Home / Textbook / FCPS Part 1 Surgery & Allied, Paper 2 / Paper 2: Physiology: Respiratory systemPaper 2: Physiology: Respiratory system 5 chapters of FCPS Part 1 Surgery & Allied, Paper 2, in CPSP syllabus order. Each chapter covers what past papers keep asking and ends with questions from our bank.
Lung volumes and spirometry Lung volumes, capacities, dead space and pulmonary function tests (spirometry) Mechanics of breathing Mechanics of breathing: compliance, surfactant, pleural pressure and airway resistance Ventilation-perfusion ratio Ventilation–perfusion (V/Q), diffusion, shunt and gas exchange in the lung Oxygen dissociation curve Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport; the dissociation curve Control of breathing Control of breathing: chemoreceptors, hypoxia, cyanosis, altitude and oxygen therapy All FCPS Part 1 Surgery & Allied, Paper 2 chapters · Whole textbook
