Learning Objectives Flashcards
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Explain the mechanisms by which oxygen and carbon dioxide are transported in the blood.
THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY
Distinguish between primary and secondary immune responses; distinguish between active and passive immunity, both naturally acquired and artificially acquired.
URINARY PHYSIOLOGY
Describe the structure and function of the bowman’s capsule, and the intrinsic mechanisms that regulate the first rate-limiting step of urine formation.
BLOOD
Describe the proportions (%) of the two main components of whole blood and how this is measured
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Describe the mechanisms that are responsible for maintaining arterial blood flow, and those that aid in returning venous blood to the heart.
URINARY PHYSIOLOGY
Describe the 3 phases of urine formation, including where they occur (principally) along the nephron, the net direction of movement of materials and whether by active or passive transport.
First Phase: Filtration
As blood flows through the glomerular, protein-free plasma lters through the glomerular capillaries into Bowman’s capsule. Normally, about 20% of the plasma that enters the glomerulus is filtered.
The kidneys filter the entire plasma volume about 65 times per day.
This is know an glomerular filtration.
Second Phase: Reabsorption
As the filtrate flows through the tubules, substances of value to the body are returned to the peritubular capillary plasma.
This selective movement of substances from inside the tubule (the tubular lumen) into the blood is called tubular reabsorption.
Reabsorbed substances are not lost from the body in the urine but instead are carried by the peritubular capillaries to the venous system the heart to be recirculated.
Third Phase: Secretion
The selective transfer of substances from the peritubular capillary blood into the tubular lumen is known as Tubular Secretion.
It provides a second route for substances to enter the renal tubules from the blood, the first being by glomerular filtration.
Only about 20% of the plasma flowing through the glomerular capillaries is filtered into Bowman’s capsule; the remaining 80% flows on through the efferent arteriole into the peritubular capillaries.
Tubular secretion provides a mechanism for more rapidly eliminating selected substances from the plasma by extracting an additional quantity of a particular substance from the 80% of unfiltered plasma in the peritubular capillaries and adding it to the quantity of the substance already present in the tubule as a result of filtration.
DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Discuss the factors involved in the normal regulation of hunger.
THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY
Describe the typical events in an allergic reaction.
URINARY PHYSIOLOGY
Discuss pathological states affecting urinary function.
THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY
Differentiate between non-specific and specific defense of the body, and describe the means of non-specific resistance to invasion or disease, including inflammation.
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Differentiate between internal and external respiration.
DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Describe the mechanisms of transport in the absorption of the products of digestion, water and minerals from the alimentary canal.
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Review the physiological processes involved in tissue fluid formation and return, and the possible causes of edema.
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Describe some of the common pathologic conditions that affect heart function.
URINARY PHYSIOLOGY
Review the anatomy and physiology of the organs of the urinary system, and the blood circulatory path through the kidney.
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Define partial gas pressure, and describe the factors (4) that influence the diffusion of gases across cell membranes.
DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Describe the composition of saliva and bile.
BLOOD
Explain the genetic basis for blood typing.
BLOOD
Describe the general characteristics of the formed elements of blood and blood plasma; and discuss the major functions of each.
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Discuss the location and function of the respiratory centers in the regulation of breathing, and the various factors (both at central and peripheral receptors) that affect these control centers.
URINARY PHYSIOLOGY
Discuss the function of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in the regulation of salt and water balance.
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Describe the role of the chloride shift in carbon dioxide transport.
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Explain how either poor perfusion or poor ventilation of the lungs may result in a “right to left shunt”.
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Compare and contrast autorhythmic and contractile cells of the heart, both in structure and function.
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Explain why ventilation is the “rate-limiting step” in respiratory function.
THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY
Discuss the inflammation process and the significance of each physiological change.
THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY
Discuss the pivotal role of macrophages in self-recognition and defense against disease.
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Describe the relationship of blood pressure to cardiac output, blood volume, viscosity of blood, and peripheral resistance.
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Describe the role of watery fluids, including important differences in function, on the outer and inner surfaces of the lungs.
URINARY PHYSIOLOGY
Review how the body fluids are distributed within compartments, how the fluid composition differs between compartments, and the transport mechanisms that move fluids from one compartment to another.
URINARY PHYSIOLOGY
Discuss the dietary and physiological factors that may contribute to fluctuations in body pH; and name the conditions in which body pH is abnormal.
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Describe the basic mechanics of heart function that ensure one-way flow of blood through the heart.
DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Discuss current major medical concerns related to nutrition in the U.S.
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Discuss the mechanisms of regulating blood pressure.
THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY
Describe the structure and function of organs and tissues of the lymphatic system.