This lecture explains the basics of pituitary function tests along with the mechanisms involved and other related aspects. This movie requires Flash Player 9 Outline of Lecture Neural Control Of Glandular Secretion regulated secretion of hormones, neurotransmitters, or neuromodulators by specialized cells endocrine cells and neurons are prototypical secretory cells Secretory cells endocrine cells secrete […]

This lectures elaborates various diseases of arteries especially the non-infectious vasculitis of large vessels like Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu’s arteritis, medium vessels like Polyarterirtis nodosum and Kawaski’s disease and small vessels like Wegner’s Granulomatosis, Microscopic polyangitis, Chrug Strauss syndrome, Henoch Schonlein purpura and Goodpasture Syndrome. In the end it mentions Buerger;s disease and Raynaurd’s […]

This lecture tells about the various chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases like empysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma and bronchiectasis. Emphysema is classified as centroacinar (cenrolobar), panacinar (panlobar), paraseptal (distal), bullous, interstial, compensatory and senile. Asthma is classified as intrinsic and extrinsic. This movie requires Flash Player 9 Download

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This lecture discusses the anatomy of nasal cavity, nasal septum, meatuses, walls of nasal cavity, mucous membrane, nerve supply, arterial supply, lymphatic drainage, paranasal sinuses, and other related aspects. This movie requires Flash Player 9 Download

This lecture explains the basic aspects of diabetes mellitus, the role of insulin, glucagon, diagnosis, mechanisms involved, lab investigations, management and other related aspects. This movie requires Flash Player 9 More detail is available at Diabetes Mellitus

This lecture defines various terms like disease, infection, colonization, communicable diseases, contamination, pollution, Reservoirs of infections, carrier, host, susceptibility, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, spectrum of an infectious disease, impairment, disability, handicap, communicable period, incubation period, prodromal period, convalescent period, generation time, serial interval, source, contact, suspect, fomites, nosocomial infections, cross infection, infestation, zoonosis, pandemic, epidemic, endemic, […]

The lecture on fractures o femur explains the basics along with types, management and complications. This movie requires Flash Player 9 Outline of Lecture Fractures  of  the  femur Classification – anatomical Fractures  of  head Fractures  of  neck Fractures  intertrochanteric Fractures   subtrochanteric Fractures  shaft Fractures  suracondylar Fractures  intercondylar Management  depends Age Displacement Communution Open / closed […]

This lecture discusses the various health indicators like mortality indicators, morbidity indicators, disability rates, nutritional status indicators, health care delivery indicators, utilization rates, indicators of social and mental health, environmental indicators, socio-economic indicators, healthy policy indicators, indicators of quality of life and other indicators. This movie requires Flash Player 9 Download

This lecture explains the basics of bioenergetics and biological oxidation along with related aspects. This movie requires Flash Player 9 Outline of Lecture Bioenergetics and Biologial Oxidation Bioenergetics High energy phosphate compounds Role of ATP Free energy → chemical energy Biological oxidation Individual components of respiratory chain Respiratory chain and Oxidative phosphorylation Inhibitors of respiration […]

Fraction of the dose of a drug contained in any dosage form that reaches the systemic circulation in unchanged or active form administered through any route is known as bioavailability. Drugs injected using intravenous route of administration have 100% bioavailability, while others have much less bioavailability, because: All of the drug may not be adsorbed […]

Cohort is an ancient Roman military unit of 300-600 men, a group of soldiers marching forward in battle. Cohort studies are longitudinal, prospective studies, forward looking studies or incidence studies. They start with people free of disease. They assesses exposure at “baseline” and disease status at “follow-up”. 2 x 2 Table 2 x 2 table […]

Graphic record of summated electrical activity of heart obtained by electrodes placed on body surface. Electrocardiograph is the instrument to record ECG Willem Einthoven (1860 -1927) was the first to develop ECG Machine in 1903. He, for the first time, recorded electrical activity of heart from body surface. He named it ‘Elektrokardiogramme’ (EKG) which later […]

Plasmodium falciparum immature schizont, depicted in the image below, is obtained on a thin film blood smear micrograph. It is containing three chromatin masses, a light cytoplasm, and a dark pigment. Image courtesy of CDC/ Dr. Mae Melvin Two schizonts are visible in the image below. Image courtesy of CDC/ Dr. Mae Melvin