PHYSIOLOGY PAPER 2- 1ST MBBS KUHS QUESTION PAPER- JANUARY 2018


Q.P. Code: 104001                    Reg. no.:

First Professional MBBS Degree Supplementary Examinations-January 2018

PHYSIOLOGY- PAPER II

Time: 3 Hours                             Total Marks: 50

• Answer all Questions
• Draw Diagrams wherever necessary

Long essay (10)

1. A 65 years old woman was admitted to the hospital with the complaints of intentional tremors in the left arm and missing the target when he attempted to do a work. On examination eye reveals nystagmus. Answer the following questions based on your knowledge in physiology:

• What is the diagnosis

• Mention the characteristic of knee jerk in this patient. 

• What is dysdiadachokinesia,

• Describe the gait in this patient giving the physiological basis

• What happens when floculo-nodular lobe is damaged. (2+2+2+2+2)

Short essays (2x5=10)

2. Mechanism of synaptic transmission

3. Role of mineralocorticoids in salt and water balance

Answer briefly (5x3=15)

4. Milk ejection reflex

5. Hyper secretion of growth hormone

6. Supra spinal modulation of pain

7. Functions of middle ear

8. Castration before puberty

Draw and label (2x2 1/2 =5)

9. Antero lateral system

10. Visual pathway

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

11. Referred pain

12. Thalamic phantom limb

13. Administration of L dopa in Parkinson's disease

14. Permissive action of glucocorticoids

15. Corpus luteum of menstruation and pregnancy