BMS 420 -- Cardiopulmonary Physiology

Course Description: Normal and pathophysiology of cardiovascular and pulmonary systems.

Course Objectives: Students will be able to:

1. Describe anatomical and functional relationships for major components of the cardiopulmonary system (for example, the cellular basis for electrical properties of cardiac tissue).
2. Describe the medical implications of specific pathophysiological processes of the cardiopulmonary system (for example, heart failure and COPD).
3. Describe utilizing graphs to depict important principles affecting the cardiopulmonary system (for example, the relationships between cardiac output and venous return).
4. Define and describe the important laws and principles which apply to the cardiopulmonary system.
5. Read and understand scientific articles relating to cardiopulmonary systems.

Prerequisites: BMS 300 or BMS 360

Format: 3 credits - 3 hours of lecture per week

Semesters Offered: Fall

Coordinator: C.W. Miller

Text: Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts, Richard E. Klabunde (2005) and Respiratory Physiology, Michelle Cloutier (2007)

Course Outline:

	Week 1:	Introduction, basic cardiac structure and function, electrical activity of heart
	Week 2:	Cellular structure and function; Cardiac function
	Week 3:	Cardiac function
	Week 4:	Cardiac function/evaluation; Vascular function/hemodynamics
	Week 5:	Vascular function/hemodynamics
	Week 6:	Neurohumoral control of heart and circulation
	Week 7:	Organ (special blood flow)
	Week 8:	Microcirculation
	Week 9:	Cardiovascular integration and adaptation; Vascular diseases; Cardiac diseases
	Week 10:	Function and structure of respiratory system
	Week 11:	Mechanical properties of lung/chest wall; Dynamic lung mechanics; Alveolar ventilation
	Week 12:	Pulmonary circulation; Ventilation-perfusion relationships
	Week 13:	Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport; Acid-base balance
	Week 14:	Control of respiration; The lung under special circumstances

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