Contents of FCPS-I Syllabus
GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF THE BODY
Anatomical nomenclature.
Terms of position,
direction and
relationship. Divisions of the body according to the regions and
organ systems.
General outline of the nervous system.
General disposition of the
white and grey matter. General disposition of the meninges.
General
plan of the somatic and autonomic nervous systems, dermatomes and myotomes.
Blood-vascular system with general outline of the circulation:
systemic and pulmonary circuits,
portal system and foetal
circulation.
Salient features of the skull,
cranial fossae and
vertebral column.
The anatomy of the newborn and the child: special features of the skull as a whole, ear, face, neck, vertebral column, thorax and abdomen.
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CELLS OF THE BODY
Concept of the cell as the structural, functional and genetic unit of the body. Composition of protoplasm. Division into cytoplasm and nucleus. Role of macromolecules in the structural organization of the cell. Cell components, their role in cell function. Diversity of cell morphology as related to the varied functional demands. Physical activities of the living cell, intracellular movements, cellular locomotion, endocytosis and exocytosis. Cell cycle and cell division. DNA and RNA structure and protein synthesis. Basic concepts of the principles of transport through cell membrane, membrane potential and action potential.
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TISSUES OF THE BODY
The muscular tissue
Structural and functional differences between the smooth, skeletal
and cardiac muscles. Fine structure of skeletal and cardiac muscle fibres, and its
relationship to the mechanism of contraction.
Specialized conducting tissue of the heart.
The neural tissue
The neuron,
morphology of the perikaryon and its processes.
Coverings of the axons in the peripheral nerves and the central
nervous system. Types of neuralgia and their functions.
Process of myelination in the peripheral nerves and the central nervous system.
Axon terminals and synapses.
Nerve fibre degeneration and
regeneration.
