Cardiovascular Physiology Questions For Self Assessment PDF Download

Cardiovascular Physiology Concept Short Book Description An Introduction to Cardiovascular Physiology provides the student with the key concepts of cardiovascular physiology.Cardiovascular Physiology Questions for Self Assessment With Illustrated Answers. Cardiovascular Physiology Concept full Book Description Overview of the cardiovascular system The cardiac cycle Cardiac myocyte excitation and contraction Initiation and nervous control of heart beat Electrocardiography and arrhythmias Control of stroke volume and cardiac output Assessment of cardiac output and peripheral pulse Haemodynamics: flow, pressure and resistance The endothelial cell The microcirculation and solute exchange Circulation of fluid between plasma, interstitium and lymph Vascular smooth muscle: excitation, contraction and relaxation Control of blood vessels: I. Intrinsic control Control of blood vessels II. Extrinsic control by nerves and hormones Specialization in individual circulations Cardiovascular receptors, reflexes and central control Co-ordinated cardiovascular responses Cardiovascular responses in pathological situations. The aim of this collection of over 230 questions is to offer students an element of self-assessment, as they progress through the companion book or revise for examinations. Lecturers may find some of the questions useful as a template when setting questions of their own, but should note that the questions are primarily educational in intent; their discriminatory power has not been tested. The questions are grouped under the same headings as the chapters of the companion textbook, so they become progressively more advanced (see Contents). Occasional statements call for information from later chapters. Medically relevant questions are introduced wherever they are appropriate. I have set at least one question on each learning objective given at the start of the chapter in the companion volume, to help you assess your achievement of the learning objectives. Some questions require you to integrate information from other chapters too. The questions aim to test basic understanding, fundamental principles and medical relevance. Hopefully they avoid excessive detail - always the examiner's easy option! The questions. Most of the questions are multiple choice questions (MCQs), generally with five true/false statements, but occasionally more or less than five. Although some 'educationalists' now demand single correct answer questions (SAQs, one correct answer out of four or five options), these test less knowledge, so the MCQ style has been retained here.To add variety, there is a sprinkling of other styles of question, such as 'extended matching questions' (i.e. choose the best answer from a list), data interpretation problems, and little numerical problems that test reasoning power and ability to do simple calculations. The answers. Each answer is accompanied by a brief explanation, and very often an illustrative figure, which should help if you got the answer wrong. Most of the figures are from the accompanying textbook, but there are also new, explanatory diagrams after some questions. It is sometimes difficult to avoid ambiguity in MCQ questions; so use your common sense - choose the answer that will be right most of the time, rather than a remote, rare possibility. Nevertheless, if you disagree with the 'official' answer, do let me know.