PHYSIOLOGY

Paper Code: 
ZOL-411
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
8.00

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

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

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

Heart

  • Structure; origin, conduction and regulation of    heart beat
  • Cardiac cycle
  • ECG.
  • Related diseases

Peripheral circulation –

  • Blood pressure

Capillary pressure

8.00

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: 
  • Tortora, G.J. and Derrickson, B.H. (2009). Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, XII Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  •  Widmaier, E.P., Raff, H. and Strang, K.T. (2008)
  • Vander’s Human Physiology, XI Edition., McGraw Hill
  • 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, U
  • Animal Physiology Mechanisms and Adaptation. Eckert, R.W.H. Freeman and Company, New York
  • Environmental Psysiology, Willmer,P.G.Stone, and I.Johnson. Blackwell Sci. Oxford, UK.
  • Adaptation to Envioronment. Essays on the Psysiology of Marine Animals. Newell, R.C. (ed.) 1976. Butterworths, London, UK.
  • Psysiological Ecology: An evolutionally approach to resource use. Townsend, C.R. and P. Cawlow. Blackwell Sci. Publ., Oxford, UK
  • 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: 
2017-2018
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