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Neuronal Electrophysiology
What is the difference between th...,
What does higher membrane resista...,
What does higher internal resista...
21
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Neurotransmission and ANS
How does botulinum toxin alter sy...,
How does tetanus toxin affect syn...,
What is the effect of sarin nerve...
22
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Striated and Smooth Muscle
What are the physical and functio...,
What are the physical and functio...,
What are the physical and functio...
28
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Cardiac Refractory Periods
What is the absolute refractory p...,
What is the relative refractory p...,
What is the refractory period of ...
11
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Cardiac Resting Membrane and Action Potential
Describe the sequence of electric...,
How does hyperkalemia affect the ...,
How does hypokalemia affect the r...
12
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Cardiac Conduction
What is the intercalated disk,
What is the function of the sa node,
What is the function of the av node
26
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Cardiac Pacemaker Mechanisms
What is automaticity,
What is the hierarchy of the card...,
What are the ionic mechanisms res...
15
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Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias
What causes cardiac arrhythmias,
Describe the mechanism of altered...,
What is tachycardia
19
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Myocardial Excitation-Contraction Coupling
What is the sarcolemma,
What are the t tubules,
What is troponin c
20
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Cardiac Muscle Mechanics
What are the 4 determinants of ca...,
What is preload,
What is after load
18
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EKG Conference
What are the 3 bipolar leads of h...,
What are the unipolar leads of th...,
What are the precordial unipolar ...
32
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Cardiac Simulation
What occurs when the pressure in ...,
What happens when the pressure in...,
What occurs when the pressure in ...
36
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Cardiac Function
How does an increase in the prelo...,
How does an increase in the after...,
How does and increase in the cont...
19
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Interactions between the Heart and the Peripheral Vasculature
What is venous return,
What is the central venous pool,
What is cardiac output
20
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Hemodynamics
What are the constraints of poise...,
What is poiseulle s law,
What is the equation for resistan...
22
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Systemic Circulation
What is pulse pressure,
What happens to the pulse pressur...,
What happens to the mean arterial...
53
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Microcirculation and Lymphatics
What are the pre capillary resist...,
What are the post capillary resis...,
Where is most of the resistance i...
35
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Control of Circulation
What is the basal arterial tone,
What is the resting sympathetic tone,
How do active mechanisms affect t...
29
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Local Regulatory Mechanisms
What are the resistance vessels,
How is vascular smooth muscle rel...,
What is auto regulation in regard...
28
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Special Circulations: Coronary and Skeletal
What is the dominant coronary artery,
What are the determinants of coro...,
What is the primary determinant o...
40
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Special Circulations: Cerebral and Pulmonary
How much of the resting cardiac o...,
How does the blood brain barrier ...,
What are the factors that affect ...
45
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Special Circulations III: Skin and Splanchnics
What is a determinant of blood flow,
What is a regulator of blood flow,
What is the most important factor...
42
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Neonatal Circulation
Where does maternal and fetal blo...,
Where do oxygenated and unoxygena...,
What separates the atria
14
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Autonomics Chart
What is the sympathetic division ...,
What is the parasympathetic divis...,
What is the function of the sympa...
18
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Regulation of Cardiac Activity and Circulation
What happens to the arterial pres...,
What happens to the arterial pres...,
What happens to the arterial pres...
47
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Function of the Respiratory System
What are the functions of the res...,
What are some of the secondary fu...,
What are the parts of the upper a...
35
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Lung Mechanics
How does air flow during inspiration,
How does air flow during expiration,
What are the muscles of inspiration
78
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Ventilation
What is boyle s law p v,
What is charles law t v,
What is gay lussac s law p t
29
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Diffusion and Perfusion
What is the average transit time ...,
How does the transfer of gas acro...,
What does fick s law state
25
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Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships
What occurs when the v q ratio is...,
What occurs when the v q ratio is...,
What is the normal v q value
29
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Gas Transport
What are the mechanisms for o2 tr...,
How much of the o2 does dissolved...,
What is henry s law of gas solubi...
38
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Control of Respiration
What are the 3 parts involved in ...,
Where is the central controller o...,
What are the parts of the medulla...
41
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Extreme Conditions - Altitude and Pressure
What is the pressure of water vap...,
What is the most important acclim...,
Why is hyperventilation so import...
21
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Overview of the Renal System
What are the 8 major functions of...,
What is the importance of the kid...,
What is the importance of the kid...
51
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Renal Clearance
What are the units of clearance,
What are the 3 processes in the n...,
What are the renal units for conc...
44
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Renal Filtration and Blood Flow
What are the 3 general processes ...,
What is the first step in the pro...,
How much of the cardiac output do...
51
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Principles of Tubular Transport
What are the 3 processes in urine...,
What is usually never found in urine,
How does water move throughout th...
26
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Specific Tubule Functions Along the Nephron
What does the proximal tubule mai...,
What is the main mechanism for th...,
Describe sodium reabsorption in t...
43
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Hormonal Regulation of Body Fluid Osmolarity
What is the importance of the kid...,
What are the other methods of wat...,
What is the loss of water through...
54
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Renal Mechanisms for Concentration and Dilution of Urine
Is water excretion dependent on s...,
In the pt are the water and solut...,
Where is the major site of water ...
42
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Hormonal Regulation of Salts
How do the kidneys keep the ecf v...,
What are positive and negative na...,
What does the na balance affect i...
31
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Renal Regulation of Electrolytes
What 2 mechanisms are in charge o...,
Where is most of the k in the bod...,
How is the rapid rise in k in the...
39
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Renal Regulation of Acid-Base Balance
What is the effect and cause of r...,
In order to control ph what is se...,
What is the ph of urine around
30
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Quantitative Acid-Base Balance
What is acid base balance in the ...,
What is the normal arterial ph,
What are volatile acids and non v...
31
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Assessment of Acid-Base Status
What is the isohydric principle,
How is the isohydric principle im...,
Why does only one buffer system n...
44
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Principles of Gastrointestinal Regulation
What are the main functions of th...,
What are the 5 main physiological...,
How does the duodenum deal with t...
89
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Cephalic, Oral and Esophageal Phase of a Meal
What is the cephalic phase,
What are the salivary secretions ...,
What are the gastric and pancreat...
67
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Gastric Phase of a Meal
What is often the cause of gastri...,
What is often not the cause of ga...,
What is the function of h secreti...
74
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Intestinal Phase of a Meal
What is the most significant site...,
What is the basis for the small i...,
What type of contents empty from ...
48
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Digestion and Absorption
What is digestion,
What is absorption,
What are the 2 pathways of absorp...
74
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The Colonic Phase of a Meal
What are the main functions of th...,
What is the function of the ileoc...,
What is the primary regulation of...
26
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Functions of the Liver
What is the main blood supply of ...,
What is the most abundant cell ty...,
What is the function of hepatic s...
54
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Overview of Metabolism and Glycolysis
What is metabolism,
What is catabolism,
What is anabolism
61
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The Citric Acid Cycle
What is necessary in the cell for...,
What is the function of coenzyme a,
What does the oxidation of accoa ...
11
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Gluconeogenesis
Where does gluconeogenesis occur,
How does gluconeogenesis occur,
What occurs as a result of low bl...
17
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Glycogen
Where are alpha 1 4 linkages in g...,
Where are alpha 1 6 linkages in g...,
Why is glucose stored in the form...
22
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Lipid Synthesis
What is the first rate limiting e...,
What hormone drive fa synthesis,
What hormone drives formation of ...
13
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Lipid Metabolism
What is the activated to mobilize...,
How is hstl activated,
What is perilipin
23
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Cholesterol
What is mevalonate,
What is the enzyme that catalyzes...,
What is the rate limiting enzyme ...
14
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Lipoproteins
What are the 5 types of lipoproteins,
Where are chylomicrons formed,
What do chylomicrons transport
25
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Amino Acid Metabolism
What are the sources of amino acids,
What are the free amino acids use...,
What enzymes are the most rapidly...
25
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Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism
What are nucleosides,
What are nucleotides,
What are the purines
37
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Heme Metabolism
What is the general structure of ...,
What is the 1st step of heme synt...,
What is the rate limiting step of...
21
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Metabolic Functions of the Liver
What are the phase i reactions in...,
What enzyme catalyzes the phase i...,
What are the phase ii reactions o...
11
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Nutrition
T or f overweight and obese indiv...,
T or f low metabolism contributes...,
T or f there are diets available ...
58
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Glycogen Storage Diseases
Von gierke,
Pompe,
Cori
16
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Endocrinology Basics I and II
What are classes of the amine hor...,
What are the monoamines,
What is the half life of monoamin...
49
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Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland
What is the medial eminence,
What is kallman syndrome,
What is kallman syndrome
24
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Posterior Pituitary and HPL Axis
What is the avp pro hormone compr...,
What is the oxytocin pro hormone ...,
What are the two types of cells f...
42
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HPA Axis and Adrenal Gland
What are the components of the hp...,
What are the main functions of th...,
What are the hormones of the hpa ...
80
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Thyroid and HPT Axis
What is the blood supply of the t...,
What is the cell type found in in...,
What is the cell type found in ac...
43
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Calcium and Phosphate Regulation
What is the normal range of ca,
What is the most abundant cation,
What is the function of phosphate
58
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Pancreas
What are the major cells in the i...,
What is the function of alpha cells,
What is the function of beta cells
40
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Metabolic Homeostatis
What occurs with starvation,
What is the initial energy source...,
What is the energy for the brain ...
33
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Endocrine Disruptors
What are the hormones secreted by...,
What are the hormones of the heart,
What are the hormones of the liver
17
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Adolescent Development
What is the function of fsh,
What is the function of lh,
What is the function of sertoli c...
29
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Physiology of Reproduction
What determines genetic sex,
What determines gonadal sex,
What determines genital sex
36
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Spermatogenesis and Testes Endocrine Function
What is the counter current excha...,
How does testosterone work in the...,
What is spermatogenesis
40
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Regulation of the Female Reproductive Cycle
What stimulates gnrh release in t...,
What inhibits gnrh release in the...,
What are the cellular actions of ...
36
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Integration of Female Reproduction
What is primary amenorrhea,
What is secondary amenorrhea,
What are the most common causes o...
37
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Pregnancy and Parturition
What produces relaxin,
What is the function of relaxin,
What is the function of prolactin
30
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