are some functions of the re...,
What components are involved in t...,
What are the functions of the upp...
33  cards
Lecture 17 - Anatomy of breathing
What is the location of the lungs,
What is the structure of the lungs
35  cards
Lecture 18 - Mechanics of breathing
What is respiration,
What are the three steps of respi...,
What is pulmonary ventiliation
18  cards
Lecture 19 - Blood gas transport
What does gas transport carry aro...,
Through which process does gas ex...,
What factors determine efficiency...
22  cards
Lecture 20 - Control of breathing
What are the two mechanisms used ...,
What does the local mechanism detect,
What does the central mechanism d...
33  cards
Lecture 21 - When things go wrong in the respiratory system
What are the three types of respi...,
What are obstructive respiratory ...,
Whare are copd
28  cards
ELM1: Receptors 101
What do most drugs bind to,
What part of the protein do drugs...,
What type of bond is formed betwe...
67  cards

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