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Complete Human Physiology
All the revision material for the human physiology module
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Homeostasis Summary
- Body systems & their functions
- Definitions
- Optimal conditions (pH, temp, [glucose])
- Intra- and extracellular fluid (and their components)
- Examples of homeostasis eg. O2 buffering by Hb
- Examples of positive & negative feedback
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Add to cartHomeostasis Summary
- Body systems & their functions
- Definitions
- Optimal conditions (pH, temp, [glucose])
- Intra- and extracellular fluid (and their components)
- Examples of homeostasis eg. O2 buffering by Hb
- Examples of positive & negative feedback
A concise & comprehensive summary of lecture notes & textbook info on content including:
- water balance
- electrolytes (functions, concentrations)
- osmosis (van Hoff's law, osmolarity - calculating osmolarity)
- diffusion (Fick's law)
- tonicity (relevance in medicine when using IV solutions)
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Add to cartA concise & comprehensive summary of lecture notes & textbook info on content including:
- water balance
- electrolytes (functions, concentrations)
- osmosis (van Hoff's law, osmolarity - calculating osmolarity)
- diffusion (Fick's law)
- tonicity (relevance in medicine when using IV solutions)
Concise & comprehensive summary of lecture notes covering:
- functions of circulation
- blood vessel wall anatomy
- arteries, veins, capillaries (structure & function)
- regulation of circulatory system
- Darcy's law & Poiseuille's law
- blood flow & regulation (laminar, turbulent & single-file)
-...
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Add to cartConcise & comprehensive summary of lecture notes covering:
- functions of circulation
- blood vessel wall anatomy
- arteries, veins, capillaries (structure & function)
- regulation of circulatory system
- Darcy's law & Poiseuille's law
- blood flow & regulation (laminar, turbulent & single-file)
-...
Clear and concise notes on the heart, including:
- Diads
- Excitation-contraction coupling 
- Electrical activity of the heart (conductance calculation, Nernst equation, action potentials in pacemaker & non-pacemaker cells, electrogenic pumps)
- Electrocardiogram (what each letter/wave means, bradyc...
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Add to cartClear and concise notes on the heart, including:
- Diads
- Excitation-contraction coupling 
- Electrical activity of the heart (conductance calculation, Nernst equation, action potentials in pacemaker & non-pacemaker cells, electrogenic pumps)
- Electrocardiogram (what each letter/wave means, bradyc...
- Anatomy of the heart
- Heart Valves
- Autonomic Innervation
- Cardiac muscle - sarcomere structure & function (I, Z, A bands etc. and sliding filament theory)
- Cardiac Cycle (in relation to ECG)
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Add to cart- Anatomy of the heart
- Heart Valves
- Autonomic Innervation
- Cardiac muscle - sarcomere structure & function (I, Z, A bands etc. and sliding filament theory)
- Cardiac Cycle (in relation to ECG)
A comprehensive summary of the 5 steps of Haemostasis
1. Vessel spasm
2. Platelet plug formation
3. Coagulation
4. Clot retraction
5. Fibrinolysis

Detail on all 5 steps, but particularly in depth for steps 2,3 and 5
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Add to cartA comprehensive summary of the 5 steps of Haemostasis
1. Vessel spasm
2. Platelet plug formation
3. Coagulation
4. Clot retraction
5. Fibrinolysis

Detail on all 5 steps, but particularly in depth for steps 2,3 and 5
A concise in-depth summary of the mechanics of breathing (inspiration & expiration)
Covers:
- Partial pressure laws
- Ventilation & the 3 factors affecting it (pressures, compliance, resistance)
- Pressure definitions (intrapulmonary, transpulmonary etc.)
- Muscles involved in inspiration, expiratio...
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Add to cartA concise in-depth summary of the mechanics of breathing (inspiration & expiration)
Covers:
- Partial pressure laws
- Ventilation & the 3 factors affecting it (pressures, compliance, resistance)
- Pressure definitions (intrapulmonary, transpulmonary etc.)
- Muscles involved in inspiration, expiratio...
A concise & in-depth summary of the transport of gases in respiration
Covers:
- Methods of O2 transport 
- Haemoglobin (structure, binding)
- Cooperative binding & factors that increase/decrease affinity to O2 (O2 dissociation & Bohr shift explained)
- Anaemia
- CO2 transport (carbonic anhydrase rea...
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Add to cartA concise & in-depth summary of the transport of gases in respiration
Covers:
- Methods of O2 transport 
- Haemoglobin (structure, binding)
- Cooperative binding & factors that increase/decrease affinity to O2 (O2 dissociation & Bohr shift explained)
- Anaemia
- CO2 transport (carbonic anhydrase rea...
Covers:
Asthma
Emphysema
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Pulmonary fibrosis
Sleep apnoea (central & obstructive)

Effects of exercise on the respiratory system
Effects of altitude & chronic altitude on the respiratory system
The diving response

Also includes a small glossary with definitions ...
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Add to cartCovers:
Asthma
Emphysema
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Pulmonary fibrosis
Sleep apnoea (central & obstructive)

Effects of exercise on the respiratory system
Effects of altitude & chronic altitude on the respiratory system
The diving response

Also includes a small glossary with definitions ...
Covers:
Respiratory centre - pons & medulla (neurons)
Dorsal, ventral, apneustic & pneumotaxic centres
Respiratory rhythm
Regulation - voluntary & automatic
Chemoreceptors (central & peripheral)
Mechanoreceptors
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Add to cartCovers:
Respiratory centre - pons & medulla (neurons)
Dorsal, ventral, apneustic & pneumotaxic centres
Respiratory rhythm
Regulation - voluntary & automatic
Chemoreceptors (central & peripheral)
Mechanoreceptors
Detailed summary of the integumentary system (skin, glands, hair etc.)
- Layers of the skin and their functions
- Cells making up the skin - including keratinocytes and skin formation
- Microbes of the skin
- Neurones in the skin
- Formation & colouration of hair
- Anatomy of nails
- Different types...
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Add to cartDetailed summary of the integumentary system (skin, glands, hair etc.)
- Layers of the skin and their functions
- Cells making up the skin - including keratinocytes and skin formation
- Microbes of the skin
- Neurones in the skin
- Formation & colouration of hair
- Anatomy of nails
- Different types...
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