BMS2031 Cardiovascular and Renal physiology HD notes

Description

A comprehensive set of notes covering the cardiovascular and renal physiology themes within BMS2031. These notes combine learning material from both the unit and external sources to ensure a thorough, step-by-step understanding of the content and don't contain any irrelevant information. They have been carefully organised with lots of pictures, flow charts, tables and schematics to consisely synthesise content as expected for the assessments in the unit. They have enabled me to achieve a HD on the midsemester test (91%) as well as the final exam (86). Topics/lectures covered include: Cardiovascular system 1. Overview 2. Excitation of the heart 3. Atrial blood pressure and its control 4. Capillary exchange, venous return and cardiac cycle Renal system 1. Function of the kidney and urine formation 2. The role of kidney in regulating total body water 3. The role of kidney in regulating total body Na+