M.B.B.S-M.B.B.S 1st Year PHYSIOLOGY- PAPER II(Kerala University of Health Sciences-2013)

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    First Professional MBBS Degree Supplementary Examinations,

                                       February 2013

                                  PHYSIOLOGY- PAPER II

Time: 3 Hours                                              Total Marks: 100

• Answer all questions
• Draw Diagrams wherever necessary

Long essay (20)

1. A 45 year old man has come to the hospital for remarkable changes in his appearance.

Physical examination: tongue is enlarged, hands and feet are enlarged with spade like fingers and presence of hepatomegaly.
Fasting blood glucose is 150mg%. Fasting growth hormone level is 60ng/ml. Answer the following questions based on your knowledge in physiology :

• Name the probable condition.
• Mention the normal fasting blood glucose value.
• Which is the hormone involved in this condition and what is the defect.
• Explain the actions of the hormone involved.

 

Short essays (2x10=20)

2. Describe the mechanism of action and regulation of aldosterone secretion.
3. Describe connections and functions of thalamus.

 

Answer briefly (5x5=25)

4. Stretch reflex.
5. Hypo function of thyroid gland.
6. Functions of sertoli cells.
7. Taste buds.
8. Waves in EEG

 

Draw and label (2x5 =10)

9. Visual pathway.
10.Lateral spinothalamic tract.

Explain the physiological basis of the following (5x5=25)

11.Trousseau’s sign.
12.Macular sparing.
13.Contraceptive pills.
14.Pain in the arm during cardiac angina.
15.Left internal capsule lesion produces right hemiplegia.
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