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Anatomy and physiology of the eye orbit
What are the 5 components that ma...,
What makes up the fibrous coat of...,
What makes up the vascular coat o...
52  cards
Eye muscles
What are the two groups of ocular...,
What do intrinsic muscles do,
What do extrinsic muscles do
37  cards
Vision 1 - refraction and accommodation
What is refraction,
What are the refractive media in ...,
How does a sharp image form on th...
28  cards
Vision 2 - transduction
What is visible light,
What is the definition of phototr...,
What are the photoreceptors in th...
21  cards
Visual pathway
What is the definition of a visua...,
How do you test visual fields,
How are images of objects in your...
14  cards
Common Conditions of the eye
What can blunt trauma do to the e...,
How does a blow out fracture occur,
What causes a tear drop sign x ray
60  cards
Cells and Tissue of the nervous system
What comprises the central nervou...,
What comprises the peripheral ner...,
What two divisions can the periph...
67  cards
Cranial nerves
How many pairs of cranial nerves ...,
What are the 5 types of cranial n...,
What do somatic motor fibres do
45  cards
Topography of the brain
What are the 4 basic topographic ...,
What are the three parts of the b...,
What are the functions of the bra...
47  cards
Cerebral hemispheres
What are the general features of ...,
What is the name of the fissure t...,
What connects the right and left ...
53  cards
NEW cranial nerves
What are the 12 cranial nerves,
Olfactory origin and foramen,
Optic origin and foramen
39  cards
Spinal cord and the Periphery
What information is carried in th...,
Where do the descending spinal tr...,
What are the descending tracts co...
39  cards
Functional hierarchy of motor control
What is responsible for direct co...,
Where do reflexes occur,
What are higher order reflexes an...
39  cards
Vestibular function
What is the vestibular system,
What is the vestibular system and...,
What are the components of the ve...
50  cards
EEG, Sleep and Circadian rhythms
Why does sleep occur,
What damage can create a brain th...,
What drugs can inhibit sleep and why
54  cards
Memory and cognition
What is cognition,
What is neuronal plasticity,
What is the cerebrum mostly compr...
46  cards
Motor control 1
0  cards
Motor control 2
0  cards
Sensory systems (including physiology of pain)
What are different types of senso...,
Give some examples of specific re...,
What is the receptive field of a ...
40  cards
Neuroanatomy, cerebral aneurysm and stroke
What are the main arteries in the...,
What is an aneurysm,
What is the prevalence of aneurysms
14  cards
MS
What is multiple sclerosis,
What kind of disturbances does ms...,
What is the general course of ms
53  cards
Retinal disorders
What investigations can be done f...,
What does fluorescein angiography do,
What are the different types of e...
30  cards
Red eye and adnexal oncology
What are the causes of a red eye,
What is uveitis,
What are the different types of u...
43  cards
Muscle and nerve disorders
Where does the umn span,
Where does the lmn span,
What are muscles designed to do
46  cards
Disease of spinal cord and nerve root
What is damage to the upper motor...,
What is damage to the lower motor...,
What are motor signs in upper mot...
43  cards
ANS - recap
What is the autonomic system a di...,
What are the two components of th...,
What is the sympathetic nerve out...
7  cards
Clinical neurophysiology
What is clinical neurophysiology,
What studies are involved in neur...,
What does emg investigate
20  cards
Epilepsy
What are the differential diagnos...,
What would you ask in a history o...,
What information might be relevan...
32  cards
Headache
What are the two type so headache,
What are more common primary or s...,
What are types of primary headaches
65  cards
Embryology of congenital malformations
What are the three germ layers of...,
What do each of the three germ la...,
When does the cns start to appear...
67  cards
Physiology and pathology of pain
What is pain,
What is the brief pathway of pain,
What is nociception
35  cards
Pathology of head injury
0  cards
Infections of the nervous system
What is meningitis,
What is encephalitis,
What is myelitis
40  cards
Pathology of cerebrovascular disease
What are the different parts of t...,
What parts of the cerebrum does t...,
What parts of the cerebrum does t...
36  cards
Ventricles, hemispheres, venous sinus and skull base
Foramen magnum importance,
2 optic canals importance,
2 foramina ovale importance
20  cards
CSF and hydrocephalus
What is hydrocephalus,
Where and how is csf produced,
Where are choroid plexus located
33  cards
Clinical assessment of the neurological patient
Who would you get a history from ...,
What would you assess in an obtun...,
How do you determine cerebral per...
22  cards
Coma, persistent vegetative state and brain death
What is a coma,
What 2 components does consciousn...,
What can cause your gcs to drop
35  cards
Cerebral infarction (CLINICAL)
At what age do the majority of st...,
Define stroke,
Define transient ischaemic attack...
53  cards
Disorders of cranial nerves
Revision what are the 12 cranial ...,
What are the 4 broad functions pf...,
What cranial nerves control speci...
52  cards
Degenerative diseases of the CNS
What are common features of neuro...,
What is dementia,
What is the prevalence of dementi...
37  cards
Pathology of brain tumours
What is needed for icp to be stable,
What keep the brain in place with...,
Where does the spinal cord leave ...
37  cards
Lumbar puncture
What are the indictions for lumba...,
What are the contraindication for...,
What investigations can be done t...
35  cards
Brain tumours (clinical)
Intro name some common types of b...,
Give some of the who classificati...,
What are the commonest types of p...
32  cards
functional neurological symptoms
What are functional neurological ...,
Give some examples of conditions ...,
What should be covered in a histo...
9  cards
clinical aspects of cerebral perfusion and ICP
What of cardiac output is cerebra...,
What is the normal cerebral blood...,
When does ischaemia occur
30  cards
Neuroradiology
When would you perform a ct scan,
When might you not perform a ct,
What are the indications to perfo...
26  cards
Diseases of the spinal cord and nerve roots (surgical)
What are the 4 sections of the sp...,
What are the vertebral ligaments,
Where does the spinal cord extend...
50  cards
Applied neuropharmacology
Summarise the sequence of events ...,
By what mechanisms can you reduce...,
By what mechanisms can you increa...
27  cards
Rehabilitation in neuro
What concepts are rehabilitation ...,
What is impairment,
What is disability
32  cards
Assessment of cognitive function
Why do we need to consider cognit...,
What is pta,
How does cognition affect treatment
13  cards

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