TNMGRMU UNIVERSITY EXAM QUESTIONS (2010 – 2022)
MUSCLE & NERVE PHYSIOLOGY
ESSAYS
1. Sliding filament hypothesis***. Note on
isometric & isotonic muscle
contraction***.#rigor mortis.#molecular
basis of skeletal muscle contraction
**#electron microscopic structure of
skeletal muscle.
SHORT NOTES
1. Structure & functions of
neuromuscular
junctions.*****#events.
2. Plasticity of smooth muscle.
3. Excitation contraction coupling.
4. Properties of smooth muscle.
5. Physiological basis of length –
tension relationship.
6. Stages of nerve action potential
7. Heat production in skeletal
muscle.
8. Excitation contraction coupling
in skeletal muscle.**
VERY SHORT NOTES
1. Rigor mortis.
2. Muscle proteins. Role of
troponin C in muscle
contraction.
3. Neuro muscular blockers.
4. Botulinum toxin.
5. Energy sources in muscle.
6. Motor unit.**
7. Frank Starling law.
8. Types of smooth muscle.
9. Types of skeletal muscle.
10.Compound action potential.
11.Chronaxie & rheobase.
 12.All or none law in skeletal
& cardiac muscle.

13.Myasthenia gravis.

* - Number of times the questions are repeated.

ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT
• Sliding filament / molecular basis of skeletal muscle contraction.
• Smooth muscle