HIGH YIELD TOPICS FOR NEET-PG: PHYSIOLOGY

High Yield Physiology Topics

Here are the most important physiology topics you need to focus on for NEET PG and other medical exams.

Muscle Physiology

• Muscle spindle
• Refractory period
• Receptors (types, recruitment)
• Excitation-contraction coupling

Electrophysiology

• Electroencephalogram (EEG)
• Normal sleep patterns
• Disease patterns
• Sleep stages

Neurophysiology

• Klüver-Bucy syndrome
• Role of hippocampus (LTP, LTD, memory, habituation)
• Patch clamp technique
• Pain control areas
• Self-stimulation
• Dominant vs non-dominant hemisphere
• Gating mechanisms
• Functions and pathways of Ascending and Descending Fibres

Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

• Receptors
• Special supply and innervation

Cardiovascular System (CVS)

• Poiseuille’s equation (numerical)
• Volume of distribution (numerical)
• Pressure-volume curve
• Cardiac cycle and corresponding ECG
• Jugular venous pulse (JVP)
• Reflexes (Bainbridge, baroreceptor, Hering-Breuer, Bezold-Jarisch, Cushing, vasomotor center)
• Exercise physiology
• Stewart-Hamilton law
• Bernoulli’s law
• Oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve
• Mean systemic filling pressure (MSFP)
• Blood pressure measurement

Respiratory Physiology

• J reflex
• Regulation of respiration (Apneustic center, Pre-Bötzinger complex)
• Central and peripheral chemoreceptors

Cellular Physiology

• Plasma membrane structure (lipid rafts)
• Gastrointestinal secretions (cellular sources)

Renal Physiology

• Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) calculation
• Counter-current mechanism in the kidney