Clarendonz QN Bank Final pdf-1 PDF
Clarendonz QN Bank Final pdf-1 PDF
Clarendonz QN Bank Final pdf-1 PDF
QUESTION BANK
BY CLARENDONZ’16
I MBBS
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POINTS TO BE NOTED :
1. This Question bank is meant for the students
under TN Dr. MGR Medical university.
2. Important questions from all chapters have been
covered.
3. Astreiks have been given at the end of each
questions to know the degree of importance.
ANATOMY PAPER – I
GENERAL ANATOMY :
SHORT NOTES :
1. Sesamoid bone **
2. Blood supply of long bone ***
3. Types of joints with examples **
4. Pivot joint *
5. Typical synovial joint *
6. Cartilaginous joint *
7. Syndesmosis *
SHORT ANSWERS :
1. Name the sesamoid bones
2. Name the types of epiphysis of fibula at both ends *
3. Types of epiphysis with examples
UPPER LIMB :
ESSAY :
1. Breast – Location, Structure, Bed structures, Blood supply, Lymphatic
drainage, Clinical anatomy ***
2. Brachial Plexus – Formation, Variation (pre and post fixed), Branches,
Applied anatomy ****
3. Shoulder joint – Type, articulating surfaces, relations ligaments, muscles
producing movements, Applied anatomy ***
4. Axillary artery – Formation, course, parts, branches, applied anatomy **
5. Median Nerve – Formation, course, branches, applied anatomy *
6. Radial Nerve – Formation, course, branches, applied anatomy *
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SHORT NOTES :
1. Clavipectoral fascia **
2. Lymphatic drainage of breast ***
3. Boundaries and contents of Axilla *
4. Axillary lymph nodes **
5. Clinical Anatomy of Brachial Plexus **
6. Deltoid and structure undercover of deltoid *
7. Subscapular spaces / intermuscular spaces in scapular region **
8. Axillary nerve *
9. Brachial Artery **
10. Cutaneous innervation of hand *
11. Cephalic vein **
12. Anastomoses around scapula **
13. Anastomoses around elbow **
14. Boundaries and Contents of Cubital Fossa ***
15. Radial Nerve in spiral groove *
16. Elbow joint **
17. Superior radio ulnar joint *
18. Intrinsic muscles of Hand **
19. Flexor retinaculum **
20. Ulnar Nerve in Hand ***
21. Median Nerve in Hand ***
22. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ***
23. Palmar spaces (Mid palmar space and Thenar space) ***
24. Surgical anatomy of palmar spaces of Hand *
25. Wrist joint *
26. Carpometacarpal joint of thumb**
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SHORT ANSWERS :
1. Lower end of humerus
2. Supra condylar fracture **
3. Volkmann’s ischemic contracture **
4. Colle’s fracture ***
5. Name the carpal bones
6. Structures piercing clavipectoral fascia ***
7. Nerves related to humerus **
8. Winging of scapula **
9. Name the contents of Axilla **
10. Erb’s point *
11. Porter’s tip deformity *
12. Triangle of auscultation **
13. Lumbar triangle of Petit *
14. Name the muscles forming Rotator cuff / Codman’s cuff **
15. Muscles supplied by axillary nerve *
16. Scapulohumeral rhythm*
17. Name the superficial veins of upper limb and their fate **
18. Biceps brachii *
19. Brachialis *
20. Muscles supplied by musculocutaneous nerve **
21. Profunda brachii artery **
22. Branches of radial nerve in spiral groove ***
23. Supinator **
24. Pronation and Supination **
25. Action and innervation of lumbricals
26. Extensor expansion of hand *
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27. Forearm space of Parona **
28. Thenar muscles, Hypothenar muscles – Nerve supply & Action **
29. Superficial palmar arch ***
30. Brachioradialis
31. Abductors of wrist joint **
32. Palmaris brevis **
33. Anterior interosseous artery **
34. Carrying angle *
35. Tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, student’s elbow **
36. Anatomical Snuff box **
37. Wrist drop, Saturday night palsy, Benett’s fracture **
LOWER LIMB :
I. ESSAY :
1. Femoral triangle – Boundaries, contents, femoral sheath, applied aspects **
2. Great saphenous vein – Formation, course, relation, tributaries, perforators,
termination, clinical anatomy ***
3. Sciatic Nerve – Formation, root value, course, relations, branches, applied **
4. Bony Arches of Foot – types, bones forming, structure, applied anatomy ****
5. Hip joint – type, bones forming, ligaments, relations, muscle producing
movements, applied anatomy ****
6. Knee joint – type, bones forming, ligaments, relations, movements, applied
anatomy *
SHORT NOTES :
1. Cutaneous innervation of front of thigh **
2. Ilio tibial tract **
3. Femoral sheath **
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4. Femoral canal and femoral ring **
5. Adductor’s Canal ***
6. Femoral artery **
7. Femoral Nerve *
8. Obturator nerve ***
9. Structures undercover of gluteus maximus **
10. Popliteal Fossa ***
11. Anastomoses around Knee **
12. Hamstring compartment of thigh ***
13. Cutaneous supply of foot **
14. Extensor retinacula of leg **
15. Peroneal retinaculum *
16. Peroneal artery **
17. Dorsalis pedis artery ***
18. Deep peroneal nerve **
19. Abductors of hip joint **
20. Cruciate ligaments of knee joint **
21. Locking and unlocking mechanism of knee joint *
22. Menisci of knee joint **
23. Inguinal lymph nodes **
24. Sub talar joints **
25. Medial longitudinal arch ***
26. Ankle joint **
ANATOMY PAPER – II
THORAX
I. ESSAY :
1. Typical Intercostal Nerve – Formation, course, branches, applied anatomy **
2. Typical Intercostal Space *
3. Lungs – Presenting parts, Fissures and lobes, Relations, Blood supply,
Broncho pulmonary segments, Applied aspects ****
4. Oesophagus – Level of origin, Parts and relations, constrictions, Microscopy,
development, applied anatomy **
5. Interior of Right Atrium and its development ****
6. Blood supply of Heart *****
7. Arch of Aorta – Extent, relations, branches, histology *
HUMAN EMBRYOLOGY
ESSAY:
1. Describe in detail the congenital anomalies of heart. *
SHORT NOTES:
1.Spermatogenesis*
2.Oogenesis with diagram
3.Corpus luteum
4.Menstrual cycle*
5.Resuts of fertilization
6.Amnion
7.Primitive streak**
8.Yolk sac***
9.Derivatives of 1st pharyngeal arch**
10. Derivatives of 2nd pharyngeal arch***
11. Derivatives of 3rd and 4th pharyngeal arches
12.Development of thyroid gland
13. Development of face and its anomalies
14. Development of tongue
15. Development of palatine tonsil
16. Development of pancreas
17. Development of lung
18.Midgut rotation**
19.Fate of aortic arches
20.Congenital anomalies of kidney
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21. Development of atria
22. Development of spleen
23. Development of kidney*
24. Development of pancreas
25. Development of diaphragm*
26. Development of interatrial septum**
27. Development of urinary bladder*
28.Paramesonephric duct
29. Development of suprarenal gland
30.Structure of sperm*
31. Fetal circulation
32. Neural tube**
33. Folding of embryo
GENETICS
34. Trisomy/ Down syndrome***
35. Turners syndrome***
36.Karyotyping*
37.Klinefelters syndrome***
38. Mitosis
39.Meiosis
SHORT ANSWERS:
1. Oogenesis
2. Bilaminar (or trilaminar) germ disc with diagram
3. Remnants of notochord**
4. Allantois* or allantoic diverticulum
5. Bones derived from 1st pharyngeal arch
6. Development of tongue
7. Development of pancreas
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8. Development of midgut
9. Annular pancreas
10.Congenital anomalies of ventricles of heart*
11.PDA
12.Ligamentum arteriosum
13.Derivatives of each aortic arch
14.Development of pituitary gland
15.Derivatives of ectoderm(or endoderm or mesoderm)**
16.Cloaca and its derivatives
17.Somites and its derivatives
18.Tetralogy of fallot***
19.Notochord ***
20.Functions of zonapellucida
21.Corpus luteum*
22.Phases of menstrual cycle
23.Endometrium
24.Morula
25.Blastocyst**
26.Connecting stalk
27.Primitive streak**
28.Prochordal plate*
29.Buccopharyngeal membrane
30.Cloacal membrane
31.Folding of embryo**
32.Umbilical vesicle
33.Decidua**
34.Types of chorionic villi***
35.Functions of placenta*
36.Amniotic cavity
37.Philtrum
38.Harelip**
39.Cleft palate***
40.Development of palate
41.Derivatives of foregut(or midgut or hindgut)
42.Mesonephric duct*
43.Structures derived from neural crest cells**
44.Formation of IVC
45.Urorectal secptum
46.Whartons jelly
47.Neural tube
48.Formation of placenta
49.Development of long bone
50.Thyroglossal duct*
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GENETICS
HUMAN HISTOLOGY
SHORT NOTES:
1. Microscopic structure of hyaline cartilage**
2. Microscopic structure of bone**
3. Microscopic structure of ganglion (sympathetic and spinal)*
4. Microscopic structure of spleen**
5. Microscopic structure of trachea**
6. Histology of palatine tonsil**
7. Demilunes
8. Histology of skin
9. Histology of submandibular gland
10.Histology of parotid gland
11.Microscopic structure of lung
12.Microscopic structure of fundus of stomach
13.Microscopic structure of duodenum
14.Microscopic structure of appendix
15.Microscopic structure of kidney**
16.Histology of ureter
17.Microscopic structure of testes
18.Microscopic structure of ovary
19.Histology of hypophysis cerebri***
20.Histology of parathyroid
21.Histology of suprarenal gland
22.Histology of cerebellum**
23.Histology of cerebral cortex
24.Histology of cornea**
25.Histology of retina**
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SHORT ANSWERS:
RENAL SYSTEM :
I. ESSAY :
1. Glomerular Filtration , Factors affecting GFR, Measurements of GFR *****
2. Counter current mechanisms in concentration of Urine ****
3. Juxta Glomerular Apparatus and its Functions ****
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II. SHORT NOTES :
1. Functions of Kidney ***
2. Special Features of Renal Circulation ***
3. Counter Current Multiplier ****
4. Role of kidneys in acid – base balance ***
5. Micturition Reflex ***
6. Cystometrogram **
7. Regulation of Heat Balance *
8. Nerve supply of bladder **
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
I. ESSAY :
1. Ovarian changes in Menstrual Cycle ****
2. Endometrial Changes in Menstrual cycle ****
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3. Hormonal regulation of Menstrual Cycle ***
ESSAY:
1, Describe the mechanics of pulmonary ventilation**
2, Mechanism of oxygen transport in the body. Explain Oxygen dissociation
curve with suitable diagram. Depict Bohr’s effect. ***
3. Describe the process of transport of carbon dioxide in the body***
4. Chemical control of respiration. Add a note on Cheyne Stokes breathing*
5. Neural regulation of respiration. Add a note on periodic breathing*
6. Classify HYPOXIA. What are the causes and features of each type? What
types respond best to O2 therapy? **
7. What are the types of muscular exercise? Discuss the various physiological
changes occurring during and after exercise.
SHORT NOTES:
1. Respiratory Unit*
2. Intrapleural pressure*
3. Sneezing reflex*
4. Cough reflex
5. Muscles responsible for (a) Inspiration (b) expiration (c) forced expiration*
6. Respiratory distress syndrome*
7. VO2 MAX*
8. FEV 1*
9. Timed vital capacity*
10. Dead space and its normal value**
11. Alveocapillary membrane with diagram**
12. P50***
12. O2 carrying capacity of blood*
13. Chloride shift**
14. Haldane effect**
15. Pneumotaxic center***
16. J receptors, discovery & significance***
17. Herring Breuer reflex***
18. Histotoxic hypoxia with ex***
19. Asphyxia*
20. Hypoxic vasoconstriction*
21. Anti G suit*
22. SCUBA diving**
23. O2 debt*
24. Respiratory Quotient
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25. Minute volume
26. Periodic breathing*
27. Dyspneic index*
28. Work of breathing
SHORT ANSWERS
1.SA node as pacemaker**
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2.End diastolic volume*
3.MI state the ECG changes in this condition*
4.Phonocardiogram**
5.PR interval on ECG**
6.ECG leads*
7.Unipolar limb lead*
8.Draw a normal ECG and label it**
9.Jpoint and its significance*
10.Einthoven’s law**
11.Define preload and state its effects on heart.
12.Cardiac index*
13.Cardiac reserve**
14.Frank starling’s law of heart***
15.Reynold’s number***
16.Wind Kessel effect**
17.Endothelin*
18.Short term regulation of BP.
19.JVP*
20.Labelled diagram of arterial pulse and explain**
21.Phasic changes in coronary circulation*
22.Monro Kellie doctrine**
23.Pacemaker potential diagram and explanation*
24.Refractory period in cardiac muscle.
25.Ejection Fraction*
26.Cardiac murmurs
27.Stokes Adams Syndrome*
28.Effect of electrolyte changes on heart
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29.Venous return*
30.Fick principle**
31.Marey’s reflex.
32.Buffers nerves
33.Bainbridge reflex*
34.Baroreceptors
35.Chemorecptors
36.Determinats of arterial blood pressure.
37.Circulation time
38.Measurements of cerebral flow
39.Physiological shunt in heart*
40.Cushing’s reflex.
41.Hagen Poiseulle formula.
42.Bezold Jarish reflex
43. Vasovagal syncope.
44.Gallop rhythm
45.RR interval and significance
46.Wolff Parkinson white syndrome
47.Artificial pacemaker
48.Minute volume
49.Cardiac center
50.Axon reflex*
8.What is stretch reflex? Describe in detail the structure and functions of muscle
spindle. Add a note on reciprocal inhibition.
SHORT NOTES :
1.Classification of nerve fibres *
2.Action potential of nerve*
3.Saltatory conduction**
4.Neuroglia
5.Classification of sensory receptors and their properties.
6.Synapse and its properties.
7.Negative feedback inhibition.
8.Endogenous opioid pepticles and receptors*
9.Clinical classification of reflexes with examples and their significance
10.Brown sequard syndrome***
11.Trace the pathway for perception of fine touch*
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12.Anterior spinothalamic tract
13.Referred pain and its theories
14.Functions of thalamus***
15.Hypothalamic thermostat
16.Role of hypothalamus in hunger and satiety in human beings**
17.Vestibulocerebellum*
18.Purkinjecells of cerebellum
19.Clinical features of cerebellar lesions*
20.Parkinsons disease**
21.Basal ganglia and its function**
22.Functions of paleostriatum
23.Functions of parietal lobe
24. Functions of prefrontal lobe**
25.Kluver Bucy Syndrome
26.Homunculus**
27.Betz cells.
28.Discuss the functions of limbic system
29.Functions of ascending reticular activating system
30.Decerebrate Rigidity**
31.Postural reflexes
32.Vestibular apparatus & otolith organs
33.Waves of EEG and clinical significance*
34.EEG changes during sleep
35.REM and NREM sleep
36.Broca’s area
37.Mechanism of memory
38.Physiology of speech
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39.Wernicke’s aphasia
40.Describe the formation, circulation and functions of CSF
41.Blood Brain Barrier.
42.Degeneration of nerve fiber**
43.Regeneration of nerve fiber
44.Generation (Receptor) potential
45.EPSP and IPSP.
46.Spinocerebellar tract
47.Tracts of Goll and Burdach.
48.Pyramidal tracts.
49.Extra pyramidal tracts.
50.Gate theory.
SHORT ANSWERS :
1.Role of myelin sheath
2.Mechanoreceptors with ex
3.Bell Magendie law***
4.Reflex arc
5.Babinski sign(Extensor plantar reflex)**
6.Reciprocal inhibition
7.Steeognosis
8.Referred pain
9.Thalamic syndrome**
10.Phantom limb
11.Leptin*
12.Climbing, mossy and parallel fibers
13.Difference between spasticity and rigidity*
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14.Cogwheel Rigidity
15.Functions of Reticular activating system
16.Inverse stretch reflex
17.Spinal animal
18.Righting reflex
19.Alpha block**
20.Papez circuit***
21.Delta waves on EEG
22.REM sleep
23.Consolidation of memory
24.Typesof memory
25.Anomic aphasia
26.CSF formation**
27.Name 2 cholinergic & adrenergic neurotransmitters and receptors
SPECIAL SENSES
ESSAY:
1.Describe in detail the photochemical mechanism of vision and mechanism of
dark adaptation*
2.Draw and explain the visual pathway . Discuss the effects of lesions at various
levels along its courses***
3.Describe the various refractive errors of the eye. Explain the physiological
basis of their connection*
4.With the help of a diagram,describe the auditory pathway. Add a note on
conduction deafness*
5. Explain the mechanisms of hearing*
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SHORT NOTES:
1.Aqueous humor**
2.Dark adaptation***
3.Draw the optic pathway. Depict the lesions at various levels.**
4.Pupillary light reflexes*
5.Mechanism of accommodation for near vision*
6.Color vision***
7.Refractory errors of the eyes***
8.Structure and functions of middle ear***
9.Cochlea
10.Organ of corti
11.Travelling wave theory
12.Discuss the phenomenon by which sound waves in air induce action
potentials in the cochlear nerve.
13.Cochlear micro phonic potential**
14.Taste pathway with diagram***
SHORT ANSWERS:
1.Functions of aqueous humor
2.Draw the structure of rods and cones
3.Dark adaptation
4.Explain the basic defect in astigmatism and its correction**
5.Contents of middle ear and its functions*
6.Attenuation reflex*
7.Rinnes test
8.Webers test
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9.Gustatory receptors
10.Retina
11.Ocular movements
12.Fundus oculi
13.Photo transduction*
14.Hemianopia
15.Accommodation reflex*
16.Theories of color vision.
17.Presbyopia**
18.Errors of refraction**
19.Impedance matching*
20.Travelling wave**
21.Electric potentials in cochlea
22.Auditory defects
23.Taste pathway with diagram
24.Olfactory transduction*
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BIOCHEMISTRY 1ST PAPER :
CELL :
I. SHORT ANSWERS :
1. Differences b/w eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell *
2. Marker enzymes for sub cellular organelles **
3. Lysosomes *
4. Peroxisomes **
5. Zellweger syndrome **
CHEMISTRY OF CARBOHYDRATES :
ESSAY :
1. Mucopolysaccharides and genetic disorders associated with it ***
SHORT NOTES :
1. Anomerism **
2. Mutarotation ***
3. Principles of Benedicts test ****
4. Osazone formation **
5. Inulin *
6. Glycosaminoglycans ***
7. Heteropolysaccharides **
8. Glycoproteins *
SHORT ANSWERS :
1. Chondratin Sulfate ***
2. Heparan sulfate **
3. Why sucrose is called as non - reducing disaccharide ? ***
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4. Epimerism *****
CHEMISTRY OF LIPIDS :
ESSAY :
1. Composition and Functions of Phospholipids ****
SHORT NOTES :
1. Essential Fatty Acids **
2. Gangliosides **
3. PUFA *
4. Structure of cholestrol and its importance in the body ****
5. Lipoproteins ***
SHORT ANSWERS :
1. Iodine Number ***
2. Saponification Number ***
3. Acid Number ***
4. Reichert Meissl Number ***
5. Lecithin **
6. Cardiolipin **
7. Phosphotidyl inositol ***
8. PGI2, PGE2, PGF2 alpha, TXA2 – actions **
CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM :
I. ESSAY :
1. Glycolysis – definition, sequence of reaction, energetics, regulation ***
2. TCA cycle - definition, sequence of reaction, energetics, regulation ***
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3. Gluconeogenesis - definition, sequence of reaction, energetics, regulation ***
4. HMP shunt and its significance ***
5. Glycogen synthesis *
6. Glycogenolysis **
7. Digestion and absorption of carbohydrates **
8. Regulation of Blood glucose in fasting and fed states ***
METABOLISM OF LIPIDS
ESSAY :
1. Define beta oxidation. Beta oxidation of Palmitic Acid and energetics ****
2. Carnitine transport shuttle and beta oxidation of fatty acids ***
3. Synthesis and Utilization of Ketone bodies. Note on diabetic ketoacidosis ***
4. Cholestrol synthesis and substances obtained from cholesterol **
5. Digestion and absorption of fats *
SHORT NOTES :
1. Source and fate of Acetyl Co A ****
2. Carnitine shuttle ****
3. Refsum’s disease ****
4. Respiratory distress syndrome **
5. Chylomicron metabolism ***
6. LDL metabolism ***
7. HDL metabolism / Reverse cholesterol transport *****
8. VLDL metabolism **
9. Lipotropic factors ***
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10. Fatty liver **
11. Products obtained from cholesterol ***
12. Apolipoproteins and their significance *
13. Fredrickson’s classification of hyperlipoproteinemias ***
14. Alcohol metabolism *
SHORT ANSWERS :
1. Types of fatty acid oxidation **
2. Name the ketone bodies **
3. Micelle formation **
4. Lipid malabsorption *
5. Zellweger Syndrome ***
6. Fatty acid synthase complex ***
7. Phospholipases ***
8. Niemann pick disease **
9. Tay sachs disease ***
10. Gaucher’s disease ***
11. LCAT ****
12. Brown adipose tissue **
13. Reverse cholesterol transport **
14. HDL as a Scavenger of cholesterol ***
15. Rothera’s Test *
VITAMINS
ESSAY :
1. Chemistry, functions, deficiency manifestations of Vitamin A ***
2. Chemistry, functions, deficiency manifestations of Vitamin B1 ****
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3. Chemistry, functions, deficiency manifestations of Vitamin B12 **
4. Chemistry, functions, deficiency manifestations of Vitamin C **
5. Chemistry, functions, deficiency manifestations of Vitamin Pyridoxine ***
SHORT NOTES :
1. Beriberi ***
2. Wernicke korsakoff syndrome **
3. Pellagra *****
4. Biochemical functions of Pyridoxine *****
5. Functions of Folic acid ****
6. Functions of Vitamin C ***
7. Wald’s visual cycle ***
8. Hypervitaminosis A **
9. Deficiency manifestations of Vitamin A ****
10. Synthesis and functions of Vitamin D ***
11. Folate trap ****
SHORT ANSWERS :
1. Functions of Vitamin K and E ****
2. Methyl malonic aciduria **
3. Isoforms of Vitamin K ****
4. Rickets **
5. Active forms and RDA of all vitamins **
6. Scurvy *****
7. Burning feet syndrome **
8. Co enzyme role of Biotin and Niacin ****
MINERALS :
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ESSAY :
1. Sources, RDA, Functions, absorption, excretion of Calcium. Note on Calcium
homeostasis ****
2. Sources, RDA, absorption, Transport, storage forms of Iron ****
SHORT NOTES :
1. Functions of Calcium ****
2. Regulation of Serum Calcium ****
3. Wilson’s Disease ****
4. Digestion, absorption and transport of iron ****
5. Potassium Homeostasis **
SHORT ANSWERS :
1. Name some trace minerals ***
2. Hyponatremia, Hypernatremia **
3. Hypokalemia, Hyperkalemia **
4. Bronze diabetes **
5. Different forms of Calcium ***
6. Biochemical functions of Phosphorus ***
7. Functions of Magnesium **
8. Antioxidant vitamins and minerals ****
9. Fluorosis ****
10. Coenzyme role of copper **
11. Kinky hair disease ****
12. Keshan disease *
13. Functions of zinc **
14. Functions of Selenium **
ENZYMES :
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ESSAY :
1. Classify enzymes. Factors affecting and regulating enzyme actions ***
2. Define Enzyme inhibition. Types of Enzyme inhibition with examples ****
SHORT NOTES :
1. Mechanism of Enzyme action. (lock&key model, Hand in glove model) ***
2. Isoenzymes – Examples, diagnostic uses and their clinical significance ****
3. Therapeutic uses of Enzymes ***
4. Allosteric inhibition **
5. Suicidal inhibition ***
6. Factors regulating enzyme action ***
7. Line weaver burk’s plot ***
8. Allosteric enzymes *
9. Isoenzymes in MI ****
SHORT ANSWERS :
1. Define Km value and its significance **
2. Double reciprocal plot **
3. Zymogens ***
4. Metalloenzymes ****
5. Michaelis Menten Equation ***
6. LDH and its clinical significance **
7. Alkaline phosphatase as a diagnostic tool
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NUTRITION
SHORT NOTES:
SHORT ANSWERS:
1.BMR***
2.Respiratory quotient
3.Specific dynamic action and its importance in calculating caloric action
requirements of an individual**
4.Net protein utilization
5.Limiting amino acid**
6.Biological value of proteins
7.List 2 difference between marasmus and kwashiorkor
8.N2 balance
9.Significance of dietary fiber**
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BIOCHEMISTRY PAPER – 2
ESSAY:
1. Define and classify proteins.
SHORT NOTES :
1. Essential amino acids***
2.Secondary structure of proteins***
3. Levels of organization of proteins*
4. Denaturation*
5. Isoelectric pH**
6. Precipitation reaction of proteins*
SHORT ANSWERS:
1. Essential amino acids***
2. Quaternary structure of protein with example*
3.Glutathione*
4. Basic amino acids*
5. Denaturation**
6. Forces that stabilize secondary structure of proteins
Chapter-3: Haemoglobin
ESSAY:
1. Structure and functions of hemoglobin
SHORT NOTES:
1. Thalassemia**
2.2,3 BPG**
3. Abnormal haemoglobin*
4. Sickle cell anemia
SHORT ANSWERS:
1.HbS**
2. Methemoglobin*
3. Role of 2,3 BPG**
4. Significance of sickle cells*
5. HbA1c**
1.Urea cycle and its regulation, significance, normal urea level, disorders caused
by genetic defects of urea cycle enzymes and causes of abnormal levels of urea
concentration. ***
4. Metabolism of branched chain amino acids & disorders associated with it**
SHORT NOTES
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1.Sources of ammonia in the body and its metabolism
2.Urea cycle ****
3.Compounds formed from glycine ***
4.Functions of glycine
5.Formation of creatine
6.Explain the clinical relevance of serum creatinine levels
7.Functions of tyrosine
8.Phenylketonuria***
9.Alkaptonuria***
10. Hartnups disease
11.Active form of methionine and its functios
12.Homocystinuria
13.Synthesis and mechanism of nitric oxide
14.Polyamines
15.Formation of uric acid
SHORT ANSWERS:
1.Transamination reactions***
2.Urea cycle disorders
3.Urea cycle disorders causes orotic aciduria . explain
4.Compounds formed from glycine
5.Phenylketonuria
6.Albinism-enzyme defect& clinical features
7.Derivatives of tryptophan
8.Transmethylation***
9.Active methionine
10.One carbon pool**
11.Maple syrup urine disease***
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12.Carnitine
13.GABA***
14.Causes of hyperuremia
15.Enzyme defect in
a) Phenylketonuria
b) Alkaptonuria
16. Diff b/w CPS 1 & CPS2
SHORT NOTES:
SHORT NOTES:
1.Replication
2.PCR and its application
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3.Cell cycle
4.Mutation**
5.Repai mechanism of DNA – each separately
6.Transcription and post transcriptional modification**
7.Post translational modification***
8.Genetic code**
9.Inhibitors of protein biosynthesis
10.t-RNA***
11.Codon
12.Lac operon***
13.Recombinant DNA technology*
14.Restriction endonucleases**
15.Chimesic DNA
16.Plasmid
17.Principles of electrophoresis and its clinical application***
18.Bloatting techniques**
19.Southern blotting
20.Reverse transcription**
21.Micro RNA
22.Difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic transcription
23.RNA splicing
24.Protein targeting and degradation*
25.Wobble hypothesis**
26.Regulation of lac operon
a) In absence of lactose and presence of glucose
b) In presence of lactose and absence of glucose
c) In presence of both glucose and lactose
27.Cloning
28.RFLP and its application
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29.DNA library
SHORT ANSWERS:
ESSAY:
SHORT NOTES:
1.Purine salvage pathway and its importance in body***
2.Gout***
3.Hyperuricemia***
4.Catabolism of purines and related disorder
5.Regulation of purine (or pyrimidine) de novo biosynthesis
SHORT ANSWERS:
1.Sources of carbon and nitrogen in purine (or pyrimidine) ring
2.Gout*
3.Outline the reaction by which deoxynucleotides are formed in a cell
from ribonucleotides
4.Lesh Nyhan syndrome***
5.Orotic aciduria***
6.Name the aminoacids required for purine (or pyrimidine) synthesis
7.Explain the anti neoplastic effects of methotrexate
8.Difference between CPS-I and II
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Chapter-9 : CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
ESSAY:
1.Name the LFT with diagnostic significance of each. Write in detail the
biochemical tests of any 3 done in your lab**
2.What is the normal pH of blood? Explain the various mechanisms by which
normal pH of blood is maintained***
3.Role of plasma and renal buffers in maintaining acid base homeostasis***
SHORT NOTES:
1.G-proteins*
2.Cyclic AMP
3.Mechanism of action of thyroid hormones
4.Oxytocin
5.Assessment of hypothyroidism
6.Functions of glucocorticoids
7.Formation of epinephrine
8.Thyroid function tests
9.Vanden Bergh’s reaction
10.Tubular function tests.
11.Creatinine clearance
12.Give an account on water distribution and its balance in the body
13.Role of lungs in acid base balance**
14.Osmolality
15.Dehydration
16.Renal regulation of ph of blood***
17.Anion gap and its importance**
18.Metabolic acidosis***
19.Causes of respiratory acidosis
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20.Collagen
SHORT ANSWERS:
1.Mention 2 second messengers
2.Addisons disease
3.Thyroid function test**
4.Vanden bergh reaction***
5.Renal function test**
6.Renal threshold substances*
7.Creatinine clearance **
8.Water intoxication**
9.Name the major intracellular and extracellular anions
10.Urea clearance
11.Buffer systems of the body**
12.Alkalai reserve
13.Chloride shift
14.Anion gap**
15.Metabolic acidosis and its causes**
16.Acidosis causes hyperkalemia why?
17.4 causes of respiratory acidosis**
18.What are the compensatory changes that occur in response to respiratory
acidosis
19.Cardiac troponin
20.What area the reference levels of glucose in CSF
21.Fuctions of albumin
22.Bence Jones proteins***
23.Immunoglobulin
24.Acute phase reactants***
25.What are isotopes? write their applications
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MISCELLENEOUS TOPICS:
SHORT NOTES:
1.Define xenobiotics and add a note on various detoxification reactions***
2.Cytochrome p450**
3.Phase 2 detoxifications**
4.Detoxification by conjugation***(or) Detoxification by hydroxylation***
5.Prostaglandins and their importance**
6.Antioxidants***
7.Proto-oncogenes and oncogenes***
8.Tumor markers***
9.Chromatography*
10.TLC**
11.What is the principle of affinity chromatography
12.Principles of electrophoresis and its clinical applications**
13.Colorimeter
14.Fluorometry
15.Flamephotometer
16.Type of skeletal muscle fibre
17.ELISA
SHORT ANSWERS:
1.Gene therapy
2.Name 2 tumor suppressor genes and the malignancy that is specifically
associated with abnormalities in each of these genes
3.Xenobiotics
4.Function of cytochrome p450
5.Detoxification by conjugation.
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6.Glutathione
7.Free radicals
8.Carbon monoxide
9.Carcinogenic virus**
10.Tumor markers and their diagnostic application*
11.Anti HIV drugs
12.Beer Lamberts law**
13.Principle of flamephotometer
14.ELISA
15.What are monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies
16.Lipid profile
17.Metabolic syndrome
18.Heavy metal poisoning
19.Write the normal serum levels of
a)sodium
b)potassium
c)cholesterol
d)BUN
e)bilirubin
f)LDH
g)ALT
19.Fasting serum glucose.