JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

This course is designed to impart a fundamental knowledge on the structure

and functions of the human body .The overall anatomy and physiology of organ systems and their coordination are being dealt.

Course Outcome

Describes the structure and functions of various organs of the human body

and mechanisms in the maintenance of normal functioning and disease state are knows.

UNIT - I

Scope of Anatomy and Physiology and basic terminology used in these subjects. Structure of cell, its components and their function. Elementary tissues of the human body: epithelial, connective, muscular and nervous tissues, their sub- types and characteristics. Body fluids, Homeostasis Skeletal system: Structure, composition and functions of skeleton, classification of joints, types of movements at joints, Skeletal muscles: Gross anatomy, physiology of muscle contraction, physiological properties of skeletal muscles and their disorders. Rheumatoid arthritis, Gout.

UNIT - II

Haemopoietic system and Lymphatic System: Composition and functions of blood and its elements, their disorders, blood groups and their significance, mechanism of coagulation, Anemias and its types, lymph organs.

UNIT - III

Cardiovascular system: Basic anatomy, physiology and conduction system of heart, blood vessels and circulation. Basic pulmonary, coronary, hepatic, system, understanding of cardiac cycle, heart sounds and electrocardiogram. Blood pressure and its regulation. Brief outline of cardiovascular disorders like hypertension, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias.

UNIT - IV

Digestive System: Gross anatomy of the gastro-intestinal tract, functions of its different parts, various gastrointestinal secretions and their role in the absorption and digestion of food, peptis ulcer, ulcerative colitis, hepatic disorder.

UNIT - V

Demography and Family Planning: population problem, family planning and various contraceptive methods. Medical termination of pregnancy. Brief outline of communicable diseases, causative agents, modes of transmission and prevention (chicken pox, influenza, diphtheria, whooping cough, tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, hepatitis, cholera, typhoid, malaria, rabies, tetanus, leprosy, syphilis and Aids).

Text Books

• 1) Tortora, G.J and Anagnodokas, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, N.P Harper and Row Publishers N.Y
• 2) Ross and Willson, Text Book of Human Anatomy, M. J. Mycek S. B Gerther and MMPER
• 3) Human Anatomy and Physiology with health education by Padma B Sanghani

References

• 1) Guyton, Textbook of Medical Physiology, AC Guyton WB Sannders Company, 1995.
• 2) K. Sembulingam and Prema Sembulingam, Essentials of Medical Physiology, 3rd Edition, Jaypee Bros., New Delhi.