Q.P. Code: 103001 Reg. No.: …………
First Professional MBBS Degree Supplementary Examinations
January 2020
Physiology - Paper I
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 50
- Answer all questions to the point neatly and legibly
- Do not leave any blank pages between
- answers
- Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space
- Answer all parts of a single question together
- Leave sufficient space between answers
- Draw table/diagrams/flow charts wherever necessary
Long essay (10)
1. A 12 years old girl child complains of lethargy and fatigability for the last three
months. Physical examination revealed pallor. Routine blood investigation showed Hb -8 gm% and peripheral smear revealed microcytic hypochromic RBCs. Answer the following:
- Identify the clinical condition and what is the cause
- Define anemia.
- Classify anemia based on etiology.
- Enumerate stages of erythropoiesis and discuss the factors regulating them
(1+1+3+5)
Short essays (2x5=10)
2. Discuss factors regulating cardiac output.
3. Explain pressure changes during normal respiratory cycle.
Answer briefly (5x3=15)
4. Heart sounds
5. Functions of bile.
6. Tubulo-glomerular feedback.
7. Neutrophil.
8. Active transport.
Draw and label (2x2½ =5)
9. Respiratory membrane.
10.Pacemaker potential.
Explain the physiological basis of the following (5x2=10)
11.Steatorrhoea following pancreatectomy.
12.PR interval is prolonged in first degree heart block
13.Acute respiratory distress syndrome is seen in premature infants.
14.Polycythemia in high altitude
15.Splenectomy in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
