Human Physiology and Pharmacology

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week 12 L1: Skeletal neuromuscular junction
Is the skeletal nmj fast or slow,
The 5 steps of synaptic transmiss...,
What 2 ways can drugs enhance syn...
22  cards
week 12 L2: Skeletal neuromuscular junction
What is mepps,
What causes mepps,
What does ach binding to the nico...
47  cards
week 12 L3: Skeletal neuromuscular junction
What 3 drugs interact with nachr,
How can these drugs be analysed,
How does organ bath analysis work
35  cards
Week 13: (A) Coupling and Skeletal Muscle Contraction
What are the 3 types of muscle fu...,
What is the primary function of t...,
What need to increase for all mus...
27  cards
Week 13: (B) Coupling and Skeletal Muscle Contraction
What are the 3 proteins of the th...,
What are the 3 types of troponin,
What does troponin t do
41  cards
Week 13: (C) Coupling and Skeletal Muscle Contraction
What is excitation contraction,
What is excitation contraction al...,
What is the plasma membrane also ...
24  cards
Week 13: (D) Coupling and Skeletal Muscle Contraction
What 2 transporters can take calc...,
Where does the majority of ca2 in...,
What inhibits re uptake of ca2
27  cards
Week 13: Muscoskeletal Anatomy
What are the 2 bone locations,
Name the parts of the long bone f...,
What is the central cavity called
45  cards
Week 14: Intro to Autonomic Nervous System
What are the 2 parts to the nervo...,
What are the 2 parts of the centr...,
What type of signal goes from the...
50  cards
Week 14: Motor Units and Muscle Fibre
What is a motor unit,
What comprises the neural element...,
How is lmns activity monitored
49  cards
Week 15: Physiology of Smooth muscle
What muscle types are voluntary,
What muscle types are striated,
What muscles types are part of th...
69  cards
Week 15: Pharmacology of Smooth Muscle in Relation to Cardiovascular Function
What is angina,
What are the 3 types of angina,
What is hypertension
25  cards
Week 16: (A) The origin of cardiac electrical activity
What is autorhythmicity,
What are the 2 specialised types ...,
What type of specialised cardiac ...
18  cards
Week 16: (B) Pacemaker activity of cardiac autorhythmic cells
What is the threshold for cardiac...,
When an ap in generate by ca2 wha...,
What does na do to the membrane p...
22  cards
Week 16: (C) Action Potential in cardiac contractile cell
What moves into cell,
What channels open and close at t...,
What move in and out during plate...
10  cards
Week 16: (D) The Electrocardiogram
What triggers the contraction,
How many ap does the sa node fire,
How are neighbouring cardiac musc...
23  cards
Week 16: (E) Control of Cardiovascular output
What is cardiac output,
Is the volume of blood flowing th...,
What ventricle does co refer to
47  cards
Week 16: Cardiac Anatomy
What are the 3 layers of the arte...,
What layer of the arteries is lar...,
What is a feature of the tunica i...
46  cards
Week 17: (A) Control of Heart Rate
Is heart rate innervate by para a...,
How does the autonomic system aff...,
What is the changes heart rate ca...
15  cards
Week 17: (B) The effect of beta-adrenoreceptor Ligand Upon the Heart
What are the catecholamines agonists,
What do the agonist increase agonist,
What do the agonists decrease
17  cards
Week 17: (C) Pressure gradients, blood flow & peripheral resistance
What are all blood vessels lined ...,
What are the 3 layers of a blood ...,
What is the emption of the capill...
47  cards
Week 18: The Cardiac Cycle
What is the cardiac cycle,
What brings about the mechanical ...,
How to calculate max heart rate
36  cards
Week 19: Monitoring and Control of Blood Pressure
What controls arterial blood pres...,
What regulates arterial blood pre...,
What is a baroreceptor
84  cards
Week 20: (A) Respiratory Physiology recap
What are the 5 stages of lung dev...,
What is a way to describe the bra...,
How is cl initiated to enter the ...
16  cards
Week 20: (A) Respiratory Physiology
What branches are the conductive ...,
What branches are the respiratory...,
How do we measure how much of a g...
56  cards
Week 20: (B) O2 & CO2 Transfer Between Alveolus, Blood & Tissue.
What does ficks law refer to,
What is the ficks law equation,
What does dt refer to
58  cards
Week 21: (A) Breathing I - Static Forces
What are the 2 physical forces th...,
What is static force,
What are the 3 types of static force
59  cards
Week 21: (B) Dynamic Mechanics of Breathing
What are the 3 factors of dynamic...,
What is dynamic force,
What is poiseuilles law resistance
51  cards
Week 21: (C.1) Neuroanatomy & Neurophysiology of breathing
Anatomy of the respiratory centre
32  cards
Week 21: (C.2) Neuroanatomy & Neurophysiology of breathing
What is a respiratory rhythm gene...,
What must be activated first insp...,
Does the rrg need conscious input
26  cards
Week 21: (C.3) Neuroanatomy & Neurophysiology of breathing
What is the pathway of regulation...,
What are the sensors for the invo...,
What innervates the peripheral ch...
46  cards

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