Top Medical Textbooks for MCQs Practice: For MBBS Students

Contents

1 Cellular and Autonomic Physiology 1

• Case 1 Permeability and Simple Diffusion 2

• Case 2 Osmolarity, Osmotic Pressure, and Osmosis 7

• Case 3 Nernst Equation and Equilibrium Potentials 15

• Case 4 Primary Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis 22

• Case 5 Epidural Anesthesia: Effect of Lidocaine on Nerve Action Potentials 28

• Case 6 Myasthenia Gravis: Neuromuscular Transmission 32

• Case 7 Pheochromocytoma: Effects of Catecholamines 36

• Case 8 Shy-Drager Syndrome: Central Autonomic Failure 43

2 Cardiovascular Physiology 49

• Case 9 Essential Cardiovascular Calculations 50

• Case 10 Ventricular Pressure-Volume Loops 59

• Case 11 Responses to Changes in Posture 66

• Case 12 Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise 71

• Case 13 Renovascular Hypertension: The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System 78

• Case 14 Hypovolemic Shock: Regulation of Blood Pressure 83

• Case 15 Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: Right Ventricular Failure 91

• Case 16 Myocardial Infarction: Left Ventricular Failure 98

• Case 17 Atrioventricular Conduction Block 104

3 Respiratory Physiology 109

• Case 18 Essential Respiratory Calculations: Lung Volumes, Dead Space, and

• Alveolar Ventilation 110

• Case 19 Essential Respiratory Calculations: Gases and Gas Exchange 117

• Case 20 Ascent to High Altitude 123

• Case 21 Asthma: Obstructive Lung Disease 128

• Case 22 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 139

• Case 23 Interstitial Fibrosis: Restrictive Lung Disease 147

• Case 24 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 155

4 Renal and Acid-Base Physiology 159

• Case 25 Essential Calculations in Renal Physiology 160

• Case 26 Essential Calculations in Acid-Base Physiology 169

• Case 27 Glucosuria: Diabetes Mellitus 176

• Case 28 Hyperaldosteronism: Conn’s Syndrome 184

• Case 29 Central Diabetes Insipidus 192

• Case 30 Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH 200

• Case 31 Metabolic Acidosis: Diabetic Ketoacidosis 204

• Case 32 Metabolic Acidosis: Diarrhea 212

• Case 33 Metabolic Alkalosis: Vomiting 218

• Case 34 Respiratory Acidosis: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 225

• Case 35 Respiratory Alkalosis: Hysterical HypeNentilation 229

5 Gastrointestinal Physiology 233

• Case 36 Malabsorption of Carbohydrates: Lactose Intolerance 234

• Case 37 Peptic Ulcer Disease: Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome 239

• Case 38 Secretory Diarrhea: Escherichia coli Infection 246

• Case 39 Bile Acid Deficiency: Ileal Resection 252

6 Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology 259

• Case 40 Galactorrhea and Amenorrhea: Prolactinoma 260

• Case 41 Hyperthyroidism: Graves’ Disease 265

• Case 42 Hypothyroidism: Autoimmune Thyroiditis 273

• Case 43 Adrenocortical Excess: Cushing’s Syndrome 279

• Case 44 Adrenocortical Insufficiency: Addison’s Disease 286

• Case 45 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: 21-beta-Hydroxylase Deficiency 291

• Case 46 Primary Hyperparathyroidism 297

• Case 47 Hypercalcemia of Malignancy 303

• Case 48 Hyperglycemia: Type I Diabetes Mellitus 309

• Case 49 Primary Amenorrhea: Testicular Feminizing Syndrome 315

• Case 50 Male Hypogonadism: Kallmann’s Syndrome 319