The document summarizes the key components and functions of the integumentary system and special senses based on an experiment using specimens and models. It describes the layers of the skin, including the epidermis, dermis and hypodermis, as well as skin structures like hair, nails, and various glands. It also outlines the five special senses - touch, taste, smell, hearing and balance - and their sensory receptors and pathways in the brain. The overall aim was to study the integumentary system and special senses using specimens and models.
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5. Dose
6. Instructions for the patient
7. Incompatibilities
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abbreviation.
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intention of the prescriber is to dispense Achrostatin.
2. NAME OF THE DRUG
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other drugs.
E.g: Digitoxin Digoxin
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3. STRENGTH OF THE PREPARATION
The strength of preparation should be stated by prescriber.
It is essential when various strengths of a product are available in
the market.
E.g: It will be a wrong decision on the part of pharmacist to
dispense paracetamol tablet 500 mg when prescription for
paracetamol tablet is received with no specific strength.
4. DOSAGE FORM OF THE DRUG PRESCRIBED
Many medicines are available in more than one dosage form.
E.g: Liquid, Tablet, Capsule and Suppository.
The pharmaceutical form of the product should be written on the
prescription in order to avoid ambiguity.
5. DOSE
Unusually high or low doses should be discussed with the
prescriber.
Paediatric dosage may present a problem. So pharmacist should
consult paediatric posology to avoid any error.
Sometimes a reasonable dose is administered too frequently.
E.g: A prescription for sustained release formulation to be
administered after every 4 hours should thoroughly check
because such dosage forms are usually administered only two or
three times a day.
6. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PATIENT
The instructions for the patient which are given in the
prescription are incomplete or omitted.
The quantity of the drug to be taken, the frequently and timing of
administration and route of administration should clearly give in
the prescription so as to avoid confusion.
7. INCOMPATIBILITIES
It is essential to check that there are no pharmaceutical or
therapeutic incompatibilities in a prescribed preparation and
that different medicines prescribed for the same patient do not
interact with each other to produce any harm to the patient.
Certain antibiotics should not be given with meals since it
significantly decrease the absorption of the drug.
Semisolid dosage forms: Definitions, classification, mechanisms and factors influencing dermal penetration of drugs. Preparation of ointments, pastes, creams and gels. Excipients used in semi solid dosage forms. Evaluation of semi solid dosages forms
SOURCES OF ERROR IN PRESCRIPTION
1. Abbreviation
2. Name of the drug
3. Strength of the preparation
4. Dosage form of the drug prescribed
5. Dose
6. Instructions for the patient
7. Incompatibilities
1. ABBREVIATION
Abbreviation presents a problem in understanding parts of
prescription order.
Extreme care should be taken by a pharmacist in interpreting the
abbreviation.
Pharmacist should not guess at the meaning of an ambiguous
abbreviation.
E.g: Dispense Achromycin for “Achro” may cause difficulty when a
intention of the prescriber is to dispense Achrostatin.
2. NAME OF THE DRUG
There are certain drugs whose name look or sound like those of
other drugs.
E.g: Digitoxin Digoxin
Prednisone Prednisolone
3. STRENGTH OF THE PREPARATION
The strength of preparation should be stated by prescriber.
It is essential when various strengths of a product are available in
the market.
E.g: It will be a wrong decision on the part of pharmacist to
dispense paracetamol tablet 500 mg when prescription for
paracetamol tablet is received with no specific strength.
4. DOSAGE FORM OF THE DRUG PRESCRIBED
Many medicines are available in more than one dosage form.
E.g: Liquid, Tablet, Capsule and Suppository.
The pharmaceutical form of the product should be written on the
prescription in order to avoid ambiguity.
5. DOSE
Unusually high or low doses should be discussed with the
prescriber.
Paediatric dosage may present a problem. So pharmacist should
consult paediatric posology to avoid any error.
Sometimes a reasonable dose is administered too frequently.
E.g: A prescription for sustained release formulation to be
administered after every 4 hours should thoroughly check
because such dosage forms are usually administered only two or
three times a day.
6. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PATIENT
The instructions for the patient which are given in the
prescription are incomplete or omitted.
The quantity of the drug to be taken, the frequently and timing of
administration and route of administration should clearly give in
the prescription so as to avoid confusion.
7. INCOMPATIBILITIES
It is essential to check that there are no pharmaceutical or
therapeutic incompatibilities in a prescribed preparation and
that different medicines prescribed for the same patient do not
interact with each other to produce any harm to the patient.
Certain antibiotics should not be given with meals since it
significantly decrease the absorption of the drug.
Semisolid dosage forms: Definitions, classification, mechanisms and factors influencing dermal penetration of drugs. Preparation of ointments, pastes, creams and gels. Excipients used in semi solid dosage forms. Evaluation of semi solid dosages forms
Pharmacopoeia: the word derives from the ancient Greek word pharmakon means drug & poeia- to make.
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Pharmacopoeia: the word derives from the ancient Greek word pharmakon means drug & poeia- to make.
It is a legally binding collection, prepared by a national or regional authority& contains list of medicinal substances, crude drug & formulas for making preparation from them.
THIS SLIDE CONTAIN ABOUT QUALITATIVE TEST, STRUCTURE AND USES OF DIFFERENT CARBONYL COMPOUNDS LIKE FORMALDEHYDE, PARALDEHYDE, ACETONE, CHLORAL HYDRATE, HEXAMINE, BENZALDEHYDE, VANILIN AND CINNAMALDEHYDE
ANATOMY OF SENSE ORGANS BY WINCY THIRUMURUGAN.pptxthiru murugan
Sensory organs or Special senses:
Skin, eye, ear, nose & tongue (taste buds) are called sensory organ or special senses.
Sensory organs have special receptors that allow us to smell, taste, see, hear, touch and maintain equilibrium or balance.
SKIN is the largest organ of our body. It is related to the sense of touch. The sense of touch is also referred to as tactioception. The skin contains general receptors which can detect touch, pain, pressure & temperature.
They are present throughout the skin.
Skin receptors generate an impulse, and when activated, is carried to the spinal cord and then to the brain.
skin is composed of 3 major layers of tissue:
Epidermis layer: Main functions: protection, absorption of nutrients and homeostasis.
Dermis layer: functions Protection, Cushioning the deeper structures from mechanical injury; Providing nourishment to the epidermis;
Playing an important role in wound healing
Subcutaneous layer: functions
Structural support for the skin,
Insulation - maintaining temperature, The storage of energy
Accessory structures of the skin
Include hair , nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands.
Eye: It helps in the sense of sight, These are sensitive to light images. The eyes vary in color depending upon the amount of melanin present in our body.
Visible parts: Eyelid, Pupil, Sclera, Iris; Internal parts: Cornea , Lens, Aqueous humour, Ciliary muscle, Retina,Choroid,Macula.,Optic nerve,Vitreous humour; Eye muscles: very strong and efficient, they work together to move the eyeball in many different directions. The main muscles of the eye are Lateral rectus, Medial rectus, Superior rectus and inferior rectus.
Ear:Ears are the auditory sense organs of our body.
Anatomy of ear:The ear is divided into 3 main regions:The external ear, which collects sound waves and channels them inward;The middle ear, which conveys sound vibrations to the oval window;The internal ear, which houses the receptors for hearing and equilibrium.
External ear:consist of auricle (or pinna), the external acoustic meatus & the tympanic membrane; Middle ear consists of auditory bones, auditory muscles & Eustachian tube.
Auditory ossicles (bones): Malleus, Incus & Stapes.
Internal ear: It consists the sense organs of hearing and equilibrium. Sense organ for hearing is the cochlea and the sense organ for equilibrium is the vestibular apparatus.
Nose: The nose is an olfactory organ. Our olfactory system helps us to perceive different smells. PARTS: external nose, Nasal cavity, 3 bony shelves & 3 regions; Para nasal sinuses
The two nasal cavities communicate with four bony recesses called the paranasal sinuses
Tongue: The tongue helps in perceiving various tastes and flavours. The sense of taste is also known as gustaoception. Taste buds: Sensory organs involved in sense of taste
There are five gustatory sensations: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami. TONGUE NERVE :
Facial nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, vagus nerve.
basics of skin, review of skin, Integumentary system, the structure of the skin, Functions of skin, skin appendages, Hair, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, Nails, dermis, epidermis,
subcutaneous tissue. anatomy and physiology
1 GNM anatomy Unit - 12 - sense organs.pptxthiru murugan
By:M. Thiru murugan
Unit – 12:
Skin, eye, ear, nose and tongue
Physiology of vision, hearing, smell, touch, taste and equilibrium.
Sensory organs or Special senses:
The nervous system must receive and process information about the world outside in order to react, communicate, and keep the body healthy and safe.
Skin, eye, ear, nose & tongue (taste buds) are called sensory organ or special senses.
Sensory organs have special receptors that allow us to smell, taste, see, hear, touch and maintain equilibrium or balance.
Information conveyed from these receptors to the central nervous system is used to help maintain homeostasis(self-regulating process by which biological systems help to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival).
Skin:
Skin is the largest organ of our body.
It is related to the sense of touch. The sense of touch is also referred to as tactioception.
The skin contains general receptors which can detect touch, pain, pressure & temperature.
They are present throughout the skin.
Skin receptors generate an impulse, and when activated, is carried to the spinal cord and then to the brain.
Structure of the skin:
The skin is composed of 3 major layers of tissue:
Epidermis layer
Dermis layer
Subcutaneous layer.
The epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, provides a waterproof barrier and creates our skin tone.
The dermis - the middle layer, under the epidermis, contains tough connective tissue, hair follicles, and sweat glands.
The subcutaneous tissue (hypodermis) - deeper/ innermost layer, it is made of fat and connective tissue.
Epidermis:
The epidermis is the thin, outer layer of the skin that is visible to the eye.
Contains different types of cells: keratinocytes, melanocytes, Merkel cells and Langerhans cells.
The skin’s color is created by special cells called melanocytes, which produce the pigment melanin. Melanocytes are located in the epidermis. These form a pigment shield against UV radiation.
It does not contain blood vessels
The epidermis consists of 4 layers: Stratum germinativum, Stratum spinosum, Stratum granulosum, Stratum corneum
Main functions: protection, absorption of nutrients and homeostasis.
Dermis:
The dermis is the middle layer of the skin that offers elasticity.
It is composed of connective tissues and collagen fibers.
is much thicker than the epidermis
The dermis provides a site for the hair follicles, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, blood vessels, lymph vessels, sensory receptors, nerve fibers, muscle fibers & specialized cells (mast cells and fibroblasts).
The main functions of the dermis are:
Protection
Cushioning the deeper structures from mechanical injury;
Providing nourishment to the epidermis;
Playing an important role in wound healing
Subcutaneous:
The subcutaneous is the layer of tissue directly underneath the dermis.
It is also called hypodermis.
This layer of tissue is composed of fat cells and connective tissue.
It is the thickest l
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To study the Integumentary and Special senses using specimen, models
1. Experiment No. 1
Aim: To study the Integumentary and Special senses
using specimen, models
H. B. Saindane
M. Pharm.( Pharmaceutics)
Gokhale Education Society’s Sir Dr. M. S. Gosavi College of
Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Nashik
2. • Requirement- Human skin chart model
• Theory-
Functions of the Integumentary System:
• Protects the body's internal living tissues and organs.
• Protects against invasion by infectious organisms.
• Protects the body from dehydration.
• Protects the body against abrupt changes in temperature.
• Helps dispose of waste materials.
• Acts as a receptor for touch, pressure, pain, heat, and cold.
• Stores water and fat.
4. SKIN
Epidermis:
• Most superficial layer of the skin
• Covers almost the entire body surface.
• It rests upon and protects the deeper and thicker dermis layer
of the skin.
• Is made of 40 to 50 rows of stacked squamous epithelial cells.
• It is an avascular region of the body, as it does not contain any
blood or blood vessels.
• The cells of the epidermis receive all of their nutrients via
diffusion of fluids from the dermis.
5. Dermis:
• The dermis is the deep layer of the skin found under the
epidermis.
• It is mostly made of dense irregular connective tissue along
with nervous tissue, blood and blood vessels.
• The dermis is much thicker than the epidermis and gives the
skin its strength and elasticity.
• Within the dermis there are two distinct regions: the papillary
layer and the reticular layer.
6. Hypodermis:
• Deep to the dermis is a layer of loose connective tissues
known as the hypodermis, subcutis or subcutaneous tissue.
The hypodermis serves as the flexible connection between the
skin and the underlying muscles and bones as well as a fat
storage area.
7. Hair:
• Hair is an accessory organ of the skin made of columns of tightly
packed dead keratinocytes found in most regions of the body.
• The few hairless parts of the body include the palmar surface of the
hands, plantar surface of the feet, lips, labia minora and glans penis.
• Hair helps to protect the body from UV radiation by preventing
sunlight from striking the skin.
• Hair also insulates the body by trapping warm air around the skin.
The structure of hair can be broken down into 3 major parts: the
follicle, root and shaft.
• The hair follicle is a depression of epidermal cells deep into the
dermis
9. Nails:
• Nails are accessory organs of the skin made of
sheets of hardened keratinocytes and found
on the distal ends of the fingers and toes.
• Fingernails and toenails reinforce and protect the end of the
digits and are used for scraping and manipulating small
objects.
• There are 3 main parts of a nail: the root, body and free edge.
• The nail root is the portion of the nail found under the surface
of the skin.
• The nail body is the visible external portion of the nail. The
free edge is the distal end portion of the nail that has grown
beyond the end of the finger or toe.
10. • The part of each nail which is normally visible is called the body of the
nail. This lies on the nail bed which is formed by the corium, the pink
color of which is easily seen through the nail substance, At the tip of
the where the nail is not attached to the corium it appears white in color,
while at the bottom of the nail there is a lighter colored, moon-shaped area
which is known as the lunula.
•
• At its sides each nail is enclosed in little folds of skin called the nail walls.
These folds are continuous with the skin that covers the root of the nail.
The new nail substance is produced at the root of the germinative layer of
the epidermis. As new nail substance is formed old nail is slowly pushed
forward over the nail bed until in about three months' time it reaches the
free border.
•
• The nails occupy a rather exposed position and it is not unusual for them to
be accidentally damaged. If the injury affects only the body of the nail, new
nail formed at the root will, in time, push away the damaged portion and
there will be no permanent harm. When a nail root is damaged, however,
the nail that grows afterwards is often seriously deformed.
11.
12. Sudoriferous Glands:
• It is exocrine glands found in the dermis of the skin and
commonly known as sweat glands. There are two major types
of sudoriferous glands: eccrine sweat glands and apocrine
sweat glands. Eccrine sweat glands are found in almost every
region of the skin and produce a secretion of water and sodium
chloride. Eccrine sweat is delivered via a duct to the surface of
the skin and is used to lower the body’s temperature through
evaporative cooling.
13. Sebaceous Glands:
• It is exocrine glands found in the dermis of the skin that
produce an oily secretion known as sebum.
• Sebaceous glands are found in every part of the skin except for
the thick skin of the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
• Sebum is produced in the sebaceous glands and carried
through ducts to the surface of the skin or to hair follicles.
• Sebum acts to waterproof and increase the elasticity of the
skin. Sebum also lubricates and protects the cuticles of hairs as
they pass through the follicles to the exterior of the body.
15. Ceruminous Glands:
• It is special exocrine glands found only in the dermis of the
ear canals.
• Ceruminous glands produce a waxy secretion known as
cerumen to protect the ear canals and lubricate the eardrum.
• Cerumen protects the ears by trapping foreign material such as
dust and airborne pathogens that enter the ear canal.
• Cerumen is made continuously and slowly pushes older
cerumen outward toward the exterior of the ear canal where it
falls out of the ear or is manually removed.
17. Special Senses:
• The special senses (smell, taste, eye, ear and balance) play a
significant role serving as exteroreceptors or antennas, which
collect and transmit external sensations from the environment
to the brain.
• Sensation:
General sense of Awareness to changes:
1. Detect changes in the external environment.
2. Respond to the changes.
3. Maintain homeostasis.
20. Characteristics of Sensation:
• 1. Projection (area of origin of sensation).
• 2. Intensity: debt of sensation (light, medium, heavy).
• 3. Contrast (comparison between intensities).
• 4. Adaptation (voluntary suppression of sensation).
• 5. Memory of sensation: Memory of sensation stored even
after sensation.
21. 1) Cutaneous Sensation:
• Contains free nerve endings for pain, touch and pressure.
• Protects the skin and provide info about temperature (heat and
cold), pain, touch and pressure (covered nerved endings).
• Sensory areas in parietal lobes.
• Receptors for touch and pressure are encapsulated (i.e. they
are covered)
22. 2) Muscle Sensation:
• Provide awareness of our muscles.
• Stretch receptors in muscles; sensory nerves located in the parietal
lobes.
• Cerebellum coordinate voluntary motion.
3) Taste Sensation:
• Chemoreceptors located in the taste buds of the tongue.
• They detect chemicals present in food and in saliva.
• Sweet, sour, bitter and salty are four basic tastes.
• Pathways; Facial and Glossopharyngeal nerves in temporal and
parietal lobes.
23. 4) Smell Sensation:
• Chemoreceptors in the upper nasal cavities detect volatile
(vaporized) chemicals.
• Pathways: Olfactory nerves to olfactory bulbs connected to
olfactory areas in the temporal lobe.
• Smell and taste sensations are synergistic.
5) Hunger and Thirst sensation
• Receptors in the hypothalamus.
• Detect changes in nutrient levels and project to the stomach.
• Osmoreceptors detect changes in body water concentration (water-
salt ratios). Thirst projected to the mouth/pharynx.
24. Sensory Areas in the Brain:
The lobes of the brain participate in recognizing and interpretation of
sensations.
These areas are:
• Parietal lobe: Generalized sensations (cutaneous sensations)
muscular sensations are received and interpreted in this area. It also
functions in speech comprehension and verbal articulation of
thought and emotions.
• Temporal lobe: Contains auditory centers that receive sensory
neurons from the cochlea of the ear. It also interprets some sensory
experiences and stores information of both auditory and visual
sensations.
25. • Occipital lobe: Concerned mainly with interpreting visual
sensations. It integrates eye movements by directing and
focusing the eye. It is also responsible for visual association
that is, relating visual images with past experiences.
• Frontal lobe: The frontal lobe initiates voluntary motor
sensations for the movement of skeletal muscles. It analyzes
sensory experiences and provide information pertaining to the
individual. In addition it is also involved in sensation related
to emotions, reasoning, memory, judgment, planning and
speaking
26.
27. SMELL SENSATION (OLFACTION)
• Olfaction involves chemical receptors which detect and transmit
sensations of vaporizing chemicals emitted into the nasal passages.
• Olfaction or the sense of smell involves chemicals. The receptors for smell
are the olfactory hair cells located on the roof of each nasal cavity in a path
of cells called the olfactory epithelium or membrane.
• Odours or scents chemical vapors. Chemoreceptor cells (neurons) perceive
the chemicals as they vaporize.
• Air-bone chemical molecules bind to the olfactory hairs or cilia which
extend from dendrites of these neurons on the watery membrane surface.
• Impulses are sent to the olfactory bulb (a structure whose neurons synapse
with the dendrites of the receptor cells.
28.
29. • Axons of the neurons of the olfactory bulb travel to the brain
by way of the olfactory nerve (Olfactory nerve 1) to olfactory
areas of the temporal lobes.
• Humans can distinguish tens of thousands of odors however,
the receptors for smell are more sensitive in animals than in
humans.
• Receptors for smell are sensitive, act quickly within a short
period (about a minute) and adapt very quickly.
• Smell influences our sense of taste and vice versa.
30. TASTE SENSATION (GUSTATION)
• Taste buds are the receptors for taste and respond to chemicals
dissolved in food.
• Taste sensation work with smell sensation or they enhance each
other.
• The receptors for taste are located in specialized organs called taste
buds which are numerous on the surface of the epithelium covering
the tongue in humans and mamals. The taste buds are also located
on the papillae on the upper surface of the tongue and also on the
roof of the oral cavity, the pharynx and larynx.
31. • There are three kinds of papillae: vallate (back of tongue), fungiform
(middle) and filiform (front or apex of tongue).
• Vallate: largest but least abundant, and “V-shaped”.
• Fungiform: knob-like appearance; present on top and sides of tongue.
• Filiform: short, threadlike; most numerous.
• Vallate and fungiform are involved in the perception of all four primary
taste: sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Filiform the most abundant is not
involved in perception of taste.
• Sweet taste is perceived on the tip of the tongue; salty taste occurs
especially on the sides and most of the tongue; sour taste occurs on the
sides and bitter taste on the back.
• Sourness is related to concentration of hydrogen ions in food (acids).
Organic molecules taste sweet.
32. • Taste buds (contain receptor cells) are chemoreceptors stimulated by
chemicals present in foods we eat.
• The chemicals dissolve in the saliva and enter the taste pores of the
taste buds.
• The taste pores contain taste hairs, part of the receptors of the taste
buds. Chemicals dissolved in water bind to the receptor hairs and
stimulate the receptor cells. The cells in turn stimulate the dendrites
of the sensory nerve (7 and 9). Impulses are then transmitted to the
taste centers (parietal-temporal lobes) in the cerebral cortex.
• Taste buds respond to all four primary flavors but are generally
preferentially responsive to one
33.
34.
35. VISUAL SENSATION
• The eye transmits visual sensations of light (photosensations) and
color sensations of all images. Transmission of these sensations
occurs through photoreceptors in the eye.
• Eyelids and eyelashes; keep dust out.
• Lacrimal glands produce tears, cleans the eyes.
• Eyeballs: protected by the bony socket.
• Six extrinsic muscles move the eyeballs; Nerves #s 3, 4 and 6
cranial nerves stimulate the eyes.
All six muscles originate from the back of the eye orbit and insert on
the surface of the eye.