Home / Textbook / FCPS Part 1 Medicine & Allied, Paper 2 / Paper 2: Physiology and biochemistry: Renal physiology, body fluids and acid-basePaper 2: Physiology and biochemistry: Renal physiology, body fluids and acid-base 7 chapters of FCPS Part 1 Medicine & Allied, Paper 2, in CPSP syllabus order. Each chapter covers what past papers keep asking and ends with questions from our bank.
Body fluid compartments Body fluid compartments: volumes, markers, osmolality and fluid shifts GFR and renal clearance GFR, renal blood flow, autoregulation and renal clearance (with worked calculations) Tubular reabsorption and secretion Tubular reabsorption and secretion: what each nephron segment does, diuretics and Tm Countercurrent mechanism Urine concentration: countercurrent multiplier, ADH, diabetes insipidus and SIADH Renal electrolyte handling Sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphate and magnesium handling by the kidney Acid-base balance Acid–base balance: buffers, ABG interpretation, anion gap, RTA and mixed disorders Micturition reflex Micturition and bladder function: nerve supply, reflex centres and neurogenic bladder All FCPS Part 1 Medicine & Allied, Paper 2 chapters · Whole textbook
