(BQ) Part 2 book "Basic science in obstetrics AND gynaecology" has contents: Multiple choice questions, clinical research methodology, statistics and evidence based healthcare, drugs and drug therapy, endocrinology,. and other contents. | Chapter Ten 10 Physiology David Williams, Anna Kenyon & Dawn Adamson CHAPTER CONTENTS Biophysical definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Molecular weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Respiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 The lungs, ventilation and its control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Distribution of water and electrolytes . . . . . 174 Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Transport mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Urinary system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Acid–base balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Microanatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Normal acid–base balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Renal clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Abnormalities of acid–base balance . . . . . . . 180 Glomerular filtration rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Cardiovascular system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Renal blood flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Conduction system of the heart . . . . . . . . . . 181 Handling of individual substances . . . . . . . . 201 Factors affecting heart rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Endocrine functions of the kidney . . . . . . . . . 202 Electrocardiogram (ECG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Effects of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Pressure and saturation in the cardiac chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Physiology of micturition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Haemodynamic events in the cardiac cycle and their clinical correlates . . . . . . . . . 183 Control of cardiac output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Changes in blood volume and cardiac output during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Blood pressure control . . . . . . . . .