A physiological monitor adapted to change at least one of a physiological monitor operating characteristic and a physiological monitor touchscreen display characteristic by means of finger gestures, the physiological monitor comprising a touchscreen display configured to: present a first interface construct (201, 202, 203, 204, 301, 302) operable to select a menu item from the touchscreen display among a set of menu items, wherein the first interface construct comprises: a menu disposed on a first virtual, horizontally-rotatable loop that presents a set of first level menu items in a touchscreen display area, wherein the menu presents a set of second level menu items upon selection of one of the first level menu items; and a second virtual, horizontally-rotatable loop that presents a set of first level thumbnails in a display well when the menu presents the set of first level menu items, wherein the first level thumbnails have a one-to-one correspondence to the first level menu items and the first level thumbnails rotate with the first level menu items; wherein the second virtual, horizontally-rotatable loop presents a set of second level thumbnails when the menu presents the set of second level menu items, wherein the second level thumbnails have a one-to-one correspondence to the second level menu items and the second level thumbnails rotate with the second level menu items; wherein the number of second level thumbnails presented in the touchscreen area exceeds the number of second level menu items presented in the touchscreen area and wherein, upon selection of one second level thumbnail, the corresponding second level menu item is presented in center focus in the touchscreen area; and present a second interface construct operable to define values for a selected second level menu item, wherein the second interface construct is a slider for selecting parameter limits for the physiological monitor operating characteristic corresponding to the selected second level menu item. present a first interface construct (201, 202, 203, 204, 301, 302) operable to select a menu item from the touchscreen display among a set of menu items, wherein the first interface construct comprises: a menu disposed on a first virtual, horizontally-rotatable loop that presents a set of first level menu items in a touchscreen display area, wherein the menu presents a set of second level menu items upon selection of one of the first level menu items; and a second virtual, horizontally-rotatable loop that presents a set of first level thumbnails in a display well when the menu presents the set of first level menu items, wherein the first level thumbnails have a one-to-one correspondence to the first level menu items and the first level thumbnails rotate with the first level menu items; wherein the second virtual, horizontally-rotatable loop presents a set of second level thumbnails when the menu presents the set of second level menu items, wherein the second level thumbnails have a one-to-one correspondence to the second level menu items and the second level thumbnails rotate with the second level menu items; wherein the number of second level thumbnails presented in the touchscreen area exceeds the number of second level menu items presented in the touchscreen area and wherein, upon selection of one second level thumbnail, the corresponding second level menu item is presented in center focus in the touchscreen area; and a menu disposed on a first virtual, horizontally-rotatable loop that presents a set of first level menu items in a touchscreen display area, wherein the menu presents a set of second level menu items upon selection of one of the first level menu items; and a second virtual, horizontally-rotatable loop that presents a set of first level thumbnails in a display well when the menu presents the set of first level menu items, wherein the first level thumbnails have a one-to-one correspondence to the first level menu items and the first level thumbnails rotate with the first level menu items; wherein the second virtual, horizontally-rotatable loop presents a set of second level thumbnails when the menu presents the set of second level menu items, wherein the second level thumbnails have a one-to-one correspondence to the second level menu items and the second level thumbnails rotate with the second level menu items; wherein the number of second level thumbnails presented in the touchscreen area exceeds the number of second level menu items presented in the touchscreen area and wherein, upon selection of one second level thumbnail, the corresponding second level menu item is presented in center focus in the touchscreen area; and present a second interface construct operable to define values for a selected second level menu item, wherein the second interface construct is a slider for selecting parameter limits for the physiological monitor operating characteristic corresponding to the selected second level menu item.