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Y2B5M9 - Special Senses
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11Subjects
44Topics
23Linked
Embryology1 listed topic
- Development of eye, ear, nose, tongue
Gross Anatomy1 listed topic
- Scalp, face, eye, ear, nose, tongue, temporal, infratemporal, pterygopalatine fossa, temporomandibular joint, oral cavity, parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands
Biochemistry15 listed topics
- Metabolism of lipids
- a) de novo synthesis of fatty acids
- b) Synthesis and storage of triacylglycerols in body.
- c) Oxidation of fatty acids
- d) Synthesis and utilization of ketone bodies and Ketoacidosis and regulation of ketogenesis.
- e) Synthesis of eicosanoids, their regulation and functions along with their biomedical importance.
- f) Metabolism of phospholipids and sphingolipids
- g) Cholesterol metabolism: Reactions and regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis, and fate and functions of cholesterol in body.
- h) Biosynthesis and fate of bile acids and their significance in health and disease.
- i) Plasma lipoproteins.
- j) Biochemical defects leading to fatty liver
- Integration and Regulation of Metabolic Pathways
- a) Fed-fast cycle and starvation.
- b) Basic concepts of intermediary metabolism, introduction of anabolic and catabolic pathways.
- c) An overview of regulation and integration of various metabolic pathways (role of liver, heart, brain, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue).
Physiology5 listed topics
- Optics Of Vision
- Receptor And Neural Function Of Retina
- The Sense Of Hearing and equilibrium
- The Chemical Senses
Pathology3 listed topics
- Genetic and metabolic diseases of CNS
- Phenylketonuria,
- Maple syrup disease
Community Medicine1 listed topic
- Blindness, Hearing and Deafness, Noise Pollution
Pharmacology5 listed topics
- Drugs acting on eye
- List one anti-muscarinic agent promoted for each mydriasis& cycloplegia
- List & describe several drugs useful in glaucoma
- Drugs affecting pain / NSAIDS analgesics
- Describe the effects of NSAIDS on Prostaglandin synthesis for relive of pain
Behavioral Sciences4 listed topics
- Crisis interventions: Definition and types of crisis
- Robert’s seven stage model of crisis intervention
- Communication strategies in crisis intervention
- d.Psychological first aid
Research6 listed topics
- Material and Methodology
- Study Design
- Sampling type
- Sample size calculation by Manual and via WHO & Epi info calculator
- Inclusion and exclusion crieteria
- Study Duration
PEL2 listed topics
- Professionalism: a. PMDC guideline on professionalism and ethics
- Ethics: Pillars of medical ethics