MODEL QUESTION PAPER
First Professional
MBBS Degree Examination
Paper - II PHYSIOLOGY
Time: 3 hrs Max
marks: 50
Instructions:
• Draw diagrams wherever necessary
• Answer all questions.
1. A 60 year old man was brought to the casualty with the
complaints
of sudden onset of inability to move his right upper limb
and lower
limp. He gave a history of treatment for hypertension since
10
years. On examination he presented with-
• Hemiplegia with UMN facial nerve palsy of the right side
• Name the tract affected in this patient
• Mention the most probable site of lesion
• Trace the affected pathway with the help of a diagram
• State the differentiating features of Upper Motor Neurons
and Lower Motor Neuron lesions
• Comment on the tone of the muscles of the affected side (1+1+4+2+2=10 marks)
Short Essay:
2. Give an account of visual pathway. What is the effect of
a lesion
of right optic tract?
3. Discuss the hormonal regulation of blood calcium level (2x5=10 marks)
Write briefly on:
4. Pathway of pain from the face
5. Theories of hearing
6. Role of nigrostrial pathway in regulating cortical
activity
7. Hormonal control of lactation
8. Second Messengers (5x3=15
marks)
Draw and label:
9. Organ of Corti
10. Hormonal changes during normal menstrual cycle. (2x2½ =5 marks)
Write short notes on:
11. Actions of aldosterone
12. Impedence matching
13. Functions of sertoli cells
14. Sarcomere
15. Pre Synaptic Inhibition ( 5x2=10 marks)
