The Cardiopulmonary System - NMU Bulletin

RSP 273 The Cardiopulmonary System 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Admission to Respiratory Therapy program.
• Bulletin Year: 2012 - 2013 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Functional and cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology; mechanics of ventilation and cardiac output. Muskulo-skeletal and nervous systems of the lungs and thorax, myocardial mechanics and total body fluid volume. Concepts of ventilation/perfusion ratio and regional changes, deadspace and shunting.