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
