ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

Department of Physiology

1st year(CPT,MLT,ICU,OTT,RT) Physiology

STUDY GUIDE

1st year (CPT,MLT,ICU,OTT,RT) will study Physiology topics outlined in the curriculum his study guide.
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1. Throughout the year students are given responsibility and independence appropriate for their level of
competence and professional development, as judged by their teachers and facilitators.

DURATION: Students will study Physiology for approx 38 weeks according to the planned
academic curriculum followed by their assessments.

LECTURERS: Dr Rashid Hassan , Mr Umer , Madam Shahida

NO OF LECTURES; 4 per week DURATION OF LECTURE; 45min

NO OF TUTORIALS; 1 per week DURATION OF TUTORIAL; 45min

TEACHING METHODOLOGY; Interactive lectures.

VENUE; Chest Auditorium

MODES OF ASSESSMENT: Assignments, MCQs and Presentations

LEARNING RESOURCES ; Essentials of Medical Physiology Gaypee New edition, Lectures ,

Guyton and Hall New edition
Week Topic Learning Tutorial Mode of
objectives Interaction
(MIT)

General Physiology

Week 1
a) Cell Cell organelles
b) Cell Junction At the end of this week the and Cell Lectures and
students will be able to :
junctions tutorials
a) Define basic
structures of cell
b) Cell membrane
c) Endoplasmic
reticulum
d) Mitochondria
e) Golgi apparatus
f) Lysosomes
g) Cytoskeleton
h) Nucleus
i) Cells death
j) Definition and
classification of
junction
k) Tight junction
l) Communicating
Junctions
Anchoring junctions
Week 2 General At the end of this week
Physiology students will be able to
explain :
a) Transport Lectures
through cell a) Introduction of Tutorials
b) Homeostasi transport through a) Transport
s membrane through cell
b) Basic mechanism b) Homeostasis
of transport
c) Passive Transport
d) Special types of
passive transport
e) Active transport
f) Special Types of
active Transport
g) Homeostasis
h) Components of
homeostatic
system
Negative and Positive
feedback mechanism

Week 3 Test 1
Topic covered in
General Physiology Multiple choice previous two weeks
complete question
 Blood Physiology At the end of this week
Week 3 students will be able to Class Test
a) Body fluid explain Lectures
b) WBCs a) Body Tutorials
Fluids
a) Composition of b) WBCS
body fluids
b) Compartments
c) Concentration and
maintenance of
water balance
d) Differences btw
WBCs and RBCs
e) WBCs
Classification

At the end of this week

students will be able to
explain
Week 4
Blood a) Blood Lecture and
Physiology a) Properties and b) WBCs tutorials
composition of
a) Blood blood , plasma ,
b) WBCs serum
b) Functions of
blood
c) Granulocytes
and their
properties
d) Functions of
neutrophils ,
Basophils ,
Eosinophil and
Mast cells
e) Immunity
Week 5 At the end of this week
students will be able to
Blood Physiology explain

a) RBCs a) RBCs Lectures

b) Erythropoiesis a) Properties and b) Erythropoiesis Tutorials
c) Immunity functions of RBCs c) Immunity
b) Variation in size ,
shape and structure
c) Definition and site
of erythropoiesis
d) Process of
erythropoiesis
e) Types of immunity
f) B lymphocytes
g) Cell mediated
immunity
h) Helper T cells and
cytotoxic t cells role