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Decks in this class (18)

Lecture 1.1: Nuts & Bolts of the Brain
What are the 2 divisions of the n...,
What are the 2 divisions of the a...,
What do afferent neurones do 3
45  cards
Lecture 1.2: Blood Supply of the Brain & Spinal Cord
0  cards
Lecture 2.1: Development of the Nervous System
Neurones some types of glial cell...,
As neurones form the neural tube ...,
What does the mantle layer go on ...
12  cards
Lecture 2.2: Neural Components and Networks
What are the 2 types of cells in ...,
What are the roles of neuroglia 3 2,
What are the roles of neurones 3 3
36  cards
Lecture 4.1 Principles of Sensation
What is taste detected by 1,
How do eyes allow sight 2,
Where are auditory hair cells loc...
49  cards
Lecture 4.2: Defects in the Sensory System
What is hyperaesthesia 1,
What is hyperalgesia 2,
What is paraesthesia 3
22  cards
Lecture 5.1 The Neural Basis of Pain and Analgesia
What is nociception 1,
What is pain 2,
What factors influence pain 7 3
47  cards
Lecture 5.2: Headaches
Examples of primary headaches 1,
Reasons for secondary headaches 2,
Mechanisms of headaches 6 3
29  cards
Lecture 6.1: Special Senses – The Eye and the Ear
How many fibres does the optic ne...,
How many fibres does the auditory...,
What percentage of blindness is p...
32  cards
Lecture 6.2: Hearing Disorders
What is sound 1,
What are the 2 properties of soun...,
What is the hearing range frequen...
71  cards
Lecture 7.1: Organisation of the Motor System and Spinal Reflexes
What is the role of the motor sys...,
What muscles does the involuntary...,
What is the role of the involunta...
39  cards
Lecture 7.2: Descending Pathways
What are the 3 types of movement 1,
What type of movement do lmns spi...,
What type of movement do the brai...
28  cards
Lecture 8.1: Motor Cortex, Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia
What parts of nervous system are ...,
What part of the brain is involve...,
What part of the brain differenti...
47  cards
Lecture 8.2: Parkinson’s Disease (and some other motor disorders)
What is parkinson s disease 1,
Parkinson s trap 2,
Aetiology of parkinson s disease 7 3
43  cards
Lecture 9.1: Higher Brain Functions
Cortical association areas of the...,
The pefrontal cortex accounts for...,
Role of the prefrontal cortex 3
45  cards
Lecture 9.2: The Ageing Brain and Dementia
What is dementia 1,
What is delerium 2,
Most common causes of dementia 6 3
31  cards
Lecture 10.1: Stroke
What is a stroke 1,
What is an infarction 2,
What is a haemorrhage 3
46  cards
Lecture 10.2: Assessment of Consciousness
What is consciousness 1,
Theories on the origins of consci...,
Levels of awareness 6 3
30  cards

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