Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka
First Year B.Sc. (Nursing) (Basic)
Degree Examination- August-September 2009
Revised Scheme
Physiology & Biochemistry
Q.P. Codes 1677 and 1678
(Note : Both QP Codes 1677 and 1678 are to be answered within total of 3 hours)
Q.P. Code 1677 - Section A - Physiology (40 Marks)
Your answer shall be specific to the question asked
Draw neat and labelled diagrams wherever necessary.
Long Essay (Answer any one)
- Classify body fluid compartments. Give normal values. How is total body water determined?
- Define blood pressure. How is it measured? List the factors affecting blood pressure.
Short Essays (Answer any four)
- Describe the functions of blood
- Draw and label spirogram
- describe the stages of spermatogenesis
- Describe the movements of small intestines
- Classify muscles. List the differences between them.
Short Answers
- State Landsteiner's law
- Name the muscles of respiration
- List four funcdtions of saliva
- What is the normal serum calcium level? Name the hormones regulating it.
- What are the foundations of counter current mechanism in the kidney?
Q.P. Code : 1678 - Section B - Biochemistry (40 Marks)
Use separate answer book
Long Essay (Answer any one)
- Discuss the causes, synthesis and utilization of ketone bodies.
- Describe the sources, provitamin form, functions & deficiency manifestations of vitamin D
Short Essays (Answer any four).
- Useful compounds synthesized from aminoacid tyrosine
- Hormonal regulation of blooe sugar level
- Structure and function of cholesterol
- what is BMR (Basal metabolic rate)? Discuss the factors that affect BMR.
- Role of kidney in acid-base balance
Short answers
- Rothera's test
- Causes for metabolic acidosis
- Night blindness
- Glycosuria
- Differences between starch and glycogen