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Functional Anatomy of digestive tract: Monogastric and Ruminants
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Prehension, Mastication, Deglutition Movement of stomach, small intestine and large intestine, Mastication and defecation.
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Saliva (composition, secretion, function) Pancreatic/bile/intestinal juice- regulation, composition and function
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Digestion in ruminant stomach, microbial activities in stomach and intestine
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Absorption of food stuffs, Place of absorption, Mechanism of Absorption, Absorption of Carbohydrates, Protein, Fat and Waters.
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Digestion in poultry
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Kidney: Structure of Nephron, Histological peculiarities, blood supply of kidney
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Methods of studying Renal function, mechanism of urine formation, micturition
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Physical characteristics and composition of urine in health and diseases
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Role of kidney in acid base balance and electrolyte balance
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Excretion of urine in birds
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Skin: function, sebaceous and sweat glands and their functions, thermoregulation, maintenance of body temperature
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Cutaneous receptor organs, Peripheral nerves, Spinal cord and reflex action
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Brain stem and cerebellum, Cerebral hemisphere, Conditioned reflex, Wakefulness and sleep
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Autonomic nervous system, general arrangement and chemical transmission
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Physiology of taste

  • Taste is sensed by taste receptor cells present in taste bud.
  • Dogs have about 1700 taste buds, comparatively higher than cat.
  • For different flavor, taste buds are distributed in different areas of tongue.
  • There are 5 basic tastes
  1. Sweet
  2. Salty
  3. Meat
  4. Bitter
  5. Sour

 

Chapter 10 - Taste and Smell

Sweet and salty are detected through ion channels and Meat, Bitter, Sour are detected through G-protein coupled taste receptor.

Sites:

Sweet: front (tip) of tongue

Bitter: back

Sour and salty: on lateral sides of tongue

Umami/ meat: most taste buds can detect. Specifically present on rostral 2-3rd of dorsal surface

 

Sense of Taste

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