Semester 5 - CNS

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Decks in this class (25)

Session 1 - Embryrology of the CNS
Why is the nervous system so susp...,
How is the notocord formed,
What three things does formation ...
47  cards
Session 1 - Anatomy of the CNS
Give three differences between th...,
What is the central nervous syste...,
Where does the anatomical border ...
45  cards
Session 1 - Terminology
Akinesia,
Apraxia,
Agnosia
24  cards
Session 2 - The Environment of the Brain
What are the two main consitutien...,
What are the two main roles of ne...,
Give the five roles of glial cells
47  cards
Session 2 - Blood supply an' shiz of the brain thingy
What are the two main arteries of...,
What is the course of the interna...,
What is the course of the vertebr...
23  cards
Session 3 - Somatic Sensations and Sensory Pathways
Give five general senses,
Give five special senses,
Give four stimulus modalities
21  cards
Session 3 - Spinal Afferent fibres
Name five tracts of the spinal cord,
What is the function of the dorsa...,
How many order neurones are there...
33  cards
Session 4 - The Motor System
What is an upper motor neurone,
What is a lower motor neurone,
What are the two types of lower m...
23  cards
Session 4 - Key spinal neural levels
Diaphragm,
Biceps,
Wrist
12  cards
Session 4 - Pyramidal Tracts
What are the two main classes of ...,
What do pyramidal tracts do,
What are the two mains part of th...
23  cards
Session 5 - Motor Disorders (Urinary Incontinence)
What are two classes of upper mot...,
Outline some signs of pyramidal l...,
Outline the innervation of the bl...
27  cards
Session 5 - Basal Ganglia and Parkinsons
What are the basal ganglia,
Outline the,
What do the caudate nucleus
19  cards
Session 6 - Pain Pathways
What is pain,
What is the stimulus threshold fo...,
What is pain tolerance
23  cards
Session 3 - Group Work
Over what parts of the body can t...,
Why are you not continuously awar...,
What is meant by a topographical ...
15  cards
Session 4 - Group work 2
What is a,
What is the function of lateral c...,
Where does lateral corticospinal ...
22  cards
Session 5 - Group work
What happens to muscle power in umnl,
What happens to muscle power in lmnl,
What happens to muscle tone in um...
65  cards
Session 6 - Group work
Most peripheral nerves such as th...,
Name the different nerves stimula...,
When carrying out nerve conductio...
26  cards
Session 9 - Stroke
What are the two main arteries th...,
What are the branches of the ica ...,
What does ica travel through to r...
51  cards
Session 7 - The Eye
Draw out the visual pathway from ...,
Give three functional classes of ...,
What happens at the optic chiasm
25  cards
Session 8 - The Inner Ear
Outline the nature of sound type ...,
What frequencies are detected by ...,
How can level of funciton of the ...
35  cards
Session 1.5 - More brain anatomy
What two cell type is the central...,
What are the three surface markin...,
How is the cerebral cortex split
17  cards
Session 2 - Group Work
What are the normal consituents o...,
Give meningitis csf,
Viral meninigitis
8  cards
Session 10 - Conciousness and its Disturbances
What is the reticular formation,
Give five functions of the reticu...,
Give two major projections of the...
55  cards
Session 11 - Higher functions of the brain
What are the cortical association...,
How do gyri and adjacent lobes of...,
Give four occiptofrontal connections
62  cards
Session 12 - Pathology of the Brain
Give three ways infections can en...,
What can cause a cerebral abscess,
What is meningitis
67  cards

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