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Cells & Tissues
What are the main types of nervou...,
Whats the difference between neur...,
How do neurons divide
25
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FoCM 1 - Upper Limb
Define dermatome vs myotome,
Upper vs lower motor neurons,
Differences between an umn lesion...
3
cards
Cranial Nerves
Describe the locations of the cel...,
Describe the pathway and componen...,
Whats the clinical relevance of t...
36
cards
Topography the Brain
Some main regions of the brain,
Where are the ventricles found in...,
What is contained within the vent...
33
cards
Cerebrum
List the important sulci,
Where is the lateral sulcus,
Where is the central sulcus
54
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Spinal Tracts
Describe the passage of motor neu...,
Whats are corticobulbar vs cortic...,
Most motor fibres descend by the ...
10
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Functional Hierarchy of the motor System
What type of neuron supplys skele...,
What structures are involved in c...,
Where do umns sit and what would ...
16
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Vestibular Function
Define the vestibular system,
What makes up the vestibular system,
What does the vestibular system d...
34
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Motor 1
Describe the hierarchy of the mot...,
The final common pathway for move...,
Motor control is a functional hie...
28
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Motor 2
How is direction of movement enco...,
Explain the concept of predictive...,
What are the symptoms of umn damage
14
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EEG & Sleep
Define sleep,
What neural pathways are involved...,
How do seratogenic sleep centres ...
31
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Sleep Disorders
Define insomnia,
What are the types of insomnia,
What are the differences between ...
11
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Memory & Cognition
Define cognition,
What is neuronal plasticity,
What parts of the brain are invol...
27
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Post-Mortem Teaching - Heart
What causes afib,
How does afib develop,
Why would afib lead to a mural th...
3
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Sensory Systems
Sensory receptors may be simple f...,
How is tactile acuity determined,
What is a receptive field
26
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Multiple Sclerosis
Define ms,
When does ms generally present,
Who is predisposed to ms
37
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ANS Recap Session
What are the transmitters and rec...,
What are the transmitters and rec...,
In the parasympathetic system the...
19
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Muscle & Nerve Disease
Think about what sort of way musc...,
What is myoglobinuria,
List the classifications of muscl...
27
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Spinal Cord Disease
Define myelopathy vs radiculopathy,
How could a myelopathy affecting ...,
How could a myelopathy affecting ...
24
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Clinical Neurophysiology
When is neurophysiology useful,
What and how does an electromyogr...,
What studies are involved in clin...
11
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Epilepsy & Blackouts
What can cause a blackout,
Define and describe vasovagal syn...,
What could trigger vasovagal syncope
26
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Headache
Headaches can be split into prima...,
List 2 things that could cause a ...,
What causes most subarachnoid hae...
41
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NS Infection - Meningitis/Encephalitis
Causes of meningitis,
How do we approach meningitis,
How do we approach encephalitits
16
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NS Infection - Brain Abscess/Empyema & HIV
Difference between brain abscess ...,
How does a brain abscess empyema ...,
Whats the ddx for a brain abscess
10
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NS Infection - Spirochaetes
What are the main spirochaete inf...,
How is lymes disease spread,
How does lymes disese present
10
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NS infection - Important Vaccines
How does polyomyelitis work,
What type of poliomyelitis is use...,
How does rabies work
13
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NS Infection - Post Inflammatory Syndromes
In short how do these work,
What are the main types of post i...,
What is the most common cause of ...
3
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NS Infection - Prions
Whats the main prion disease,
What is a prion,
What are the types of cjd
9
cards
Embryology
What is gastrulation,
Which embryological layer forms t...,
How does cns formation begin
20
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Congenital Malformations
What types of defects are there,
List some abnormalities caused by...,
How does anencephaly develop
21
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Pathophysiology of Pain
Define pain,
What nerve fibres carry nociception,
What are rexed layers
23
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Pathology of Head Injury
What are the basic types of injur...,
What causes a bruise,
How can bruising help us determin...
19
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Cerebrovascular disease
Cerebrovascular disease comes in ...,
Define a stroke,
What could cause a stroke
15
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CerebroSpinalFluid
How is csf produced,
Where is most choroid plexus found,
Through what foramen does csf travel
6
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Lumbar Punctures
Indications for an lp,
Contraindications for a lp,
What are the types of lp needle
21
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Hydrocephalus
Define hydrocephalus,
What are the major types of hydro...,
What are the causes for coh
18
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Neurosurgical Clinical Assessment
Define an obtunded patient,
How do you assess an obtunded pat...,
How do we calculate cerebral perf...
15
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Coma + PVS + Brain Death
Difference between umn lmn facial...,
Define coma,
Consciousness depends on what 2 t...
18
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Bits & Pieces
Define neocortex,
What endogenous opioids does morp...,
How do addictive drugs induce dep...
5
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Cerebral Infarcts (Stroke)
How well do people recover from s...,
Strokes are sudden onset focal or...,
Common causes of stroke
40
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Pathology of Brain Tumour
Causes of raised icp,
Types of herniation due to raised...,
What happens to tissue around a t...
30
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Cranial Nerve Disorders
What cranial nerve s would be aff...,
What cranial nerve s would be aff...,
What cranial nerve s would be aff...
29
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Neurodegenerative Disorders
Define neurodegenerative disease,
What do we call clearly inherited...,
What are the two major neurodegen...
5
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Dementia
Define dementia,
We split dementia into early 65 o...,
What causes late onset dementia
13
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Parkinson's
Define parkinsonism,
Describe the epidemiology of park...,
How does parkinsons work
12
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Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder
Define a functional neurological ...,
How would you approach the histor...,
How would an fnd show up on a neu...
13
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Cerebral Blood Flow & ICP
This lecture deals with,
What is the normal rate of cerebr...,
What factors affect cerebral bloo...
29
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Neuroradiology
Describe the indications for plai...,
What are the pros cons of plain r...,
What are the main types of mri
22
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Diseases of Spinal Cord/Nerve Roots (Surgical)
What are the specific upper and l...,
If someone has the following symp...,
If someone has the following symp...
25
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Bits from Formative
Describe the medial lateral arran...,
What is the most likely diagnosis...,
Which of the following cant be ex...
9
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Neuropharmacology of Parkinson's
Dopamine is the main neurotransmi...,
How does parkinsons happen again,
How where is dopamine synthesised
18
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