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Gross Organisation and Anatomy of Nervous System
What are the gross structural fea...,
How can you classify the nervous ...,
Why is it important to distinguis...
23
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The Roles of Neurones and Glia
What are the different types of g...,
What is the role of astrocytes,
Explain how astrocytes provide nu...
25
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Somatic sensation
What is sensation,
What are the different types of s...,
Describe the general organisation...
21
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Ascending Tracts
Describe the organisation of the ...,
How is the grey matter of the spi...,
How is somatosensory information ...
26
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The Lower Motorneurone
What is a motorneurone,
What are the two basic divisions ...,
Describe the variety of umns
18
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Descending Tracts
What are the different types of d...,
What are the two varieties of cor...,
Tell me about the cortical descen...
14
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Lesions of the Motor System
Outline the very general process ...,
Give an overview of the motor system,
How can neurological lesions be d...
15
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Neural basis of pain.
What is pain,
Define nociception,
What is the difference between th...
20
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Pain Mechanisms
What is defined as chronic pain,
Describe how pain fibres travel t...,
Describe the physiology of the ga...
33
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Central Visual Pathways and Vision
What is the normal visual pathway,
How is an image seen by our eye,
Describe how the light travels in...
22
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Hearing
What is sound,
What is the human auditory range ...,
Describe the cochlea
17
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Blood Supply of the Brain and Spinal Cord
Name some of the major arteries o...,
How is the internal carotid arter...,
What are the branches of the inte...
32
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Blood Supply of the Spinal Cord
Describe the blood supply of the ...,
In which layer around the spinal ...,
What sort of pathologies can you ...
7
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Head Trauma and Acute Intracranial Events
What is the initial assessment of...,
What is important in a full evalu...,
What are some common symptoms of ...
16
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Drug Induced Coma
What is a coup injury,
What happens to axons when there ...,
What are some examples of primary...
10
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The Brainstem, Arousal and Sleep
What does the reticular formation do,
Where is the reticular formation ...,
What is the ascending reticular a...
17
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Assessment of level of consciousness
What is the initial assessment of...,
Tell me about suction in first li...,
What are some immediate treatment...
8
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Cortical Association Areas
Tell me about where the cortex in...,
What are association areas of the...,
What problems occur in a frontal ...
17
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Neuropathology
How do microorganisms gain entry ...,
What is meningitis,
What are the causative organisms ...
22
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