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Decks in this class (36)

The Human Brain
What are the components of the br...,
Primary motor somatosensory audit...,
What are the verbal language asso...
20  cards
Spinal Cord
What path does discriminative sen...,
What path does non discriminative...,
What path does the motor pathway ...
10  cards
Brain Stem
How is motor information carried ...,
How is pain and temperature infor...,
How is touch and pressure conveye...
6  cards
M. Curtis Nerve tracts
Corticospinal tract,
Corticiobulbar,
Doral column medial lemniscal pat...
5  cards
Cranial Nerves
What are the cranial nerves oh oh...,
Olfactory nerve,
Optic nerve
13  cards
Clinical: Sensation
Peripheral nerve mononeuropathy,
Peripheral polyneuropathy,
Lesion in single nerve root
6  cards
Neuromuscular Agents
What are neuromuscular agents nb ...,
What is the clinical use of nmbas,
What two enzyme will nmnas act on...
18  cards
Inhalation and Intravenous Anaesthetics
What three things are anaesthetic...,
How are inhaled anaesthetics wash...,
What is the mac note using a vapo...
12  cards
Local Anaesthetics
How do local anaesthetics work,
What is the base structure of a l...,
What is important about the ester...
16  cards
Basal Ganglia
Function of basal ganglia,
Components,
What connects the cortex to the s...
13  cards
Cerebellum, corticopsinal tract and motor system
What does the cerebellum do,
What are the parts of the cerebel...,
What are the inputs to the differ...
7  cards
Drugs of Absue
What is substance dependence,
What is tolerance,
How does tolerance work
18  cards
Epilepsy
Epilepsy defintioncausesis a tend...,
What causes seizures note alterat...,
What are the classifications of e...
15  cards
Sleep/ EEG
If you are driving and are tired ...,
Why may we need sleep
2  cards
Hearing
What does the outer ear do,
How does skin shed in the ear canal,
What is the purpose and origin of...
21  cards
Hearing and CNS
Central auditory processing disorder,
Types of nerve fibres in cochlea ...,
What can be said about the tonoto...
12  cards
Ear disease and Hearing loss
Types of hearing loss,
Audiogram,
Cholesteatoma
14  cards
Hearing Assessment
How may conductive hearing loss p...,
How may sensorineural hearing los...,
Types of test
7  cards
Clinical: Reflexes and Muscle tone
Upper motor neuron disease wastin...,
Lower motor neuronwastingfascicul...,
Extrapyramidal eg basal ganglia d...
5  cards
Analgesic Drugs 1: Opiates and Opioids
What sort of pain do opioids opia...,
Possible ways of administering op...,
Opiates vs opioids
23  cards
Clinical: Cerebellar disease
Symptoms and signs,
Truncal gait ataxia,
Limb ataxia
8  cards
Diseases of Motor Units
Focal vs diffuse and acute vs chr...,
Motoneuron locations motoneuron i...,
Types of motoneurons
9  cards
Stroke
What is stroke,
Types of stroke,
Stroke risk factors
15  cards
Clinical: Parkinson's
What are the cardinal clinical fe...,
How do you diagnose parkinsons,
Non motor symptoms of parkinsons
9  cards
Neurotransmission
What do astrocytes do physiology ...,
Protoplasmic astrocyteswhere re t...,
Fibrous astrocyteslocationprocess...
9  cards
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Polio,
Incidence of alsnote als effects ...,
Symptoms of als
9  cards
Vestibular Physiology
Balance involves the integration ...,
What does the vestibular system s...,
What is vertigo
20  cards
Analgesics Drugs 2: NSAID's
What types of pain do nsaids deal...,
What is the mechanism of action o...,
Effects of nsaids
18  cards
CSF and Intracranial Pressure
New brain anatomy words,
Where is csf produced,
Choroid plexus structure
24  cards
Clinical Evaluation of Balance
Vestibular occular reflex example...,
Cows,
Head thrust test
8  cards
Neurosurgery and brain tumours
If he gets a question what things...
1  cards
Clinical: Hemiparesis and Stroke
Paresis versus plegia,
Presentation of someone with hemi...
2  cards
Schizophrenia and antipsychotics
What is schizophrenia symptoms,
What dopamine system is typically...,
What is the evidence for the role...
14  cards
Pain
Definition of pain,
Pain threshold,
Pain tolerance
23  cards
Clinical: Schizophrenia/ Psychosis
Positive psychosis symptomsnegative
1  cards
Injuries of the Spinal Cord
Hemisection,
What is the first period of acute...,
What is the mechanism of recovery...
6  cards

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