Syllabus

Course Code: IN-ZOO-201    Course Name: Mammalian -Physiology

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Digestive system: Types of nutrition, ingestion, digestion, absorption, and assimilation, BMR.
Cardiovascular System: Types of circulatory systems, Composition of Blood, blood coagulation, Haemopoiesis, blood volume, blood pressure, control of blood pressure, cardiac cycle, origin and conduction of heart beat, control of heart beat, ECG – its principle and significance
Respiratory system: transport of gases, exchange of gases, neural and chemical regulation of respiration.
Excretory system: excretory products, kidney, structure of nephron, urine formation, urine concentration, micturition, osmoregulation
2 Nervous system: Neurons, generation and transmission of nerve impulse neurotransmitors
Muscle physiology: Types of muscular tissue, ultrastructure of myofibrillar filaments, neuro muscular junctions, physical and chemical changes in muscle contraction, energy for muscle contraction, Cori’s cycle
Endocrinology: Endocrine glands and their functions, basic mechanism of Peptide and steroid hormones,
Reproduction: Menstrual and oestrual cycle, implantation, gestation, parturition
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