Syllabus
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Course Code: B-ZOO-302 Course Name: Mammalian Physiology and endocrinology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Circulation: Origin, conduction and regulation of heart beat; cardiac cycle, electrocardiogram,
cardiac output, fluid pressure and flow pressure in closed and open circulatory system;
Composition and functions of blood & lymph; Mechanism of coagulation of blood, coagulation
factors; anticoagulants, haemopoiesis. 2. Respiration: Exchange of respiratory gases, transport of gases, lung air volumes, oxygen dissociation curve of haemoglobin, Bohr’s effect, Hamburger’s phenomenon (Chloride shift), control / regulation of respiration (peripheral reflexes, chemical control and Higher centres), Myoglobin. 3. Excretion: Patterns of excretory products viz. Amonotelic, ureotlic uricotelic, ornithine cycle (Kreb’s – Henseleit cycle) for urea formation in liver; Urine formation, composition of Urine, counter-current mechanism of urine formation, osmoregulation, micturition |
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| 2 | 4. Neural Integration: Nature, origin and propagation of nerve impulse alongwith medullated &
non-medullated nerve fibre, conduction of nerve impulse across synapse, synaptic delay and
synaptic fatigue, Neurotransmitter.v
5. Chemical integration of Endocrinology: Structure, chemical nature and mechanism of
peptide and steroid hormone action; physiology of hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid,
parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas and gonads, Hormonal disorders. 6. Reproduction: Spermatogenesis, Capacitation of spermatozoa, ovulation, formation of corpus luteum, oestrous-anoestrous cycle, Menstrual cycle in human, fertilization, implantation and gestation, parturition |
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