Describe the distribution in the gas exchange system of cartilage, ciliated epithelium, goblet cells, squamous epithelium of alveoli, smooth muscle and capillaries

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Explain the roles of the sinoatrial node, the atrioventricular node and the Purkyne tissue in the cardiac cycle (knowledge of nervous and hormonal control is not expected)

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Explain the differences in the thickness of the walls of the: • atria and ventricles • left ventricle and right ventricle

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Describe the Bohr shift and explain the importance of the Bohr shift

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Explain the importance of the oxygen dissociation curve at partial pressures of oxygen in the lungs and in respiring tissues

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Describe and explain the oxygen dissociation curve of adult haemoglobin

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Describe the role of plasma in the transport of carbon dioxide

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Describe the chloride shift and explain the importance of the chloride shift

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Describe the role of red blood cells in transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide with reference to the roles of: • haemoglobin • carbonic anhydrase • the formation of haemoglobinic acid • the formation of carbaminohaemoglobin

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State the functions of tissue fluid and describe the formation of tissue fluid in a capillary network

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