GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Paper Code: 
ZOL-401
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
6.00

Digestion

Physiology of digestion in the alimentary canal and Role of hormone in digestion; Absorption of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, related diseases

7.00

Circulation

Composition & Function of Blood , Coagulation, Hemostasis, Structure of Heart,  Origin and conduction of the cardiac impulse, Cardiac cycle, ECG, and related diseases

12.00

Respiration

Mechanism & control of Breathing, Respiratory quotient, Respiratory volumes and capacity,  Transport of oxygen and Carbon dioxide in blood and  related diseases

 

Excretion

Structure & Function of Kidney and nephrons , Mechanism of urine formation, Counter-current Mechanism, Hormonal regulation of water & electrolyte balance and related diseases

10.00

Nervous system

Structure of a neuron,

Transmission of nerve impulse (resting membrane potential, Graded potential, Origin of Action potential and its propagation in myelinated and non-myelinated nerve fibres),Synapse physiology and related diseases

 

Muscular system

Structure & types of muscle,Ultra-structure of skeletal muscle, Molecular and chemical basis of muscle contraction  and related diseases

10.00

Endocrine System

Biochemical Nature of Hormones ,Structure and function of pituitary, thyroid, Parathyroid, pancreas and adrenal

 

 Physiology of male reproduction: hormonal control of spermatogenesis;

 Physiology of female reproduction: hormonal control of menstrual cycle

Essential Readings: 
  • Text Book of Medical Physiology; Guyton, A.C; International student edition. W.B. Saunders.
  • Text Book of Medical Physiology; Chatterjee, M.N and Shinde, R.; Jaypee brothers.
  • General and Comparative Animal Physiology, Hoar, W.S. Prentice Hall of Indian.
  • Animal Physiology: adaptation and Environment, Knut Schiemdt  Neilsen. Cambridge  Press, UK.
  • A regulatory Systems Approach. Strand, F.L. Physiology: Macmillan Publishing Co., New York.
  • Ganong. Review of medical physiology. 21 st edition, Lang medical Publications.
  • Keel et al., Samson Wright’s  Applied Physiology, 13 th Edition Oxford Press.
  • Sembulingam, K.  and Sembulingam. Essentials of medical Physiology, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi.
  • AnimalPhysiology. R. W. Hill, G.A. Wyse and M. Anderson, Sinauer, New York.
  • An Introduction to Animal Physiology, Ian Kay, Bios scientific Pub., Oxford, UK.
Academic Year: 
2017-2018
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