PHYSIOLOGY: LIFE SUSTAINING SYSTEMS

Paper Code: 
24CZOL213
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to –
1. Develop detailed theoretical Knowledge about different human body systems and their physiological role in maintaining homeostasis.
2. Understand the structural organization and functions of the gastrointestinal tract and associated glands, including the processes of mechanical and chemical digestion.
3. Analyze the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in blood, respiratory pigments, dissociation curves, and factors influencing them, comprehending carbon monoxide poisoning and the control of respiration.
 
Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning Outcomes

(At Course Level)

Learning And  Teaching 

Strategies

Assessment

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 Course 

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Course Title

24CZOL213

Physiology: Life Sustaining  Systems

THEORY

 

CO:37 Understand the structural organization and functions of the gastrointestinal tract and associated glands, including the processes of mechanical and chemical digestion.

CO:38 Analyze the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in blood, respiratory pigments, dissociation curves, and factors influencing them, comprehending carbon monoxide poisoning and  the control of respiration.

CO:39 Explore the regulation of water balance and acid-base balance in the body, understanding their significance of kidneys in maintaining homeostasis.

CO:40 Develop the components of blood and their functions, including the structure and functions of hemoglobin, and comprehend processes like hemostasis and hematopoiesis.

CO:41 Outline the structure of the mammalian heart, its functioning, including cardiac output, regulation of heart rate, and blood pressure regulation, comprehending the electrocardiogram interpretation and cardiac cycle.

CO:42 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: 
Physiology of Digestion
Structural organization and functions of gastrointestinal tract and associated glands; Mechanical and chemical digestion of food; Absorptions of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, water, minerals and vitamins; 
Hormonal control of secretion of enzymes in Gastrointestinal tract. 
12.00
Unit II: 
Physiology of Respiration
Histology of trachea and lung; 
Mechanism of respiration, 
Pulmonary ventilation, Respiratory volumes and capacities;
Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in blood 
Respiratory pigments, Dissociation curves and the factors influencing it Carbon monoxide poisoning; 
Control of respiration 
 
12.00
Unit III: 
Renal Physiology
Structure of kidney and its functional unit; 
Mechanism of urine formation; 
Regulation of water balance; 
Regulation of acid-base balance
 
12.00
Unit IV: 
Blood
Components of blood and their functions; 
Structure and functions of haemoglobin 
Haemostasis: Blood clotting system,  
Haemopoiesis 
Blood groups: Rh factor, ABO and MN 
 
12.00
Unit V: 
Physiology of Heart
Structure of mammalian heart; 
Coronary circulation 
Structure and working of conducting myocardial fibres. 
Origin and conduction of cardiac impulses 
Cardiac cycle; Cardiac output and its regulation, nervous and chemical regulation of heart  rate. 
Electrocardiogram, 
Blood pressure and its regulation 
 
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- 
● 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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