Clinicals

GUSTATION Sense of taste. Taste is mainly a function of taste buds in the mouth. The importance of taste lies in the fact that it allows a person to select food in accord with desires and often in accord with the body tissue’s metabolic need for specific substances. PRIMARY TASTE Read more…

Anal canal is the last part of the Anal canal. It begins at the anorectal junction and ends at the anus. The anorectal junction is marked by the forward convexity of the perineal flexure of the rectum. The perineal flexure of the rectum is the backward bend at the anorectal Read more…

INTRODUCTION Neural tube defects are the defects which occurs congenitally when the neural tube fails to close completely. it severely affects the nervous system. the neural tube has two neuropore in which one of it is cranial which closes at the 25th day of gestation period where as the caudal Read more…

INTRODUCTION Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder, where in the receptors of the post synaptic membrane of the neuron gets affected by losing its ability to detect the presence of acetylcholine release from the presynaptic membrane of the neuron. It causes muscle weakness because of the inability of the Read more…

INTRODUCTION PKU is most common clinically encountered inborn error of amino acid metabolism. It is caused due to deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase. It is a very rare disease. The deficiency of this enzyme leads to the accumulation of phenylalanine since it fails to convert into tyrosine. This can lead to Read more…

INTRODUCTION Gout is very common and is a form of arthritis which causes pain, redness and weakening of joints. It is mainly caused due to deposition of uric acid crystals in the joints. It mostly occurs in first metatarsophalangeal joint. There are other sites as well like knee joint, ankle Read more…