Author(s) Biography

  • Ian C. Roddie CBE, DSc, MD, FRCP

Emeritus Professor of Physiology, The Queen\'s University of Belfast; former Head of Medical Education, National Guard King Khalid Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • William F.M. Wallace BSc, MD, FRCP, FRCA, FCARCSI, FRCSEd

Emeritus Professor of Applied Physiology, The Queen\'s University of Belfast;former Consultant in Physiology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, N. Ireland

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Figure 12.2 indicates some events during two respiratory cycles, where Iinspiration and Eexpiration. In the second cycle, tidal volume was three times that in the first cycle. Expiration was not forced. It can be concluded that:
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In the acid–base diagram shown in Figure 12.3, where ‘L’ and ‘U’ represent the lower and upper levels of normal respectively, a patient whose arterial blood values were found to be at point:
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Figure 12.4 shows simultaneous records of changes in right hand and left forearm volume when collecting pressures are applied intermittently by means of cuffs on the right wrist and left upper arm respectively
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Results are given in the table below of a person’s vital capacity (VC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1.0) and peak flow rate (PFR). The subject of these tests:
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Figure 12.5 shows left ventricular (LV) function curves of the Frank–Starling type. If point X on curve B represents the conditions in the normal heart at rest then point:
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In Figure 12.6 showing blood carbon dioxide dissociation curves:
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In Figure 12.7, the line VXYW represents the threshold of hearing at various frequencies for a normal subject. The:
Chapter: - / Q: 700
In Figure 12.8, which illustrates the handling of glucose by the kidney:
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In a patient with a red cell count (RCC) of 4 x 1012/litre, a haemoglobin (Hb) of 7.5 g/100 ml and a haematocrit of 0.28:
Chapter: - / Q: 702
Figure 12.9 shows two electrocardiogram records from a patient. Record B was taken one year after record A was obtained. In these records:
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