About The Book
The Book is a comprehensive text on Physiology for all aspiring students of Medical, Dental, and other streams of Health Sciences. The author has written the text with a facile pen, and his felicity of Language has made this book a constant companion of not only the undergraduates, but also the postgraduate entrance examinees. The text, slim and crisp, consists of umpteen number of clinical examples from Applied Physiology and Applied Biochemistry with effortlessly reproducible diagrams and easily comprehensible content of Clinical and Paraclinical topics. An elaborate section on 'Explain Why' with answers, and fairly detailed Account of Biochemistry make it a riveting read from cover to cover at one go.
Contents
Section I : GENERAL Physiology :
1. The Cell
2. Membrane Potential
3. Some Common Terms Used in Physiology
Section II : BLOOD :
1. Red Blood Corpuscles
2. Hemoglobin
3. The Leukocytes
4. Lymphocytes
5. Immunity
6. MPS
7. Complements
8. Hemostasis
9. Coagulation and Platelets
10. The Plasma Proteins
11. Blood Groups and Blood Transfusion
Section III : DIGESTIVE SYSTEM :
1. Basic Anatomy
2. The Salivary Secretion
3. The Stomach and its Secretions
4. Pancreatic Secretion
5. The Liver
6. Digestion and Absorption in the Small Intestine
7. Movements of the GIT
8. GI Hormones and Related Issues
Section IV : RESPIRATORY SYSTEM :
1. Introduction and Functional Anatomy
2. Ventilation and Related Mechanical Issues
3. Control of Ventilation
4. Exchange of Gases between the Alveoli and Pulmonary Capillary Blood
5. Carriage of o2 and Co2 by the Blood and their Exchange at Tissue Level
6. Applied Physiology and Non-respiratory Functions of the Lung
Section V : Cardiovascular SYSTEM :
1. Anatomy of the Heart
2. Properties of the Heart Muscles
3. The Heart as a Pump
4. Heart Rate and its Regulation
5. Cardiac Output-venous Return
6. Vascular System
7. Hemodynamics
8. Control of Circulation-General and Local
9. Arterial Blood Pressure
10. Measurement
11. Control and Essential Hypertension
12. Special Circulation
13. Clinical Electrography
14. Applied Physiology of CVS
15. Lymphatic Circulation
Section VI : Endocrinology :
1. Introduction
2. The Thyroid
3. Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism
4. Bone Physiology
5. Parathormone (PTH)
6. Vit D and Others
7. Adrenal Cortex
8. Pituitary and Hypothalamus
9. The Endocrine Pancreas
10. Growth and Old Age
11. Autacoids
12. Male Reproductive Physiology
13. Female Reproductive Physiology
14. Passage of Sperm
15. Fertilization
16. Placenta and Female Breast
17. Sex Determination and Sex Differentiation
Section VII : Metabolism :
1. Enzymes
2. Bioenergetics and Oxidative Phosphorylation
3. Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
4. Carbohydrates
5. Lipid Metabolism
6. Protein Metabolism
7. The Nucleic Acids, Synthesis of Protein
8. Liver Function Tests (LFTs)
9. Vitamins
10. Diet and Nutrition
Section VIII : Kidney AND Body FLUIDS :
1. Functional Anatomy of the Kidney
2. Mechanism of Formation of Urine
3. Renin-angiotensin System, ANP
4. Regulation of Plasma Osmolality, ECF Volume, Serum Electrolyte
5. Acid-base Balance
6. Miscellaneous
7. The Skin and its Appendages
Section IX : SKELETAL MUSCLES, EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY, SMOOTH Muscles :
1. Skeletal Muscles, Morphology, Mechanism of Contraction, Neuromuscular Junction
2. Characteristics and Properties of the Skeletal Muscles, Nerve Muscle Physiology
3. Physiology of Exercise
4. Smooth Muscles
Section X : NERVOUS SYSTEM :
1. General Aspects of Neurology
2. The General Senses
3. The Special Senses
4. The Motor Parts of the Nervous System
5. Tone of the Skeletal Muscles, Posture, Equilibrium, The Extra Pyramidal System
6. The Basal Ganglia
7. Cerebellum
8. Vestibular Apparatus
9. The Autonomic Nervous System
10. Central Visceral Regulations, Higher Functions and Some Other Aspects of Neurophysiology
11. Explain Why
12. MCQs