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Overview of nervous system
What is the diencephalon,
What makes up the brainstem,
What is a neurone
27
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PNS - Revision
What is a collection of cell bodi...,
What is a multipolar neurone and ...,
What is a unipolar neurone and wh...
27
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Ascending and Descending Pathways
What is the name given to the end...,
What connects the spinal cord to ...,
What is present in the white matter
34
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Basal ganglia and Cerebellum
Where is the primary motor cortex...,
What are the 3 lobes of the cereb...,
What fissures are present in the ...
32
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Clinically relevant anatomy of the back, spine and spinal cord
What is the first palpable spinou...,
What is the function of the extri...,
What are the extrinsic back muscles
42
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Cranial Nerves
What will the motor components of...,
What will the sensory components ...,
Does cn1 synapse in the thalamus ...
39
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Clinically relevant anatomy of spinal nerves
What is contained within the ante...,
Somatic general sensory symptoms,
Somatic motor symptoms
37
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Clinical anatomy of cranial nerves
What runs in the cribriform plate...,
What is the contents of the optic...,
In what bone is the superior orbi...
57
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Anatomy of space occupying lesions
What are the 5 layers to the scalp,
What is the pterion,
Where does the middle meningeal a...
33
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Anatomy and auditory and visual pathways
Where can the cochlear nuclei be ...,
What is the pathway of auditory n...,
Do auditory fibres run in the int...
12
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Introduction to neurones, nerve conduction and synaptic transmission
What is the purpose of a dendrite,
What is the purpose of the soma,
What is the axon hillock
48
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Somatosensory system
What does the somatosensory syste...,
What are the 3 broad categories o...,
What is the exteroceptive division
79
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Motor units and muscle spindles
Where can upper motor neurones be...,
Where can lower motor neurones be...,
What is the relationship between ...
74
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Spinal reflexes, upper motor neurones and control of movement
What do spinal interneurons recei...,
What are the different types of i...,
What do inhibitory interneurons m...
36
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Physiology of vision
Describe the pathway of light in ...,
Describe the direction of signal ...,
In what light conditions will the...
19
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Auditory and vestibular system physiology
What is the organ of hearing,
Which neurotransmitter is involve...,
Which ion is involved in hair cells
36
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Pain and thermosensation
What is pain,
What are the 3 forms of pain,
What are nociceptors
39
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Neuroradiology
What are the indications for brai...,
What are common causes of headach...,
What are common causes for seizures
21
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Neurogenetics
What is the mode of inheritance o...,
What is the progression of duchen...,
What is the characteristic postur...
33
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CNS infections
What can an untreated cns infecti...,
What are the different types of c...,
What is meningitis
53
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Brain tumours
What is a brain tumour,
What are common presentations for...,
What can result in an increased icp
62
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Analgesia
What are the modes of action of a...,
Examples of strong opioids,
Examples of weak opioids
47
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Pathology
What are the cellular components ...,
What are the 2 ways that neurones...,
When will you see a red neurone
71
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Primary and Secondary Headache Syndromes
What are important facts to elici...,
What are the red flags in terms o...,
What is the demographics of a mig...
55
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Stroke
What are the different types of h...,
What are the different types of i...,
What are the features of a poci
42
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Raise ICP, SOLs and trauma
What is the normal volume of csf,
What produces csf,
What absorbs csf
77
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Epilepsy
What is the approach to the fallen,
What are the important features t...,
What is common of a frontal lobe ...
67
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Sleep
What is sleep,
When do you enter nrem sleeo,
What is nrem sleep
30
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Localisation of pathology
What area will a cns pathology af...,
What are will a pns lesion affect,
What area will a nmj lesion affect
44
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Parkinson's disease
What are symptoms of hyperkinetic...,
What are the cardinal motor sympt...,
What is the basic pathogenesis of pd
21
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MS
What is ms,
Are women or men more commonly af...,
What are the different clinical c...
32
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Peripheral Neuropathies
What is a good approach to pns pr...,
What are symptoms of large alpha ...,
Will power be reduced in patholog...
47
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NMJ and muscle pathologies
Symptoms of lmn disorders,
What innervated skeletal muscle f...,
What is the motor end plate
51
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Traumatic Brain Injuries
What is the definition of a head ...,
What are the high risk groups for...,
What are the mechanisms of injury...
38
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Demyelination and dementia
What is demyelination,
What is the function of oligodend...,
What are examples of primary demy...
60
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Chronic Pain
What laminae in the spinal cord a...,
Which neuronal fibres are involve...,
Which neurotransmitters are invol...
15
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Dementia
What encompasses cognition,
What is the clinical definition o...,
What are acute cognitive disorders
52
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MND
What is the other names for mnd,
What is required for a diagnosis ...,
What is the median survival for mnd
30
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Pattern Recognition (revision)
Describe hyperkinetic movement di...,
Describe hypokinetic movement dis...,
What is the pattern of weakness i...
53
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Intracranial haemorhage
What are the different types of s...,
What is sah,
What is the clinical presentation...
30
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Spinal cord compression
What can cause acute spinal cord ...,
What can cause chronic spinal cor...,
What is a complete cord transection
22
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Hydrocephalus and increased ICP
Which structures exert pressure o...,
What can physiologically cause th...,
What is a normal icp
38
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Movement disorders
Hypokinetic movement disorders,
Hyperkinetic disorder,
What is a tremor
36
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Neurotransmission
Amino acid neurotransmitters,
Monoamine neurotransmitters,
Purine neurotransmitters
13
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Lower back pain and sciatica
What defines acute lower back pain,
What should be evaluated in someo...,
General red flags in back pain
51
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Neurology eye (delta)
Inferior obqlie action,
Inferior rectus action,
Medial rectus action
68
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Parkinson's drugs
How is dopamine synthesised,
What enzyme metabolises dopamine,
What must levodopa be co administ...
6
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Antiepileptic drugs
What triggers an action potential,
What channel opens after the init...,
What receptors will glutamate bin...
13
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