HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY - I (INCLUDING HEALTH EDUCATION)

Structure of human body - skeleton, muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints. Fundamentals of anatomy of different systems of the body. Functional organization of the different compartments and body fluids. Homeostatic mechanisms, electrolytes, pH and buffers. Types of muscles, structural and functional organization, neuromuscular junction, muscle contraction and its electrical and metabolic correlates. Muscle function during exercise. Knowledge of myasthenia gravis, spasticity, tetanus.

Motility of alimentary canal and its regulation, secretions, their composition, function and regulation. Digestion of foods in mouth, stomach ans small intestine. Absorption of foods. Balanced diet and deficiency disorders. Liver functions. Elimination of undigested food. Knowledge of emesis, pyloric stenosis, hyperacidicity, peptic and duodenal ulcer, dyspepsia, colic, constipation and diarrhea, piles, jaundice, cirrhosis.

Composition and functions of the blood. Production of blood cells, blood groups, transfusion of blood. Blood coagulation. Formation and circulation of lymph. Knowledge on anemia and blood dyscrasias like purpura, agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenia, leukemia, leucopenia, polycythemia.

Cardiovascular system: Structure and functions of heart and blood vessels. Systematic, pulmonary, coronary and hepatic blood circulation, cardiac output, blood pressure in different blood vessels, their direct and indirect measurements. Electrophysiology and E.C.G of heart, cardiac cycle, cardiac disrrhytmiasis, congestive heart failure, hypertension, angina pectoris, atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis.

Personal, industrial and public hygiene. Spread and prevention of contagious diseases, venereal diseases, leprosy, droplet's infection, water and air-borne diseases, diseases caused by insects. Population problem, family planning programme. The role of pharmacist in motivating public in the implementation of family planning methods, contraceptives and their use. First aid for fractures of limbs, joints, bleeding, drowning and snakebite, burns, scalds and poisons.

Suggested books:
1. Shambulingam - Essentials of Physiology
2. Ross & Wilson - Anatomy & physiology in health and illness - Anne Waugh, Allison Grant.
3. First aid to the injured - Published by Saint John Ambulance Association.
4. A treatise on Hygine and public health, B.N.Ghosh, calcutta scientific publishing company.

Reference Books:
1. Text Book of Medical Physiology - Arthur.C.Guyton
2. Samson Wright's Applied Physiology.