PHYSIOLOGY: CONTROLLING AND COORDINATING SYSTEM

Paper Code: 
24CZOL313
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to –
1. Understand tissue structure, bone/cartilage types, and ossification.
2. Explore neuron structure, synaptic transmission, and sensory physiology.
3. Investigate muscle histology, contraction mechanisms, and motor unit function.
 
Course Outcomes: 

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Physiology: Controlling And  Coordinating System

THEORY

 

CO:61 Develop understanding of tissue structure, classification, and bone/cartilage types, including ossification processes.

CO:62 Explore neuron structure, action potential generation, synaptic transmission, reflex actions, and sensory physiology.

CO:63 Investigate muscle histology,types, contraction mechanisms, and motor unit function.

CO:64 Examine reproductive system histology, puberty, and contraception methods.

CO:65 Study endocrine gland histology, hormone secretion, regulation.

CO:66 Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

 

 

The approach in  teaching:

Interactive 

Lectures, 

Discussion, 

Tutorials, Reading  assignments, 

Demonstration,  Team teaching

 

Learning activities  for the students: Self-learning 

assignments, 

Effective 

questions, 

Simulation, 

Seminar 

presentation, 

Giving tasks,  Chart preparation

Assessment 

Strategies

Class test, Semester  end examinations,  Quiz, Solving  problems in tutorials,  Assignments, 

Presentation.

 

12.00
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 
 
12.00
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: 
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 
12.00
Unit IV: 
Reproductive System
Histology of testis and ovary; 
Physiology of male and female reproduction; 
Puberty, Methods of contraception in male and female 
Placental hormones 
12.00
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
Hypothalamus (neuroendocrine gland) - principal nuclei involved in neuroendocrine control  of anterior pituitary and endocrine system; 
 
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
Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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