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Lecture 1 Cells and Tissues of the Nervous System
What are the 2 divisions of the pns,
What are the 2 divisions of the m...,
The autonomic system can be divid...
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Lecture 2 How We See
Define refraction,
When light passes through the cor...,
Between the cornea and lens which...
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Lecture 3- How We See 2
What is phototransduction,
What do the phtotransduced rods a...,
Where are the rods and cones located
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Lecture 4 Visual Pathway
What is your visual field,
How can you test visual field,
Describe the visual pathway
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Lecture 5 Topography of the Brain
What is white matter,
What is grey matter,
Neuronal cell body in cns
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Lecture 6 Vestibular Function
What is the vestibular system,
What does the vestibular apparatu...,
What are the swellings at the bot...
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Lecture 7 Cranial Nerves
How many cranial nerves are there,
Somatic motor fibres supply what,
Autonomic motor fibres supply what
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Lecture 8 The Cerebral Hemispheres
Define basal ganglia,
Name the 2 main anatomical landmarks,
What is the posterior part of the...
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Lecture 9 The Spinal Cord and the Periphery
Where does the axons of the senso...,
Where does the axons of the motor...,
What are the 3 columns of the whi...
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Lecture 10 EEG, Sleep and Circadian Rhythm
Why does sleep occur,
What is the consequence of the de...,
Many neutrons within the reticula...
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Lecture 11 Functional Hierarchy of the Motor System
A motorneurones can be referred t...,
What motor neuron is involved in lmn,
What pathway is involved in umn
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Lecture 12 Motor Control 1
What area is the primary motor co...,
What area is the supplementary mo...,
What area is the posterior pariet...
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Lecture 13 Motor Control 2
What part of the brain decides th...,
What does a rapid change in body ...,
Before movements begin what does ...
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Lecture 14 Multiple Sclerosis
What part of the cns does ms affect,
What is the age of onset of ms,
What is the prevalence amongst ge...
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Lecture 15 The Pathology of Cerebro-vascular Disease
Describe the venous drainage of t...,
Define ischaemia,
Define hypoxia
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Lecture 16 Memory and Cognition
Describe cognition,
Name the association areas of the...,
What is the function of the assoc...
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Lecture 17 Sensory Systems (including physiology of pain)
Receptor that senses light touch,
Receptor that senses touch,
Receptor that senses pain
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Lecture 19 Muscle and Nerve Disease
Symptoms of muscle disease,
Signs of muscle disease,
Muscle disease investigation
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Lecture 21 Loss of Vision (Posterior Segment)
What is the macula,
What is the optic cup,
Name ancillary tests used to asse...
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Lecture 22 Medical Diseases of the Spinal Cord
Myelopathy describes disease of t...,
Radiculopathy describes diseases ...,
Umn cord motor signs
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Lecture 23Infections of the Nervous System
Define meningitis,
Define encephalitis,
Define myelitis
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Lecture 24 Headache
What are primary causes of headaches,
What are the types of primary hea...,
What are the causes of the second...
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Lecture 25 Embryology and Congenital Malformation
Where does the nervous system dev...,
What week does the cns appear,
Define the neural plate
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Lecture 26 Pathology of Head Injury
Commonest cause of head injury,
Name an example of primary insult,
Name examples of secondary insults
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Lecture 27 Physiology and Pathophysiology of Pain
Define pain,
Define nociception,
What do a delta and c fibres resp...
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Lecture 28 Epilepsy
Common diagnoses in patients refe...,
How do you assess episodes of col...,
What are the 3 categories of caus...
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Lecture 29 Temporal Bone Anatomy
What part of the skull does ear b...,
What are the boundaries of the ea...,
What are the contents of the midd...
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Lecture 29 Pathology of Brain Tumours
When intracranial pressure increa...,
Name the which tough fibrous shee...,
What is the opening to the spinal...
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Lecture 31 Ventricles, Hemispheres, Venous Sinuses and Skull Base
What are the different ventricles...,
How are the two lateral ventricle...,
How are the 3rd and 4th ventricle...
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Lecture 32 CSF, Hydrocephalus, Lumbar Puncture
Define hydrocephalus,
Where is majority of csf produced,
What type of process is csf produ...
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Lecture 33 Cerebral Infarction (Clinical)
When do majority of strokes occur,
What fraction of stroke survivors...,
What percentage of stroke survivo...
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Lecture 34 Coma, Persistent Vegetative State, Brain Death
Define a coma,
A gcs score of below what is seri...,
What does consciousness depend on
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Lecture 35 Disorders of the Cranial Nerve
Name the cranial nerves involved ...,
Name the cranial nerves involved ...,
Name the cranial nerves involved ...
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Lecture 36 Degenerative Diseases of the CNS
Common features of neurodegenerat...,
Define dementia,
Name causes of late onset dementia
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Lecture 36 Clinical Neurophysiology
What is emg electromyography used...,
What is eeg electroencephalogram ...,
What is evoked potential used to ...
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Lecture 36 Clinical Assessment of the Neurosurgical Patient
How would you obtain a history fr...,
How would you assess an unconscio...,
How would you be able to tell the...
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Lecture 37 Brain Tumours (Clinical)
Name primary tumours,
What are the commonest tumours th...,
Where are gliomas derived from
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Lecture 38 Functional Neurological Symptoms
Define funcional neurological dis...,
Examination,
What is the diagnostic criteria f...
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Lecture 39 Neuroradiology
List indications to perform a ct ...,
Contraindications of a ct scan,
List indications to perform an mr...
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Lecture 40 Clinical Aspects of Cerebral Perfusion and ICP
Cerebral blood flow makes up how ...,
What is normal cerebral flow per ...,
Grey matter blood flow per 100g m...
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Lecture 41 Rehabilitation in Neurology
Conceptual definition of rehabili...,
Service definition of rehabilitation,
Who might need rehabilitation
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Lecture 42 Applied Neurological-Pharmacology
Describe the sequence of events i...,
Pharmacological manipulation to r...,
Pharmacological manipulation to i...
26
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Lecture 43 Disease of the Spinal Cord and Nerve Root
How many cervical vertebrae are t...,
How many thoracic vertebrae are t...,
How many lumbar vertebrae are there
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Lecture 44 Assessment of Cognitive Function
What is the purpose of bedside as...,
How is bedside assessment carried...,
Name types of screening assessmen...
9
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