As per your request I am here giving you syllabus for Medical Faculty PhD Entrance Exam of Sri Ramachandra University.

Syllabus for Medical Faculty PhD Entrance:

1.Cell structure and function, nucleic acid structure and function, biomedical importance of chromosomes, nucleosomes,

DNA organization, DNA replication, RNA synthesis and regulation of gene expression.

Development of organs & systems and common teratogens. Body fluid compartments & measurements, electrolyte balance, acid base balance, composition & functions of blood,

Plasma protein synthesis & functions, structure & functions of RBC, WBC, Platelets. Blood groups, lymph composition & functions.

2. Cardiac cycle, heart sounds, electrocardiogram, arterial blood pressure measurement. Regulation of respiration, pulmonary function tests.

General principles of gastrointestinal function, gastrointestinal hormones, digestion and absorption. Regulation of body temperature.

Nerve structure and properties, conduction of impulses. Spermatogenesis, ovarian cycle, endometrial cycle, puberty & menopause.

Physiology of pregnancy, parturition & lactation. Mechanism of urine formation, endocrine functions of kidney.

3. Metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids & proteins. Metabolic functions of vitamins & vitamin deficiency.

Metabolism of calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, iron, iodine & copper.

Acid base regulation. Response to cell injury, disorders of metabolism & homoeostasis, ischemia, infarction & shock, immunology & immune pathology, inflammation & repair, carcinogenesis & neoplasia, ageing & death.

Hemorrhagic disorders. Use of blood and blood products, benefits and risk of blood transfusion, blood banking.

4. Drug absorption & routes of administration of drugs, bioavailability, therapeutic index, rational use of drugs, drug–drug interaction,

Drug resistance, gene therapy, clinical trials, critical evaluation of drug promotional literature and pharmacoeconomics.

Immunity, natural defense mechanism, acquired immunity, antigen, antibodies, their formation and reactions, hypersensitivity, auto immunity, transplantation and tumor immunology.
General properties of bacteria, viruses and fungi.

5. Epidemiology and sociological factors of infections, common tropical infections.

Congestive cardiac failure, cardiac arrhythmias, rheumatic heart disease, coronary heart disease, hypertension and vascular disorders, diseases of myocardium and pericardium, congenital heart disease.

Acute respiratory infections and chronic respiratory infections, tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, restrictive lung disorders, suppurative lung diseases, lung tumors, lung cancer occupational lung disorders.

Syllabus for Medical Faculty PhD Entrance SRU