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Decks in this class (38)

Lecture 1 - Human Brain
Foetal development of brain segments,
Cingulate gyrus location and func...,
Brocas area location and function
11  cards
Lecture 2 - Forebrain: Cerebral Cortex
Fibre types and function,
Neo cortex,
Allocortex compositions
9  cards
Lecture 3 - Thalamus
Overall function of the thalamus,
Ventero posterior nuclei,
Ventro anterior and ventral later...
8  cards
Lecture 4 & 5 - Brainstem and Spinal Cord I & II
Filum terminale,
Rexeds laminae i,
Rexeds laminae ii
16  cards
Lecture 6 - Brainstem & Spinal Cord III
Rexeds laminae v vi function,
Central pathway of discriminative...,
Spinothalamic pathway
4  cards
Lecture 8 - Cranial Nerves
Sensory modalities of cranial nerves,
Motor modalities of cranial nerves,
Only contralateral working cn
17  cards
Lecture 10 - Inhalation and Intravenous Anaesthetics - Part I
Timeline of anaesthetics,
Meyer overton hypothesis,
Flaw of meyer overton hypothesis
14  cards
Lecture 10 - Inhalation and Intravenous Anaesthetics - Part II
Types of intravenous anaesthetics...,
Types of intravenous anaesthetics...,
Pharmacokinetics of intravenous a...
11  cards
Lecture 11 - Neuromuscular Pharmacology
Definition of neuromuscular block...,
Classifications of nmbas,
Nicotinic ach receptor
16  cards
Lecture 12 - Local Anaesthetics
Onset of action,
Protein binding in anaesthetics,
Metabolism of different anaesthet...
18  cards
Lecture 13 - Basal Ganglia
Extreme capsule function,
Striatum consists of,
Direct pathway
10  cards
Lecture 14 - Cerebellum
Lobes of the cerebellum,
Fissures of the cerebellum,
Neocerebellum
9  cards
Lecture 15 - Drugs of Abuse
Physical dependence definition,
Substance dependence syndrome,
Origins of substance dependance a...
13  cards
Lecture 16 - Epilepsy
Epilepsy definition,
Epilepsy and loss of consciousness,
Seizure types
15  cards
Lecture 17 - Sleep
Synaptic shrinkage,
Taking a sleep history,
Gp tools for sleep monitoring
9  cards
Lecture 18 - Hearing 1
Postnatal hearing screening,
Causes of adult hearing loss,
Individual impact of hearing impa...
8  cards
Lecture 19 - Hearing II
Composisitons of the inner ear,
Cochlea,
Modiolus
15  cards
Lecture 20 - Hearing 3
Cochlear nulceus function,
Superior olivary complex function,
Inferior colliculus function
8  cards
Lecture 21 - Ear Disease and Hearing Loss
Hearing loss types,
Hearing loss leads to,
Process of diagnosing hearing issue
12  cards
Lecture 22 - Hearing Assessment
Perception of conductive hearing ...,
Perception of sensorineural heari...,
Causes of central auditory disorders
9  cards
Lecture 23 - Neuroradiology
Risks of of gadolinum,
Ct sign of stroke,
Usefullness of contrast
10  cards
Lecture 24 - Analgesics I
Mew kappa and delta opioid recept...,
Effects of opioids,
Uses of opioids
11  cards
Lecture 25 - Clinical 2, Cerebellar Disease
Afferents from,
Efferents to,
Truncal ataxia
7  cards
Lecture 26 - Clinical 3, Reflexes
Diagnosing upper motor neuron pro...,
Diagnosing lower motor neuron pro...,
Diagnosing extra pyramidal problem
9  cards
Lecture 27 - Diseases of Motor Units
Diversity of symptoms in movement...,
Focal diffuse and acute chronic c...,
Location of motoneurons
10  cards
Lecture 28 - Stroke
Types of stroke,
Risk factors,
Penumbra
11  cards
Lecture 29 - Parkinson's Clinical
Diagnosis requirements,
Non motor symptoms,
Pathology
7  cards
Lecture 30 - Neurotransmission
Astrocyte function,
Protoplasmic astrocytes,
Fibrous astrocytes
14  cards
Lecture 31 - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Als incidence,
Symptoms,
Exempt symptoms
8  cards
Lectrue 32 - Vestibular Physiology
Balance definition,
Acute and chronic deterioration,
Vertigo definition
15  cards
Lecture 33 - Analgesic II
Nsaid function,
Irreversibly inhibiting nsaid,
Effects of nsaids
19  cards
Lecture 34 - CSF
Csf produced at,
Csf numbers,
Routes of csf absorption
17  cards
Lecture 35 - Clin Evaluation of Balance
Taking history,
Precipitating factors,
Associated factors
10  cards
Lecture 38 - Clinical 5: Stroke
Upper limbs,
Lower limbs,
Upper motor neuron weakness assoc...
4  cards
Lecture 39 - Memory & Alzheimer's
Ageing and memory,
Dementia diagnosis,
Treating cholinergic loss
4  cards
Lecture 40 - Schizophrenia and Antidepressants
Positive symptoms,
Negative symptoms,
Dopamine theory
15  cards
Lecture 41 - Pain
Pain definition,
Physiological response to pain,
Pain tolerance definition
20  cards
Lecture 43 - Injuries to spinal cord
Hemisection of spinal cord motor ...,
Hemisection of spinal cord sensor...,
Spinal shock
3  cards

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