Download DNB 2016 Dec PHYSIOLOGY PAPER 3 Question Paper

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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2016
POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
PHYSIOLOGY

PAPER ? III
PHY/D/16/36/III
Time : 3 hours
Max. Marks : 100

Important instructions:

? Attempt all questions in order.
? Each question carries 10 marks.
? Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
? Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
? Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
? Answer all the parts of a single question together.
? Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
? Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:

1. Pathophysiology of Alzheimer?s disease.

10
2. Compare and contrast the following:
a) Tremors of cerebellar and basal ganglia lesion.
b) Akinesia and rigidity of Parkinson?s disease.

5+5
3. Olfactory pathway and physiological basis of olfaction.

4+6
4. a) Differentiate between the specific features of action potential
recorded in nerve, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and cardiac
muscle.
b) Role of ions involved in them.

6+4
5. a) Photochemistry of vision.
b) Physiological basis of night blindness.

6+4
6. a) Neural substrate of speech.
b) Pathophysiology of language disorders.

6+4
7. a) Define neurotransmitter.
b) Site of synthesis, storage and mechanism of its removal.
c) Give examples of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitter
operating in central nervous system.

2+5+3
8. a) Physiological basis of genesis of receptor potential.
b) Explain the phenomenon of receptor recruitment.
c) Sensory coding.

5+3+2
9. a) Give an account of the body?s response to rotational acceleration
and linear acceleration.
b) Meniere disease.

(4+4)+2
10. a) Functional anatomy of the blood brain barrier.
b) Its functions and clinical implications.
5+5
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