Physiology

Overview

Message from the HEAD of the Department

Welcome to the Department of Physiology

The Physiology department is an intellectually vibrant place.

This Departmental page is designed to introduce visitors and students to our Department, its research, teaching, and administrative activities. Physiology is the study of how the body works in health and disease at all levels including molecular, genomic, proteomic, ionic, cellular, organ and whole organism. The essence of research and teaching in Physiology requires an enquiring mind anchored on a global and integrative perspective to the understanding of how things work in a living organism.

The Department of Physiology at Dr. M. K. Shah Medical College & Research Center is committed to excellence in teaching; research and service. Members of the faculty are actively involved in educational programs in the college. Members of the Department of Physiology, conduct research in the areas of cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Neurophysiology, and endocrine physiology. Members of the faculty of the Department of Physiology are involved in collaborative research with clinicians from the Departments of Medicine, Surgery, and Pediatrics in the College.

We are committed to help equip and infuse in our students a life-long love for learning, the excitement of discovery and a keen sense of curiosity about the chemical, physical and biological functions of life.

I welcome you to the Department and do not hesitate to seeme over any issues. We operate an open door policy. Also all academic staff members have office hours during which they are available for consultation and discussion outside the formal teaching sessions.

I wish you a rewarding and stimulating learning experience at the Department of Physiology and The Dr. M. K. Shah Medical College & Research Center.

Demonstration Room	Available (as per MCI norms)
Accommodation (of each demonstration room)	Adequate
Audio-Visual equipment Available	Available Overhead Projector Multimedia Projector Multimedia Computers, Laptop, Public address System in Lecture Theatre, CD writers, DVD writers, Camera Attachment for Microscope to project slides on screen

Demonstration Room

Available (as per MCI norms)

Accommodation (of each demonstration room)

Adequate

Audio-Visual equipment Available

Available
Overhead Projector Multimedia Projector Multimedia Computers, Laptop, Public address System in Lecture Theatre, CD writers, DVD writers, Camera Attachment for Microscope to project slides on screen

	Category	Amphibian Laboratory	Mammalian Laboratory	Hematology Laboratory	Clinical Physiology Laboratory
a	Accommodation
	Capacity	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate
b	Working Arrangement
	Water Supply	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Sinks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Electric Points	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Cupboard for storage of microscope, slides etc.
c	Main Equipment Available
d	Microscopes
e	No. of students to each Microscope			One Each
f	Preparation Room
	Location	In the laboratory	In the laboratory	In the laboratory	-
g	Laboratory Manuals
	Whether Laboratory Manuals kept by students	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
h	Close Circuit
	Overhead Projector
	TV/Demonstration	Multimedia Projector
	Microscope/Any	Multimedia Computers
	Other Teaching Aids	Laptop, CD Writers, DVD Writers
	Additional Aids	Camera Attachment for Microscope to project slides on screen, Charts & Photographs

a)	Is there a separate departmental library?	YES
b)	Accommodation
	- Capacity	Adequate to accommodate all Teaching Staff
d)	List of Journals	Ind. J. of Phy. And Pharmac. IJABMS IJBAP Some old volumes of other journals like... JIMA Available through "Virtual Library" scheme of Govt. of Gujarat IJPP And some old volumes of other journals accessed by Virtual Library Online Free Journals in E-Library

a)	Equipment
b)	Are there any students taken for M.D. or Ph.D. in Physiology?	No
	If so, how many per year during the last three years
	1) Diploma
	2) Degree

OFFICE ACCOMMODATION: available as per MCI norms
a)	Professor & H.O.D.
b)	Associate Professor / Readers
c)	Asst. Professors / Lecturers
d)	Tutors / Demonstrators
e)	Non-teaching and Clerical Staff

Sr no.	Instruments
1	Sherrington Starling Kymograph (Preferably electrically driven)
2	Myograph Stand / Myograph Board
3	Induction-Intuction coil
4	Simple key
5	Short Circulating key
6	Pohl’s Commutator
7	Vibrating Interrupter
8	Muscle Through (LUCAS)
9	Muscle lever
10	Muscle grip of femur clamp
11	Hook and weight set
12	Heart lever
13	Frog board for dissection
14	Enamel tray
15	Frog board cork-lined with boss-head
16	Low voltage units
17	Mercury Key
18	Electrodes
19	Single Magnet time marker
20	Tripod stand
21	Electric time makers, 100/sec.
22	Tuning fork, time marker, 100/sec.
23	X-blocks
24	Copper wire (double cotton covered)
25	Kymograph paper
26	Burette clamps (burette stand with clamp)
27	Vibrating reed
28	Tap key
29	Harvard Steps
30	Smoking Instrument Set
31	Isotonic lever

Overview

Welcome to the Department of Physiology

Infrastructure & Facilities

FACULTY LIST

Sr no.	Instruments
1	Large extension kymographs-Brodie-Starling complete with respiration pump, motor time marker, Manometer etc. As required
2	Operation table
3	Volume recorders
4	Dale’s bath for internal organ
5	Isolated Organs. Bath for students complete with liver etc.
6	Animal Weighing Machine, for small and big animals (for each)
7	Mary’s Tambour
8	Venus and arterial cannula (different sizes)
9	Smoking outfit, with fume cupboard
10	Varnishing outfit, for long and short papers
11	Anaesthesia boxes
12	Surgical instruments for operative procedures, syringes, pulleys
13	Instrument trolley
14	Assembly Preparation to apparatus of mammalian heart

Sr no.	Instruments
1	Microscopes, Oil immersion
2	Demonstrations eye piece
3	Double Demonstration eye piece
4	Stage incubator
5	Wastergen’s Pipettes for E.S.R. on Stand (with space pipettes)
6	Haemogobinometer, Sahli's (with spaces)
7	Haemocytometers
8	Sphygmomanometer
9	Perimeter Priestly Smith S/LP.984 B & T
10	Stethoscopes
11	Stethoscopes, Demonstration with Multiple ear pieces
12	Polygraphs
13	Spirometer, Ordinary
14	Gas analysis apparatus, Haldane’s students type
15	Van Slyko’s apparatus manometric
16	Gas analyzer - automatic for CO2, O2, N2
17	Basal Metabolism Apparatus
18	ErgographMosse’s
19	Clinical thermometer
20	Compass aesthesiometer
21	Thermal-aesthesiometer
22	Algometer
23	Apparatus for passive movement
24	Knee hammer
25	Stethograph
26	Bicycle ergometer
27	Olfactometer
28	Ophthalmoscope
29	Schematic eye
30	Phakoscope
31	Perimeters, with charts
32	Colour perception lantern Edridge Green
33	Maddox rod
34	Newtons colour wheel
35	Tuning forks to test hearing 32-10,000 cps (sets)
36	Dynamometer
37	Otorhinolaryngoscope
38	Stop watches
39	Viso meter
40	Height scale

SR NO.	Instruments
1.	Physiograph, 3 channels, complete with accessories
2.	Physiograph, single channel, with accessories
3.	Centrifuge, high speed with techno-meter etc.
4.	Calorimeter, photo-electric
5.	pH meter, electric
6.	Refrigerator, 9-10c ft.
7.	Oxygen Cylinder with trolley
8.	CO cylinder with trolley
9.	Electronic stimulator - student type
10.	Water distillation still, with spare heating elements
11.	All glass distillation apparatus double stage
12.	Voltage stabilizer
13.	Step down transformers
14.	Thermometers Lab.
15.	Balances digital
16.	Stainless steel top table
17.	Weighing Machine
18.	Karada scale

Sr no.	Instruments
1	Sherrington shrilly kymograph
2	Micropipettes push button type variable volume 50-1000 uL
3	Tiles for blood groups (pitted slides)
4	Harward steps for cardiac efficiency
5	WBC Pipette
6	RBC Pipette
7	Hb Pipette
8	Capillaries
9	Wintrobe's Tube
10	Wintrobe's Stand
11	Ambu Bag
12	Metronome
13	Aluminium staining rods
14	Blower for Peripheral smear
15	Test tube stand (for fragility)
16	Test tube stand (small)
17	Ishihara chart for colour vision
18	Hair aesthesiometer
19	Snellen's chart for distant vision
20	Jaegers chart for near vision
21	Measuring tape
22	Torch with batteries
23	Autoclave
24	Enamel bowl
25	OHP
26	Computer with printer