Dash Smrutiranjan

Hi....!! My name is Smrutiranjan Dash, From Odisha, India. Professionally I am Assistant Professor  at The Pharmaceutical College, Barpali, Odisha, department of Pharmacology.

Cardiac arrhythmia

A cardiac arrhythmia is define as abnormal electrical rhythm of the heart or abnormal impulse generation or conduction of electrical impulses responsible for membrane depolarization. Pathogenesis ·         The cardiac cycle is normally initiated by an electrical discharge from SA node. ·         The atria and ventricles then activated sequentially as electrical depolarization passes through specialized conducting …

Cardiac arrhythmia Read More »

Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) MCQ

1)       Acetylcholine is not a specific neurotransmitter at: a)       Sympathetic ganglia b)       Sympathetic ganglionic nerve endings c)       Parasympathetic ganglia d)       Parasympathetic postganglionic nerve endings. 2)       Muscarinic receptor are located in: a)       Autonomic ganglia b)       Skeletal muscle neuromuscular junctions c)       Autonomic effector cells d)       Sensory carotid sinus baroreceptor zone 3)       Location of M2 cholinoreceptor: a)       Heart …

Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) MCQ Read More »

Pharmacology Drugs Classification

Drugs acting on autonomic nervous system Cholinergic drugs (Parasympathomimetic) Cholinergic agonist A.      Cholinester ·         Acetylcholine ·         Carbachol ·         Bethanechol ·         Methacholine   B.      Alkaloids ·         Muscarine ·         Pilocarpine ·         Arecholine Anti-cholinesterase A.      Reversible a)       Carbamate ·   Physostigmine (Eserine) ·   Neostigmine ·   Pyridostigmine ·   Rivastigmine ·   Edrophonium ·   Donepezil ·   Galantamine b)      Acridine ·   Tacrine B.      …

Pharmacology Drugs Classification Read More »