Second Edition
AK Basak PhD
Professor and Head Department of Physiology Haldia Institute of Dental Sciences and Research,
Haldia, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India
Formerly
Associate Professor and Head Department of Physiology Institute of Dental Sciences,
Bareilly, UP, India
Associate Professor and Head Department of Physiology Avadh Institute of Dental Sciences,
Lucknow, UP, India
Asst. Professor in Physiology Universal College of Medical Sciences,
Nepal
Asst. Professor in Physiology Nepalgunj Medical College,
Nepal
Jitendar P Vij
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Viva in Medical Physiology
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First Edition: 2004
Second Edition: 2009
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To
my dear son
'sohom’,
my students
and
well wishers
5Preface to the Second Edition
I must extend my heart-felt gratitude for warm response from my students, readers and colleagues and even my teachers for the 1st edition of this book. I also acknowledge some suggestions from my students and colleagues that led me to bring this 2nd edition of this book. To make this book more beneficial and meaningful from the examination point of view and also to make it self-contained as per the demand of the students, the following aspects are also included in this edition of this book:
- More number of clinical/applied questions with their answers.
- Questions with answers for preparing practical (Lab-based) viva examinations.
- Important values to remember to have a bird's eye view on different physiological norms just before facing the viva voce examinations.
I am deeply indebted to Prof BN Koley and Dr (Mrs) J Koley (Calcutta University), Prof NK Mishra and Prof SN Pandeya (Nepalgunj Medical College), Prof V Reghunandanan and Dr (Mrs) R Reghunandanan (Universal College of Medical Sciences), Prof VK Negi (Harsaran Dass Institute of Dental Sciences, Ghaziabad), Prof SK Saxena (Sikkim-Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences), Dr Ashoke Agarwal and Dr Keshav Agarwal (Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, UP), Prof Sekhar Chakraborty and Dr J Samanta (Haldia Institute of Dental Sciences and Research) who always thought very good of mine. The generous help rendered by the faculty members of Haldia Institute of Dental Sciences and Research (especially Dr Soudeep Sau and Dr SR Tripathy) is also warmly acknowledged.
I also wish to express my sincere thanks to my wife Dhriti Basak—who has helped me in each and every step of the preparation of this book and also has edited the literary aspect of this book.
Finally I also express my sincere gratitude to Shri Jitendar P Vij Chairman and Managing Director, Tarun Duneja, Director- Publishing and other Staff of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. for publishing this book.6
I will be grateful if this book meets the demand of the students. The author is highly regretted for any typographical mistake, human errors, inaccuracies or ambiguities if any in this title. I will be very happy to receive any opinion, feedback and valuable suggestions from the teachers, senior colleagues and students for further improvement of this book.
AK Basak
7Preface to the First Edition
While examining the MBBS and BDS students in their viva voce examination, I have felt that even the good students hardly answer the questions very precisely and to the point. Though there are small number of viva books in Physiology with us, these are not sufficient to meet the demand of the students so that they can answer A to Z of viva questions generally asked by the examiners. Moreover, it is never possible to the students to go through any text book while going to face viva-voce examinations. These facts led me to write the book Viva in Medical Physiology. While writing thisbook I have tried my best to include all types of viva questions dealt with basic, brainstorming, applied and clinical. Language of the book has also been kept easily understandable. I hope this book will serve the purpose for not only the BDS students but equally also the MBBS, MSc and BSc (Medical/Human Physiology), MD (Physiology) students and also other allied health subjects like physiotherapy, nursing, etc.
I am highly grateful to my students, colleagues and well wishers of Avadh Institute of Dental Sciences (Lucknow); Universal College of Medical Sciences (Nepal) and also Nepalgunj Medical College (Nepal) for their encouragement and sincere suggestions for writing up of this book. I am also deeply indebted to Prof. B N Koley and Dr (Mrs) J Koley (Calcutta University), Prof NK Mishra and Prof SN Pandeya (Nepalgunj Medical College), Prof V Reghunandanan and Dr (Mrs) R Reghunandanan (Universal College of Medical Sciences), Prof VK Negi (Harsaran Dass Institute of Dental Sciences, Gaziabad), Prof SK Saxena (Sikkim-Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences), Dr Rajuma Baudha (Avadh Institute of Dental Sciences) who always thought very good of mine. I am also highly grateful to my family members who always supported me in my academic pursuit.
I am really obliged to my wife, Mrs Dhriti Basak not only for editing the language of this book but also for her sacrifice whose time I usurped during the preparation of this book.
Finally I also express my sincere gratitude to Shri Jitendar P Vij, Chairman and Managing Director, Tarun Duneja, Director-Publishing 8and other Staff of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. for publishing this book.
I will be grateful if this book meets the demand of the students. I will be very happy to receive opinions, comments and valuable suggestions from all my senior colleagues, fellow teachers and students so that every aspects of this book can be reviewed in succeeding editions.
AK Basak