15B23: Describe the factors that affect the partial pressure of CO2 in mixed venous blood

15B20: Compare and contrast the pharmacology of aspirin and clopidogrel

15B08: Compare and contrast the physiological changes in the cardiovascular system in pregnancy at term and morbid obesity

15B12: Define “volume of distribution” and describe the factors that influence it

15B06: Describe the formation and the metabolic fate of lactate. Outline its role in energy production.

15B11: Compare and contrast the anatomy and physiology of skeletal and smooth muscle.

15B01: Compare and contrast 0.9% saline and 4% albumin.

15B10: Describe the pharmacology of magnesium sulphate.

15B09: Describe the principles of measurement of end-tidal CO2, including the sources of error.

15B16: Describe ammonia metabolism and excretion (70% of marks). Outline the pharmacology of lactulose (30% of marks).

15B15: Define cardiac preload and describe its determinants.

15B03: Compare and contrast renal and hepatic blood flow, and their regulation.

15B22: Describe the counter-current mechanisms in the kidney (60% of marks) and in the skin (40% of marks).

15B05: Explain the oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve and the factors that may alter it.

15B04: What is functional residual capacity and describe how it is measured.

15B21: Outline the anatomy of the diaphragm + describe the function of the diaphragm in respiration

15B24 : Compare and contrast the pharmacology of valproic acid and carbamazepine.

15B14 : Describe the pharmacology of propofol.

15B18 : Describe the stages of sleep (50% of marks). Describe the respiratory physiological changes that occur in sleep (50% of marks).

15B19: Describe the fibrinolytic pathway and identify areas of interaction with the coagulation pathway (80% of marks). List two anti-fibrinolytic agents and state their specific mechanism of action (20% of marks).