Year 1 Physiology

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Membrane transport
What types of molecules can move ...,
What factors affect rate of diffu...,
What is carrier mediated facilita...
16  cards
Membrane potential
Is sodium higher inside or outsid...,
Is potassium higher inside or out...,
Is calcium higher inside or outsi...
23  cards
Action potential
What is the time constant with re...,
What is the space constant with r...,
What are the properties of the ac...
33  cards
Synaptic transmission
What modulates the gap junction c...,
What makes up a gap junction,
What are the properties of electr...
44  cards
Skeletal muscle
What are the properties of skelet...,
What are the properties of cardia...,
What are the properties of smooth...
24  cards
Smooth muscle
What are the properties of multiu...,
What are the properties of unitar...,
Does smooth muscle express troponin
15  cards
Autonomic
What is the final common pathway ...,
What serves as the final common p...,
Where is the myenteric auerbach s...
106  cards
Electrophysiology of the heart
What is the main difference betwe...,
Is the cardiomyocyte permeable to...,
Is the cardiomyocyte permeable to...
17  cards
Electrocardiogram
What is the significance of the p...,
What is the significance of the q...,
What does a wide qrs mean
13  cards
Cardiac cycle
When changing the cardiac cycle w...,
What does the t wave correspond t...,
What creates the dicrotic notch i...
8  cards
Cardiac output
What is the equation for cardiac ...,
Preload,
Afterload
12  cards
Hemodynamics
How does sympathetic stimulation ...,
How does sympathetic stimulation ...,
What is ohm s law
6  cards
Capillary circulation
How is blood flow regulated throu...,
Can capillaries contract or relax,
What is the main stimulus for inc...
7  cards
Coronary circulation and temperature regulation
Why is the right heart better per...,
Does water have high conductivity...,
Does air have high conductivity o...
12  cards
Blood pressure regulation
What is the equation for mean art...,
What does vasodilation do to the map,
What does vasoconstriction do to ...
15  cards
Physiology of blood
Albumin makes up what percentage ...,
What is the main ecf cation in pl...,
What is the main icf cation in pl...
19  cards
Coagulation
Activated platelets at the site o...,
What initiates platelet tethering,
What occurs immediately after pla...
36  cards
Structural properties of the lung
Which generations of respiratory ...,
In chronic bronchitis which type ...,
Ciliated epithelial cells produce...
6  cards
Lung volumes
What is the expiratory reserve vo...,
Which lung measurements cannot be...,
Obstructive lung disease results ...
9  cards
Respiratory mechanics
In order for respiration to occur...,
What is the relationship between ...,
When is transpulmonary pressure h...
17  cards
Gas exchange
What is henry s law,
Is co2 more or less soluble than ...,
What are the results of the high ...
6  cards
Transport of O2 and CO2 in blood
What dictates the relationship be...,
How is methb formed,
Which subunits are abnormal in hbs
15  cards
Pulmonary circulation
What are the main mechanisms of s...,
Where is blood flow greatest in t...,
How is interstitial fluid pressur...
6  cards
Regulation of respiration
What is the strongest factor infl...,
Changes in arterial pco2 trigger ...,
How do the effects of arterial pc...
20  cards
Obstructive and restrictive lung disorders
What are features of allergic asthma,
What is the cardinal finding duri...,
Which spirometry parameters are d...
15  cards
Renal overview
Which area of the nephron is the ...,
Which part of the nephron is resp...,
Where does adh act in the kidney
9  cards
Renal hormones and autocoids
How can tubuloglomerular feedback...,
Which autacoids hormones can dila...,
Which autacoids hormones cause va...
21  cards
Glomerular filtration
What is the filtration fraction,
How is sodium reabsorbed,
How is glucose reabsorbed
6  cards
Renal clearance
What is the equation for renal cl...,
Why is creatinine clearance as a ...,
How do changes in gfr affect seru...
6  cards
Bladder and ureter function
Which nerve input is the main cau...,
Which nerve input causes constric...,
Which nerve supplies primary symp...
9  cards
Acid / base regulation
What is the most important buffer...,
What is the most important buffer...,
What is the most important buffer...
5  cards
Secretion / K+ regulation
What is the effect of low urine p...,
What is the effect of low urine p...,
What is the effect of low urine p...
13  cards
Regulation of body fluids
What percentage of body water is ...,
What percentage of the ecf is int...,
What percentage of the ecf is pla...
7  cards
Anterior and posterior pituitary
Which hormones are made in the hy...,
Where are the posterior pituitary...,
What are the differences between ...
10  cards
Male reproduction
What is the cell of origin for an...,
What is the cell of origin for in...,
What is the function of sertoli c...
8  cards
Thyroid physiology
What are the negative feedback ci...,
What is the cause of grave s dise...,
What is the cause of hashimoto di...
8  cards
Calcium and bone physiology
What is the effect of pth on the ...,
What is the effect of pth on vita...,
What is the effect of pth on bone
9  cards
Adrenal physiology
What is the function of 17a hydro...,
What is the function of 3b hydrox...,
What is the function of 21 hydrox...
18  cards
Female reproduction
0  cards
Pancreas
0  cards
Pathophysiology of diabetes
0  cards
Introduction to GI physiology
What are the intrinsic neurons of...,
What are the extrinsic neurons of...,
What is the role of dopamine in t...
8  cards
Mouth and esophagus
What is contained in serous saliva,
What is contained in mucous saliva,
What nt promotes fluid and enzyme...
6  cards
Gastric motility
What are the steps of gastric fil...,
What are the stimuli for the rece...,
What are the stimuli for the gast...
17  cards
Gastric secretions
What cell is the source of hcl,
What cell is the source of intrin...,
What cell is the source of pepsin...
20  cards
Pancreas
What are the roles of acinar cell...,
What are the roles of duct cells ...,
What are the roles of goblet cell...
14  cards
Liver and gall bladder
What are the components of phase ...,
What are the components of phase ...,
What is the goal of phase i of he...
8  cards
Intestines
What are the secretions of brunne...,
What are the secretions of the cr...,
What are the primary regulators o...
8  cards
Digestion and absorption
What compounds stimulate the rele...,
Which duodenal transporters facil...,
What are the substrates for sglt
17  cards
Fluid and electrolytes
In the intestine there is a net a...,
In the intestine there is a net s...,
In the colon there is a net absor...
9  cards
Sensory systems
Definition adequate stimulus,
What is the difference between re...,
How does the nervous system know ...
28  cards
Motor systems
Definition motor unit,
Definition fasciculation,
What contributes to the cause of ...
8  cards
Spinal mechanisms of motor control
Where is the muscle spindle located,
Where is the golgi tendon organ l...,
Which type of neuron innervates i...
22  cards
Vestibular function
What is the function of the utric...,
What is the function of the semic...,
What is the function of the vesti...
17  cards
Postural control and locomotion
Where do the lateral vestibulospi...,
What pathway s cause decerebrate ...,
Where does the medial vestibulosp...
11  cards
Corticomotor function
What is the function of the premo...,
What is the function of the suppl...,
What is the function of the front...
14  cards
Basal ganglia
Definition dyskinesia,
What structures compose the basal...,
Which nt is important in the nigr...
21  cards
Sensory physiology of pain
What are the two dimensions of pain,
Initial superficial pain is carri...,
Superficial delayed pain is carri...
28  cards
Cerebellar function
Definition titubation,
Which cell type of the source of ...,
Which cerebellar cortex cell make...
23  cards
Sleep
What are the speeds of alpha beta...,
Which waves are associated with s...,
Which waves are associated with s...
16  cards
Cerebral cortical function
What is neglect syndrome where is...,
What is asomatognosia where is th...,
What is astereognosis where is th...
11  cards
Limbic system
What is the function of the hypot...,
The locus ceruleus releases what nt,
The raphe nuclei releases what nt
12  cards
Learning and memory
What are the different types of l...,
Definition associative learning,
Definition passive associative le...
25  cards
Auditory system
What is the normal human hearing ...,
What range of frequencies are hum...,
How is the db scale used to measu...
12  cards
Visual system
Definition prosopagnosia,
Definition scotoma,
Which receptor mediates scotopic ...
21  cards
Taste and olfaction
What is the average life span of ...,
What is the probable biological r...,
The tip of the tongue is most sen...
9  cards

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