PHYSIOLOGY -I: Course content (MLPH-513)

The Human Physiology

• Functional organization---relationship between structure and function of the human body
• Homeostasis – its importance-- negative and positive Feedback mechanism

Integumentary System

• Functions of the skin
• Temperature and its regulation

The Musculoskeletal System:

• Functional characteristics of Skeletal Muscle and Cardiac Muscle
• Basic concept of events of muscle contraction and relaxation in response to an action potential in a motor neuron.
• Distinguish between aerobic and anaerobic muscle contraction

Respiratory System

• Mechanism of breathing
• Uptake and release of oxygen in the lung and the tissue
• Functions of the Respiratory System beginning at the nose and ending with the alveoli.    Ventilation and Lung Volumes
• Gas Exchange and gas transport in the blood
• Rhythmic Ventilation
• Term used in the respiratory medicine
• Respiratory failure, Anoxia and hypoxia, Cyanosis, pneumothorax, Empyema,  
• Pneumonia, Asthma, Bronchitis, Pulmonary tuberculosis, Lung cancer, URTI,
• PUO

Blood

• Composition of Blood and Plasma
• Functions of Blood
• Formed Elements
• Stages of cell development
• Blood grouping
• Coagulation mechanism

The functions of the specialized sense organs

• Eye---- physiology of site, accommodation, optic nerve and optic chiasma
• Ear---- functions of the internal, middle and external ear
• Physiology of the hearing and balance
• Smell----------- physiology of olfactory nerve
• Taste ---------physiology of taste
• Location of the taste buds
• Physiology of speech