PHYSIOLOGY PAPER 2- 1ST MBBS KUHS QUESTION PAPER- JULY 2017

Q.P. Code: 103001                           Reg. no.: …………………

First Professional MBBS Degree Examinations - July 2017

PHYSIOLOGY-Paper II

Time: 3 Hours                                Total Marks: 50

• Answer all questions
• Draw diagrams wherever necessary

 Long Essay (10)

1. A 50 years old person complaints of increased appetite, increased thirst and increased frequency of urination. The blood glucose was found to be 180 mg/dl. Answer the following questions based on your knowledge in physiology:

• What is your probable diagnosis
• Which hormone is affected
• What are the physiological effects of this hormone in the body
• Enumerate the other hormones involved in the regulation of blood glucose (1+1+7+1=10)

Short essays (2x5 =10)

2. Describe the regulation of body temperate during hot climate.

3. Describe the regulation of secretion of cortisol and its physiological role

Answer briefly (5x3=15)

4. Action of ADH

5. Types of EEG wave forms

6. Near response in normal eye

7. Pituitary dwarfism

8. Role of hypothalamus in feeding behavior

Draw and label (2x2.5 = 5)

9. Muscle spindle

10. Neuromuscular junction in skeletal muscle

Explain the physiological basis of the following  (5x2=10)

11. Re-polarization phase of action potential

12. Cogwheel rigidity

13. Starling's law of muscle contraction

14. Immunological test of pregnancy.

15. Milk ejection reflex.