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
1. A 65 years old woman was admitted to the hospital with the complaints of intention
tremor 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.
Short essays
2. Mechanism of synaptic transmission
3. Role of mineralocorticoids in salt and water balance
Answer briefly
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 (2x2½
9. Antero lateral system
10.Visual pathway
Explain the physiological basis of the following
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