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Decks in this class (16)

L01-Introduction to CVS
What are the main functions of th...,
What is normal cardiac output at ...,
What is the cadiac output equation
5  cards
L02-Generating the cardiac rhythm
What is a syncytium it describes ...,
How does depolarisation spread be...,
What is the normal rate at which ...
16  cards
L03-The ECG
What is an ecg,
What are the types of ecg leads,
How will a repolarising current a...
12  cards
L04- The cardiac cycle
What is the largest part of the c...,
Which is the dominant nervous sys...,
What are the lub dub heart sounds...
15  cards
L05-Regulation of cardiac ouput
What are preload and afterload,
What is the hearts response to in...,
What are the two main methods by ...
12  cards
L07-* Elastic arteries and haemodynamics
What are the main functions of el...,
How is mean arterial blood pressu...,
What is the equation for compliance
18  cards
L06-Drugs affecting the heart
What are the two main ways that d...,
How are arrhythmias described,
How are antiarrhythmic drugs clas...
14  cards
L08-Peripheral circulation-Capillaries and veins
What is the structure of a capillary,
What is ficks law of diffusion,
What are the three main mechanism...
14  cards
L09-Autonomic Pharmacology
What are the neurotransmitters fo...,
What are the effects of sympathet...,
What effects do beta agonists hav...
15  cards
L10-Characteristics of circulation through different organs
What are the two main tasks of th...,
Why must the flow to the coronary...,
What is the circumflex artery a b...
17  cards
L11-Vasodilators
What are the three main controlle...,
What is the most important target...,
What are the two main types of va...
12  cards
L12-Control of blood pressure
Where is afferent activity from t...,
Where is the strongest barorecept...,
What is functional importance of ...
7  cards
L15-Cardiovascular-respiratory interactions and reflexes
What are the two different types ...,
What is the central neural respir...,
What effects do pulmonary stretch...
8  cards
L16-The role of exercise and stress in health and disease
What is a typical response to men...,
What reflex is suppressed during ...,
What can chronic stress lead to
8  cards
L17-Exercise and the CVS
What is vo2 max,
What does the vo2 max depend on,
How does aerobic training increas...
5  cards
L18-Hypertension, hypotension and therapeutic intervention
What is an example of an ace inhi...,
What is an example of an angioten...,
What is an example of calcium cha...
5  cards

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