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PHYSIOLOGY TOPICS

BLOCK 1:

• Homeostasis and the internal environment
• Principles of membrane physiology
• Skeletal muscle
• Autonomic nervous system
• Cardiac muscle
• Smooth muscle

BLOCK 2:

• Hemodynamics
• Introduction to the cardiac pump
• Regulation of cardiac output
• Integrated control of cardiac output and arterial blood pressure
• Regulation of regional blood flow
• Gastrointestinal motility
• Gi secretion and endocrine regulation
• Gastric secretion
• Pancreatic secretion
• Biliary secretion
• Intestinal digestion and absorption

BLOCK 3:

• Kidney morphology and function
• Glomerular filtration
• Renal clearance
• Proximal tubule
• Distal nephron
• Antidiuretic hormone and osmoregulation
• Fluid balance
• Renal pathophysiology
• Ventilation
• Gas transport
• Alveolar ventilation
• Acid/base
• Control of ventilation
• Lung function in disease

BLOCK 4:

• Menstrual cycle
• Testicular function
• Calcium metabolism
• Growth
• Pancreas
• Metabolism
• Adrenal cortex
• Thyroid gland
• Temperature regulation
• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Low cardiac output
• Pathophysiology of gas transport
• Congestive heart failure
• Clinical endocrinology
• Integrative physiology

Tags: autonomic nervous system, Cardiac muscle, Hemodynamics, Homeostasis, membrane physiology, Skeletal muscle, Smooth muscle

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