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intro to neurones, nerve conduction and synaptic transmission
Receives input from other neurone...,
Metabolic part of neurone contain...,
Site of initiation of the all or ...
18  cards
excitatory and inhibatoryneurotransmission in CNS
Typical resting membrane potentia...,
Describe the basic of neurotransm...,
Depolarization in neurones lead t...
24  cards
somatosensory system
What does the somatosensory syste...,
What are the sensory receptive pr...,
Describe the threshold units
16  cards
PAIN and its management
Describe acute pain,
Describe chronic pain,
Name 2 types of pain
34  cards
Motor units, joint receptors, spinal reflexes and UMNs
When muscles work together,
When muscles oppose each other,
Axial muscles control movements of
24  cards
cranial nerve anatomy
Cn i,
Cn ii,
Cn iii
66  cards
basic anatomy of PNS
Name the main parts of a neurone,
Efferent,
Afferent
21  cards
anatomy of back and spinal cord, intracranial space and head trauma
Name the extrinsic back muscles t...,
Name the intrinsic back muscles t...,
How many erector spinae are there
37  cards
anatomy of spinal nerves
From medial to lateral describe t...,
Anterior motor or sensory,
What does a spinal nerve supply t...
44  cards
NEUROANATOMY
Cns,
Telencephalon becomes,
Diencephalon becomes
44  cards
miscellaneous
Gait stooped shufflingloss of arm...,
Gait stiff like walking through m...,
Gait wide baseddrunkentandem gait...
23  cards
brain imaging
What are the most common types of...,
What is white on a ct and what is...,
Indications for angiography
4  cards
CNS infections
What can untreated infection in t...,
Acute encephalitis,
Neutrophils on subarachnoid space...
22  cards
CNS genetics
What is this x linkeddelay in mot...,
Gold standard investigation for d...,
What is this autosomal dominant c...
5  cards
Parkinsons/Parkinsonism
What is dystonia,
Name some features of hyperkineti...,
Name some features of hypokinetic...
20  cards
neuropathology
What can the cells of the cns be ...,
What cell is the most vulnerable ...,
What is the response to axonal in...
26  cards
head injury
What is the normal icp level in a...,
How do you assess conscious level,
What defines a coma
6  cards
MS
Describe ms,
Who gets ms more male or female,
What can you get in ms which caus...
21  cards
physiology of vision
What is the direct vertical pathw...,
What do horizontal cells do,
What do amacrine cells do
14  cards
the auditory systems
What is determined by amplitude,
What is determined by frequency,
What is timbre
17  cards
muscle and the neuromuscular junction
What would this indicate weakness...,
Most common disorder of neuromusc...,
Autoimmune antibodies to acetyl c...
13  cards
STROKE
What is a tia,
What are the main 2 types of stroke,
What things can mimic a stroke
7  cards
motor neurone disease
What do md patients usually prese...,
Describe md,
What is als
5  cards
brain tumours
What do people with brain tumours...,
What can increased intracranial p...,
If they have a headahe what shoul...
13  cards
headache
Name some associated symptoms of ...,
What are the red flags of headache,
Who tends to get mirgrains the most
19  cards
BUZZWORDS
Thunder clap headache,
Xanthochromic lumbar puncture,
Lucid period after head trauma of...
34  cards
Epilepsy
Name some drugs that are known to...,
What investigations should you do...,
Differential for epilepsy what ca...
19  cards
intracranial haemorrhage
What are the 3 main types of intr...,
Sudden onset severe headachecolla...,
What 2 tests should you for subar...
8  cards
spinal cord compression
Causes of acute spinal cord compr...,
Causes of chronic chord compression,
Complete lesion
7  cards
peripheral neuropathy
What is pseudoathetosis,
Most common cause of radiculopathy,
Name 3 types of peripheral neurop...
7  cards

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