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PHYSIOLOGY: CONTROLLING AND COORDINATING SYSTEM
Paper Code:
CZOL-313T
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
10.00
Unit I:
Unit I: Tissues, Bone and Cartilage
Structure, location, classification and functions of -
epithelial tissue,
connective tissue,
muscular tissue
nervous tissue
Structure and types of bones and cartilages,
Ossification, bone growth and resorption
10.00
Unit II:
Unit II: Nervous System
Structure of neuron,
Resting membrane potential, Origin of action potential and its propagation across the myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibres;
Types of synapses, Synaptic transmission and, Neuromuscular junction;
Reflex action and its types - reflex arc;
Physiology of hearing and vision.
12.00
Unit III:
Unit III: Muscle
Histology of different types of muscle;
Ultrastructure of skeletal muscle;
Molecular and chemical basis of muscle contraction;
Characteristics of muscle twitch
Motor unit, summation and tetanus
10.00
Unit IV:
Unit IV: Reproductive System
Histology of testis and ovary;
Physiology of male and female reproduction;
Puberty, Methods of contraception in male and female
18.00
Unit V:
Unit V: Endocrine System
Histology of endocrine glands - pineal, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, adrenal
Hormones secreted by them and their mechanism of action;
Classification of hormones; Regulation of their secretion;
Signal transduction pathways for steroidal and non-steroidal hormones;
Hypothalamus (neuroendocrine gland) - principal nuclei involved in neuroendocrine control of anterior pituitary and endocrine system;
Placental hormones
Essential Readings:
ESSENTIAL READINGS:
● Sembulingam, K.Sembulingam. Essentials of medical Physiology, Jaypee Brothers
Medical Publishers, New Delhi.
● TextBook of Medical Physiology; Chatterjee, M.N and Shinde, R.; Jaypee brothers.( 2007)
● TextBook of Medical Physiology; Guyton, A.C; International student edition. W.B.
Saunders, 12th edition.
● Medical Physiology Indu Khurana & Arushi Khurana. Publisher: New Delhi : Reed
Elsevier India, 2006.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
● General and Comparative Animal Physiology, Hoar, W.S.Prentice Hall of Indian.
● Animal Physiology: adaptation and Environment,KnutSch mdt Nielsen. Cambridge Press,
UK.
● Ganong. Review of medical physiology. 21 st edition, Lang medical Publications.
● An Introduction to Animal Physiology, Ian Kay, Bios scientific Pub., Oxford, UK.
e-RESOURCES:
● e-PGpathshala- inflibnet center-
● AnimalPhysiology-NPTEL-
● Physiology- swayam prabha-https://dth.ac.in/medical/course.php
● Anatomy- Swayam Prabha- https://dth.ac.in/medical/course.php
e-JOURNALS:
● American Journal of Physiology-
● Journal of Applied Physiology
● Frontiers in Physiology
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