1. Basic electrocardiographic changes
2. Effects of electrolyte abnormalities
3. Physiologic effects of the Valsalva maneuver
4. Cardiopulmonary changes with pregnancy
5. Responses to hemorrhage
6. Responses to changes in position

1. Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient and changes seen in lung disease
2. Mechanical differences between inspiration and expiration
3. Characteristic pulmonary function curves for common lung diseases
4. Gas diffusion across alveolocapillary membrane
5. Responses to high altitude

1. Sites of absorption of major nutrients
2. Bile production and enterohepatic circulation
3. Glucose cotransport into cells of gut
4. Fat digestion and absorption
5. Secretion and actions of GI hormones

1. Differences between active transport, facilitated diffusion, and diffusion
2. Differences between central and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
3. Major transporter in each nephron segment
4. Clearance calculation
5. Effects of afferent and efferent arteriolar constriction on GFR and RPF.

1.  Physiologic features of parathyroid diseases, associated laboratory findings; physiology and pathophysiology of PTHrP
2. Clinical tests for endocrine abnormalities
3. Diseases associated with adrenocortical abnormalities
4. Sites of hormone production during pregnancy
5. Regulation of prolactin secretion
6. All aspects of diabetes mellitus

1. Role of calmodulin, troponin C, and tropomyosin in muscle contraction
2. Role of ions in skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and nerve cells
3. The clotting cascade, including those factors which require vitamin K for synthesis
4. Regulation of core body temperature

Endocrine/Reproductive #4-6
General Physiology #1-4

cardiovascular.doc
pulmonary.doc
gi.doc
renal.doc
end_rep.doc