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W19-L1: General Structure of the CNS
3 roles of thalamic nuclei,
Function of brainstem,
Dorsal roots axon type
6
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W19-L2: Cells of the CNS
How many layers of neurones are t...,
What is the cortex,
What stains can you use for neurones
28
cards
W19-L3: CNS Transmission
Central effects of cocaine,
Central effects of amphetamine,
What do dopaminergic neurones in ...
7
cards
W19-L4: Skull and Cranial Cavity
Diploe,
Coronal suture,
Bregma fontalle
16
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W19-L5: Regulating Neuronal Excitability
Analgesics,
Local anaesthesia,
General anaesthesia
19
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W19-L6: Development of the CNS
In what direction does the neural...,
How many events of neural fold cl...,
Segmentation of neural tube
21
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W19-L7: Peripheral sensory mechanisms
What is glabrous skin,
How do pancinian receptors detect...,
Slowly adapting receptors
17
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W19-L8: Peripheral sensory mechanisms 2
Where do sensory axons run in the...,
Where is the first synapse in the...,
How do the sensory fibres decussate
15
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W19-L9: Functional Organisation of Spinal Cord
Where do spinal nerve exit the sp...,
As you head more rostral in the s...,
T f there are local intra spinal ...
24
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W19-L10: Meninges
Function of the meninges,
Falx cerebri,
Tentorium cerebelli
14
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W19-L11: Traumatic head and spinal cord injury
Direct effects of trauma can be s...,
T f central nervous system cns in...,
T f cns injury causes 1 of all de...
26
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W19-L12: Introduction to cognition and emotion
Why study cognition,
Localisation of function,
Example of lateralisation of func...
14
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W20-L1: Face, Scalp and Parotid
What are the margins of the scalp,
What are the layers of the scalp,
Which layer of the scalp allows f...
33
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W20-L2: An Overview of the Brainstem
What is wrong with anencephalic b...,
Role of the brainstem,
What are important structures of ...
17
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W20-L3: Neural Regeneration
When centrals axons or neurones a...,
What is the difference between cn...,
In the pns up to 2 weeks post inj...
23
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W20-L4: Cranial Nerves
Which cranial nerves are purely s...,
Which cranial nerves are purely m...,
Which cranial nerves are mixed
36
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W20-L5: Transmitters and Receptors
Where can drugs effect the cns,
Difference between cocaine and am...,
What are two treatment options fo...
14
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W20-L6: Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Function
What are some of the functions of...,
How can you subdivide the cortex,
Executive function
15
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W20-L7: Pain
What is the difference in respons...,
What is the response to nocicepti...,
How is inflammatory pain perceived
13
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W21-L1: Contents of the Orbit
What forms the supra orbital margin,
What forms the infro orbital margin,
Which bones form the roof of the ...
52
cards
W21-L2: Retina
What is visual acuity,
What do the two numbers in a snel...,
What is normal vision legal blind...
25
cards
W21-L3: Imaging of the brain
What is the function of t1 images,
What can t1 scans identify,
What is the function of t2 images
4
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W21-L4: Autonomic Nervous System
Where do all the sympathetic path...,
Where do all the parasympathetic ...,
Do any autonomic pathways origina...
25
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W21-L5: Visual pathways
What are the types of ganglion cells,
Which fibres decussate at the opt...,
What is the main target of gangli...
16
cards
W21-L6: Self, Non-self discrimination
What is b cell central tolerance,
What is b cell peripheral tolerance,
T f b cell tolerance is more effi...
23
cards
W21-L7: Ear and Auditory Tube
What is the role of the auricle,
What is the lateral 1 3 of the ex...,
What nerve innervates the postero...
18
cards
W21-L8: CNS infections
T f bacterial meningitis is a dis...,
What age group does meningitis af...,
What is the most common cause of ...
20
cards
W21-L9: Control of Eye movements
What are the two systems that sta...,
What is the oculomotor system,
What is the head movement system
16
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W21-L10: Disorders of Language
Aphasia,
Describe the hemispheric dominance,
What does the superior division o...
13
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W21-L11: Higher Visual Processing
Where do m cells terminate in the...,
Where do p cells terminate in the...,
What are the characteristics of m...
17
cards
W22-L1: Locomotion and Posture
What is muscle fibrillation,
What is muscle fasciculation,
What do vestibulospinal tracts ha...
6
cards
W22-L2: Regulating Dopamine Levels
In the extrapyramidal motor syste...,
Motor signs of parkinson s disease,
Non motor signs of parkinson s di...
10
cards
W22-L3: Motor Cortex
What is decorticate rigidity,
What is decerebrate rigidity,
What is the rubro spinal tract
8
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W22-L4: Circulation of CNS
What artery does the vertebral co...,
What territory does the mca cover,
What part of motor and sensory co...
11
cards
W22-L5: Hearing
What is the function of the ossicles,
What are the three chambers of th...,
The basilar membrane is wider at the
20
cards
W22-L6: Stroke
Definition of stroke,
What are the mechanisms of infarc...,
36 hours after a cerebral infarct...
16
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W22-L7: Nasal Cavity and Nasopharynx
What bones make up the medial wal...,
What bones make up the lateral wa...,
What are features of the medial w...
18
cards
W22-L8: Memory Disturbances
What is short term or immediate m...,
What is long term memory,
What are the two main memory syst...
10
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W22-L9: DNA diagnosis of neurological disorders
What characterises unstable repea...,
What is anticipation,
What is a mechanism of expansion
7
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W23-L1: Cellular Basis of Epilepsy
What is the most common serious c...,
What is an epileptic seizure,
What is epilepsy
14
cards
W23-L3: Learning and Memory
How is short term memory created,
How is long term memory created
2
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W23-L4: Intro to psychological development
What is the erikson s stages of d...,
What are some problems with eriks...,
What did havighurst propose
5
cards
W23-L5: Oral Cavity and Oropharynx
What makes up the floor of the mouth,
What lines the anterior 2 3 of th...,
What lines the posterior 1 3 of t...
14
cards
W23-L6: Drug Dependence and Anti-Depressants
What is drug dependence,
What is drug abuse,
Why are drugs abused
14
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W23-L7: Ageing and Frailty
What is cellular senescence,
What is organismal senescence,
T f age is not the same throughou...
10
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W23-L8: Larynx and Laryngopharynx
What is the upper and lower borde...,
What makes up the laryngeal skeleton,
Where do the vocal ligaments sit
18
cards
W23-L9: Viruses Affecting the Nervous System
Neurotrophic virus,
Neuroinvasive virus,
Neurovirulent virus
26
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W23-L12: Pathogenesis of Dementia
What risk factors for ad,
What are the four basic types of ...,
What is the amyloid cascade hypot...
7
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