Energy balance and the control of body weight; starvation and cachexia; limiting factors in exercise; bedrest and immobilization; fever and hypothermia; acid-base balance; the side-effects of surgery; metabolic response to trauma; principles of parenteral nutrition; haemostasis and clotting; blood loss and haemorrhagic shock; blood donation, storage and transfusion; salivary and mastication and swallowing; the physiology of the stomach and the consequences of gastrectomy; the duoedenum and the control of secretion and motility in the GI tract; the small intestine and malabsorption; the large bowel and defacation; fluid and eletrolyte turnover in GIT; intestinal obstruction, vomiting and diarrhoea; regulation of blood glucose concentration; nitrogen balance; dietary fat; calcium metabolism; the red blood cell; vitamins and trace elements; cardiac malfunction and failure; arterial and venous insufficiency in a limb; renal failure; micturition; oedema, ascites and pleural effusion; hepatic failure; immunity and auto-immunity; the neurological basis of posture and balance; consequences of transection of spinal cord; pain; cerebrospinal fluid and the blood-brain barrier; close head injury; the assessment of lung function; injuries to the chest; thyroid; adrenal cortex; prostaglandins; pituitary and gonads; autonomic nervous system; peripheral nerve.
