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Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye- Intro
What type of epithelium is found ...,
Describe the stroma of the cornea,
What sort of epithelium makes u t...
23
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Vision: Refraction and Accommodation
What is refraction,
What is accommodation,
What change occurs in the lens as...
28
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Vision: Transduction
Define phototransduction,
What part of the rods and cones c...,
Describe the structure of the rod...
17
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Vision: The Visual Pathway
What is your visual field,
How would you test someone visual...,
What crosses at the optic chiasma
10
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Vision: Eye Muscles
What do intrinsic muscles control,
What do extrinsic eye muscles do,
Where do recti eye muscle arise from
29
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Common Conditions of the Eye
What part of the boy orbit is eas...,
21 year old is complaining of dou...,
In a patient who has a had a blow...
39
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NeuroAnatomy
What cells carry action potentials,
What are glial cells,
How many cell populations are pre...
30
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Topography of the Brain
From what does the brain develop,
What ventricles are in the cerebr...,
What is the space within the dien...
53
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Cranial Nerves
What fibres may cranial nerves co...,
What is cranial 1,
What foramen does the olfactory n...
61
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Cerebral Hemispheres
What is the basal ganglia,
What is the gyrus of the brain,
Where is the median longitudinal ...
54
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Spinal Cord and Periphery
Where motor neuron crosses,
What do all the axons of motor ne...,
What part of the internal capsule...
31
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Motor Control (Intro)
What controls posture and balance,
From what do brainstem nuclei rec...,
What four systems control muscle ...
31
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Vestibular System
What does the vestibular apparatu...,
Which of the ampulla utricle and ...,
What are the otolith organs
36
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Motor Control
What are the three levels in the ...,
What do the ventral medial pathwa...,
1 3 of the corticospinal tract or...
45
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Sleep
Where does the sleep process orig...,
What is the difference between sl...,
What can electrical stimulation o...
38
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Memory and Cognition
What is cognition simplified,
What are association areas,
What is the function of the hippo...
36
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Sensory Systems
What is the receptive field,
What do all sensory receptors tra...,
What does the size of the recepto...
33
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Multiple Sclerosis
What does relapsing remitting mean,
Why does demyelination occur in ms,
What is post inflammatory gliosis
43
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Retinal Disorders
When examining the fundus which v...,
What does biometry calculate,
In a fluorescein angiography what...
48
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Red Eye and Adnexal Oncology
If there is non mild pain with pe...,
Describe symptoms and signs in ba...,
What type of conjunctivitis would...
69
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Muscle and Nerve Disease
What symptoms may muscle disease ...,
What signs may be present in musc...,
What investigations could you car...
34
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Spinal Cord Diseases
What upper motor neuron signs wou...,
What lower motor neuron signs wou...,
What would a hemicord lesion pres...
26
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Clinical Neurophysiology
What does an emg investigate,
What does an eeg investigate,
What do evoked potentials investi...
11
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Epilepsy
What is the differential diagnosi...,
What do you need to get from the ...,
What information do you need from...
67
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Headache
Define and give an example of a p...,
Define of a secondary headache,
Give some examples of causes of s...
77
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Embryology
What embryonic layer develops int...,
What does thickening of the ectod...,
The edges of the ectoderm thicken...
62
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Pathophysiology of Pain
What is pain,
Is pain a stimulus,
Describe the pain pathway from th...
44
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Infections in the CNS
Define meningitis,
Define encephalitis,
Define myelitis
85
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Cerebrovascular Disease
What is the blood supply to the b...,
In the brain do veins accompany t...,
Define stroke
30
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Hydrocephalus and Lumbar Puncture
What is hydrocephalus,
Where is the majority of csf prod...,
Describe the csf production process
57
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Neurological clinical Assessment
What is the munro kelly doctrine,
Why would there be a fixed dilate...,
What would you observe in a non c...
28
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Coma and Vegatative State
What is coma,
What acts as the alerting or awak...,
What could cause a decrease in th...
34
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Cerebral Infarction
Define stroke,
What are the three most common ca...,
What can cause haemorrhagic stroke
38
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Cranial Nerve Disorders
What cranial nerves have special ...,
What controls the muscles of mast...,
What controls the muscles of the ...
54
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Degenerative Diseases of CNS
What is dementia,
What are the 3 most common causes...,
What are the 3 most common causes...
34
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Brain Tumour Pathology
Name some localised lesions that ...,
What generalised pathology can ca...,
Of are the effects of space occup...
36
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Brain Clinical
Name 3 common primary brain tumours,
Name the commonest tumours that s...,
What cells are gliomas derived from
25
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Functional Neurological Disorders
What is the definition of functio...,
What is there often a history of ...,
What might be seen on examination...
6
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Cerebral Perfusion and Intracranial Pressure
What is vasogenic oedema,
What oedema is caused by membrane...,
What are some secondary effects o...
34
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Glasgow Coma Scale
Describe the best eye response,
Describe best verbal response,
What is score 6 in best motor res...
8
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Surgical Diseases of the Spinal Cord
What is the myotome for c5,
What spinal level is the wrist ex...,
What is the myotome of c7
54
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Applied Neuropharmacology
How could you use pharmacological...,
What pharmacological intervention...,
Name 6 types of neurotransmitters
36
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Rehabilitation
Define impairment,
Define a disability activity limi...,
Define a handicap participation r...
21
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Assessment of Cognitive Functioning
Define disorientation,
Define antero grade amnesia,
What is the purpose of beside cog...
11
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Cells and Tissues of the Nervous System
True or falseglial cells are non ...,
What is the cytoplasm in the cell...,
What is the axoplasm
17
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