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
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