ACEM Primary Physiology VIVA by Year

Note: Years with ** have been updated and include model answers as per FACEM I spreadsheet

Sitting	Station 1	Station 2	Station 3	Station 4	Station 5
** 2010.2	Cardiac Cycle	GFR	Vasopressin	Monosynaptic reflex	Lung Compliance
	Myocardial contractility	Thyroid hormones	Renal blood flow	Glucagon	Metabolic functions of lung
	ECG and ST segment	Insulin	Micturition	Thermoregulation	Oxygen transfer
	Cardiac Output	Nephron	Mineralocorticoids	Regulation of calcium	Lung volumes
2010.1	Arterial and arteriolar circulation	Effects of Insulin	Water balance in the lung	Catecholamines	Renal compensation to acidosis and alkalosis
	Cardiovascular regulation- Local	Ventilation perfusion inequality	Resting Action potential	Vasopressin	Exocrine pancreas
	Elastic properties of the lung	Coronary circulation	Renal tubular reabsorption and secretion	Glucocorticoids	Inhibition and facilitation at synapses
** 2009.2	Cardiac myocyte and pacemaker cells	Pulmonary vascular resistance	Renal tubular system	Carbohydrate metabolism	Mineralcorticoids
	Frank-Starling curve	Oxygen transport in the blood	Renal regulation of Na+	Skeletal muscle	Parathyroid hormone
	Cardiac Cycle	High altitude	Renal regulation of water	Liver, bile and bilirubin	Thyroid hormone
2009.1	Isovolumetric Contraction/Relaxation	Surfactant	Renal regulation of H+	Serotonin	Temperature regulation
	Cerebral blood flow and its regulation	Carbon Dioxide Transport	Counter-Current Mechanism	Thyroid hormone	Pain sensory pathways
	Myocardial O2 demand	Alveolar gas equation	Renal regulation of Sodium	Withdrawal Reflex	Regulation of Plasma calcium
** 2008.2	Action Potential Cardiac Pacemaker Cell	Distribution of Blood flow in Lung	Micturition	Transport across Cell Membranes	Vasopressin
	Potassium changes on ECG	Carbon Dioxide Transport	Renal regulation of K+	Skeletal Muscle	Insulin
	Systemic Regulation of Blood Pressure	Control of Ventilation	Renal Blood Flow	Catecholamines	Aldosterone
** 2008.1	Ventilation/ Perfusion inequality	Renal regulation of K+	Pressure, flow & resistance	Thyroid hormone	Vitamin D
	Airway Resistance	Renal blood flow	Cardiac output and MVO2	Glucocorticoids	Iron
	Elastic Properties of the Lung	Loop of Henle	Cerebral blood flow	Insulin & Glucose	Regulation of calcium
2007.2	Pulmonary Vascular Resistance	Cardiac output in exercise	Micturition	Contractile responses of muscle	Catecholamines
	Distribution of pulmonary blood flow	Cardiac cycle	Water excretion	Nerve excitation and conduction	Temperature regulation
	High altitude	Action potential in cardiac cells	GFR	Chemical transmission at synapses	Vestibular function
** 2007.1	Venous return curve	Elastic properties of the lung	Functional anatomy of the nephron	Thyroid hormone	Reticular activating system
	Arterial pressure regulation	Physiological shunt in the lung	Tubular function	Smooth muscle	Mineralocorticoids
	Pacemaker potential	Control of ventilation	Buffers	Body composition	Carbohydrate metabolism
** 2006.2	Ventilation/perfusion inequality	Cardiac function with exercise	Digestion and absorption of protein	Cerebral blood flow	Physiology of pain
	Elastic properties of the lung	Cardiac muscle cell action potential	Withdrawal reflex (polysynaptic reflexes)	Renal blood flow	ACTH
	Pulmonary blood flow	Baroreceptors	Neuronal inhibition	Renal regulation of H+/HCO3-	Acetylcholine
2006.1	Frank Starling curve	Alveolocapillary membrane	Renal regulation of Na+ / K+	Stretch and inverse stretch reflexes	Calcium metabolism
	Physiological basis of the ECG	O2 / CO2 transport in blood	Renal regulation of water	Insulin	Bile, bilirubin metabolism
	Coronary blood flow	Airway resistance	Glomerular filtration	Adrenal medullary hormones	Gastric secretion
2005.2	Cerebral Blood Flow	Respiratory compensation (Davenport diagram)	Intercellular communication	Loop of Henle	Exocrine pancreas
	Surfactant	Renal Blood Flow	Cardiac cell action potential	Protein synthesis	Temperature regulation
	Flow, pressure and resistance	Non-respiratory functions of the lungs	Transport across cell membranes	Buffers	Glucocorticoids
** 2005.1	Compensation for shock	Control of ventilation	Renal regulation of Na+	Neuromuscular excitation-contraction	Thyroid hormone
	Cardiovascular compensation for fluid overload	Pulmonary blood flow	GFR	Stretch reflex	Glucose homeostasis
	Cardiac cycle	High Altitude	Renal regulation of H+	Nerve action potential	Pituitary hormones
** 2004.2	Blood flow regulation	Control of ventilation	Noradrenergic neurotransmission	Calcium metabolism	Renal blood flow
	Regulation of blood pressure	Anatomical and physiological dead space	Cholinergic neurotransmission	Adrenomedullary hormones	The control of osmolality
	Baroreceptors	Changes in respiration with exercise	Neuromuscular function	Iron metabolism	Renal regulation of K+
2004.1	Action potential of a pacemaker cell	Stretch reflex	Pulmonary blood flow	Cardiovascular responses to acute moderate haemorrhage	Response to an acid load
	Cardiac output	Nerve cell conduction	Lung volume curve	Renal regulation of Na+	Glucose homeostasis
** 2003.2	Carbohydrate metabolism	Arteriolar tone (neural)	ADH	Cardiac output	Work of breathing
	Digestion/absorption of proteins	Arteriolar tone (hormonal)	Renin	Cardiac cycle	Regional differences in ventilation
	Digestion/absorption of lipids	Arteriolar tone (local)	Aldosterone	Factors affecting CVP	Perfusion and diffusion limited gas exchange
** 2003.1	Cell Transport	GFR	Insulin secretion	SAN Action potential	High Altitude
	CO2 transport	Renal H+ regulation	Renin-angiotensin system	Nerve conduction	Cyclic AMP