PHYSIOLOGY

Paper Code: 
ZOL 411
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
8.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I

Digestion

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

diseases

   Respiration

  • Mechanism and control of breathing.
  •  Physiology of Respiration
  • Concept of partial pressure of gases.
  • Bohr's Effect
  • Related diseases

 

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II

Physiology of Excretion:

·         Kinds of nitrogenous excretory end-products

            (ammonotelic. uricotelic and ureotelic)

·         Functional architecture of mammalian kidney tubule

·         Formation of urine

·         Hormonal regulation of water and electrolyte balance

Related diseases

9.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III

Blood

·         Composition and function of Blood and lymph

·          Blood groups

·        Blood coagulation

·        Function of hemoglobin.

Physiology of Muscle Contraction

·                  Functional architecture of skeletal muscle

·         Mechanism of skeleton muscle contraction

Related diseases

10.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

Heart

·Structure; origin, conduction and regulation of    heart beat

·Cardiac cycle

·ECG.

·Related diseases

Peripheral circulation –

·          Blood pressure

Capillary pressure

8.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

Physiology of Nerve Impulse and Reflex Action

  • Functional architecture of a neuron
  • Origin and propagation of nerve impulse,
  • Synaptic transmission
  • Reflex action and reflex arc
  • Related diseases

 

Essential Readings: 

 

ü  Tortora, G.J. and Derrickson, B.H. (2009). Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, XII Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

ü   Widmaier, E.P., Raff, H. and Strang, K.T. (2008)

ü  Vander’s Human Physiology, XI Edition., McGraw Hill

ü  Text Book of Medical Physiology; Guyton, A.C; International student edition. W.B. Saunders.

ü  Text Book of Medical Physiology; Chatterjee, M.N and Shinde, R.; Jaypee brothers.

ü  General and Comparative Animal Physiology, Hoar, W.S. Prentice Hall of Indian.

ü  Animal Physiology: adaptation and Environment, Knut Schiemdt  Neilsen. Cambridge  Press, UK.

ü  A regulatory Systems Approach. Strand, F.L. Physiology: Macmillan Publishing Co., New York.

ü  Ganong. Review of medical physiology. 21 st edition, Lang medical Publications.

ü  Keel et al., Samson Wright’s  Applied Physiology, 13 th Edition Oxford Press.

ü  Sembulingam, K.  and Sembulingam. Essentials of medical Physiology, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi.

ü  AnimalPhysiology. R. W. Hill, G.A. Wyse and M. Anderson, Sinauer, New York.

ü  An Introduction to Animal Physiology, Ian Kay, Bios scientific Pub., Oxford, U

ü  Animal Physiology Mechanisms and Adaptation. Eckert, R.W.H. Freeman and Company, New York

ü  Environmental Psysiology, Willmer,P.G.Stone, and I.Johnson. Blackwell Sci. Oxford, UK.

ü  Adaptation to Envioronment. Essays on the Psysiology of Marine Animals. Newell, R.C. (ed.) 1976. Butterworths, London, UK.

ü  Psysiological Ecology: An evolutionally approach to resource use. Townsend, C.R. and P. Cawlow. Blackwell Sci. Publ., Oxford, UK

ü  Optima for Animals. Alexander, R.M.N. Princeton Univ. Press. Princeton, NJ

Comparative Physiology: Life in water or land. Dejours,P., L. Bolis,                         C.R.Taylor and ER. Weibel (eds.). Liviana Press, Padova

Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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