Physiology, system by system

3 unit guides · didactic-year PA

Most PA programs run medical physiology as a systems-based course across the first didactic semester — cell and membrane foundations first, then the organ systems in sequence, graded by a series of board-style multiple-choice exams that each carry some cumulative questions, with frequent lecture quizzes in between. These guides are written to that shape: for each unit, what the exam asks, a drill list with active practice modes (including a curve reader for the graphs physiology exams love), the classic mistakes, and the clinical correlations that turn into board questions. Each one links to the PANCE body systems it feeds. A new guide goes up as a typical course reaches its unit.

The guides are the frame; your lectures are the exam.

The exams are written from your course's slides — drop each physiology lecture on the dashboard and it comes back as flashcards and board-style questions you can group into a module and quiz against all semester, cumulative questions included. The physiology playbook has the weekly loop built for a mechanism-and-graph course.

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AI-authored study notes, not faculty-reviewed and not medical advice. Verify every mechanism against your course materials and faculty; programs differ in emphasis.

Still to come, in course order: Sensory systems · Muscle physiology · Endocrine physiology · Blood · Cardiovascular physiology · Pulmonary physiology · Renal physiology & acid-base · Gastrointestinal physiology. Each guide goes up as a typical course reaches it.

Related: The physiology playbook · Cardiovascular (PANCE) · Neurology (PANCE) · Medical terminology