Modern Cardiovascular Physiology and The Human Cardiovascular System—Facts and Concepts

Prevalence of Students’ Misconceptions in Cardiovascular Physiology, and the Role of Taking Physiology Courses

Introduction: The cases of misconceptions are intellectual models of phenomena that are different from accepted scientific models of the same phenomena. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cardiovascular misconceptions among students, and evaluate the role of cardiovascular physiology courses in eliminating them. Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 348 u...

Cardiovascular physiology and sleep.

Sleep is a natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which processes of rest and restoration occur. The cognitive, reparative and regenerative accompaniments of sleep appear to be essential for maintenance of health and homeostasis. This brief overview will examine the cardiovascular responses to normal and disordered sleep, and their physiologic and pathologic implications. In the pa...

Cardiovascular Physiology and Support

Cardiovascular Physiology

The cardiovascular system consists of the heart and two vascular systems, the systemic and pulmonary circulations. The heart pumps blood through two vascular systems the low pressure pulmonary circulation in which gas exchange occurs, and then the systemic circulation, which delivers blood to individual organs, matching supply to metabolic demand. Blood pressure and flow is largely controlled b...

Teaching human cardiovascular and respiratory physiology with the station method.

We have developed a station method to offer combined cardiovascular and respiratory physiology exercises all in one laboratory period during our medical physiology course. This laboratory was designed for first-year medical students in order to minimize equipment costs, maximize efficient use of both student and faculty time, and facilitate integration of basic cardiovascular concepts with thos...