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Reproductive:

SA:
1. Spermatogenesis
2. Blood-Testis Barrier
3. Puberty
4. Menopause
5. Tests of Ovulation
6. Semen Analysis
7. Functions of Male Sex Hormones
8. Functions of Female Sex Hormones - Estrogen and Progesterone
9. Sex Determination
10. Disorders of Sex Determination
11. Fertilisation
12. Implantation
13. Feto-Placental Unit
14. Functions of Placenta
15. Hormones of Pregnancy
16. Tests of Pregnancy
17. Physiological Changes in Pregnancy
18. Parturition - Physiological Basis
19. Neuroendocrine Reflex
20. Contraceptives

Essay:
1. Menstrual Cycle

Endocrinology:

Short Notes:
1. Cell signalling/Second messenger
2. Anterior pituitary hormones
3. Hypothalamo-hypophyseal relationship (portal system and tract)
4. Posterior pituitary hormones
5. Growth hormone - functions, regulation of secretion and disorders -
Acromegaly, Gigantism, Dwarfism
6. Thyroid hormones - synthesis and secretion, regulation of secretion, functions
and disorders(hypo and hyper)
7. Cretinism
8. Insulin secretion, functions and regulation of secretion
9. Diabetes mellitus/Metabolic syndrome
10. Adrenal cortical hormones - synthesis, functions and disorders
11. Cushing's syndrome
12. Addison's disease
12. Adrenal medullary hormones
13. Phaeochromocytoma
14. Calcium homeostasis - hormones regulating calcium levels
15. Tetany

Essay:
1. Glucose homeostasis

Renal Physiology:

SA:
1. Juxta glomerular apparatus
2. Types of nephron and differences
3. Tubular reabsorption in PCT
4. Sodium reabsorption in tubules
5. Glucose reabsorption in tubules (Renal threshold and splay)
6. Water reabsorption in tubules
7. Micturition reflex and cystometrogram
8. Diuretics
9. Renal clearance
10. Measurement of GFR
11. Renal function tests
12. Urinary concentration and dilution mechanism (Counter current mechanism)
13. Acidification of urine
14. Regulation of body fluid osmolality and volume
15. Acid base disorders
16. Artificial kidney and Renal transplantation
Essay:
1. GFR, factors affecting and regulation
2. Tubular reabsorption in different parts of nephron

GIT:

Short Notes:
1. Layers of the GIT
2. Enteric nervous system
3. Basal electric rhythm
4. Composition, secretion and functions of the saliva
5. Regulation of salivary secretion
6. Pavlov's pouch
7. Experimental evidences of the regulation of gastric secretion
8. Functions of liver
9. Bilirubin metabolism and jaundice
10. Bile - composition, secretion and functions
11. Mastication/Chewing reflex
12. Gastric motility
13. Pancreatic secretion - Composition, secretion and functions
14. Small intestinal secretions
15. Small intestinal movements
16. Migratory motor complex
17. Large intestinal movements
18. Defecation reflex
19. Digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, proteins and fats
20. Water and electrolyte absorption in the large intestine
21. GI hormones
22. Gastrin
23. Vomiting

Essay:
1. Composition, functions and mechanism of secretion of hydrochloric acid
by the stomach
2. Factors affecting gastric secretion- and its regulation in each of the
different phases
3. Deglutition - Stages

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