Nervous System Flashcards

Decks in this Class (45):

• Anatomy And Physiology Of The Eye Intro

  Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye- Intro

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  what type of epithelium is found in the,

  describe the stroma of the cornea,

  what sort of epithelium makes u the endo
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• Vision Refraction And Accommodation

  Vision: Refraction and Accommodation

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  what is refraction,

  what is accommodation,

  what change occurs in the lens as an obj
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• Vision Transduction

  Vision: Transduction

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  define phototransduction,

  what part of the rods and cones contain,

  describe the structure of the rods and c
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• Vision The Visual Pathway

  Vision: The Visual Pathway

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  what is your visual field,

  how would you test someone visual field,

  what crosses at the optic chiasma
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• Vision Eye Muscles

  Vision: Eye Muscles

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  what do intrinsic muscles control,

  what do extrinsic eye muscles do,

  where do recti eye muscle arise from
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• Common Conditions Of The Eye

  Common Conditions of the Eye

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  what part of the boy orbit is easily fra,

  21 year old is complaining of double vis,

  in a patient who has a had a blow out fr
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• Neuroanatomy

  NeuroAnatomy

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  what cells carry action potentials,

  what are glial cells,

  how many cell populations are present in
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• Topography Of The Brain

  Topography of the Brain

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  from what does the brain develop,

  what ventricles are in the cerebral hemi,

  what is the space within the diencephalo
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• Cranial Nerves

  Cranial Nerves

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  what fibres may cranial nerves contain,

  what is cranial 1,

  what foramen does the olfactory nerve pa
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• Cerebral Hemispheres

  Cerebral Hemispheres

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  what is the basal ganglia,

  what is the gyrus of the brain,

  where is the median longitudinal fissure
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• Spinal Cord And Periphery

  Spinal Cord and Periphery

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  where motor neuron crosses,

  what do all the axons of motor neurons p,

  what part of the internal capsule do mot
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• Motor Control Intro

  Motor Control (Intro)

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  what controls posture and balance,

  from what do brainstem nuclei receive in,

  what four systems control muscle movemen
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• Vestibular System

  Vestibular System

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  what does the vestibular apparatus consi,

  which of the ampulla utricle and saccule,

  what are the otolith organs
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• Motor Control

  Motor Control

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  what are the three levels in the motor c,

  what do the ventral medial pathways of t,

  1 3 of the corticospinal tract originate
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• Sleep

  Sleep

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  where does the sleep process originate,

  what is the difference between sleep and,

  what can electrical stimulation of the s
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• Memory And Cognition

  Memory and Cognition

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  what is cognition simplified,

  what are association areas,

  what is the function of the hippocampus
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• Sensory Systems

  Sensory Systems

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  what is the receptive field,

  what do all sensory receptors transduce,

  what does the size of the receptor poten
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• Multiple Sclerosis

  Multiple Sclerosis

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  what does relapsing remitting mean,

  why does demyelination occur in ms,

  what is post inflammatory gliosis
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• Retinal Disorders

  Retinal Disorders

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  when examining the fundus which vessels,

  what does biometry calculate,

  in a fluorescein angiography what part o
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• Red Eye And Adnexal Oncology

  Red Eye and Adnexal Oncology

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  if there is non mild pain with pericorne,

  describe symptoms and signs in bacterial,

  what type of conjunctivitis would cause
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• Muscle And Nerve Disease

  Muscle and Nerve Disease

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  what symptoms may muscle disease present,

  what signs may be present in muscle dise,

  what investigations could you carry out
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• Spinal Cord Diseases

  Spinal Cord Diseases

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  what upper motor neuron signs would you,

  what lower motor neuron signs would you,

  what would a hemicord lesion present wit
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• Clinical Neurophysiology

  Clinical Neurophysiology

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  what does an emg investigate,

  what does an eeg investigate,

  what do evoked potentials investigate
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• Epilepsy

  Epilepsy

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  what is the differential diagnosis for b,

  what do you need to get from the history,

  what information do you need from witnes
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• Headache

  Headache

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  define and give an example of a primary,

  define of a secondary headache,

  give some examples of causes of secondar
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• Embryology

  Embryology

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  what embryonic layer develops into the n,

  what does thickening of the ectoderm ant,

  the edges of the ectoderm thicken and mo
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• Pathophysiology Of Pain

  Pathophysiology of Pain

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  what is pain,

  is pain a stimulus,

  describe the pain pathway from the perip
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• Infections In The Cns

  Infections in the CNS

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  define meningitis,

  define encephalitis,

  define myelitis
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• Cerebrovascular Disease

  Cerebrovascular Disease

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  what is the blood supply to the brainste,

  in the brain do veins accompany the arte,

  define stroke
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• Hydrocephalus And Lumbar Puncture

  Hydrocephalus and Lumbar Puncture

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  what is hydrocephalus,

  where is the majority of csf produced,

  describe the csf production process
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• Neurological Clinical Assessment

  Neurological clinical Assessment

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  what is the munro kelly doctrine,

  why would there be a fixed dilated pupil,

  what would you observe in a non communic
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• Coma And Vegatative State

  Coma and Vegatative State

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  what is coma,

  what acts as the alerting or awakening e,

  what could cause a decrease in the glasg
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• Cerebral Infarction

  Cerebral Infarction

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  define stroke,

  what are the three most common causes of,

  what can cause haemorrhagic stroke
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• Cranial Nerve Disorders

  Cranial Nerve Disorders

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  what cranial nerves have special senses,

  what controls the muscles of mastication,

  what controls the muscles of the larynx
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• Degenerative Diseases Of Cns

  Degenerative Diseases of CNS

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  what is dementia,

  what are the 3 most common causes of lat,

  what are the 3 most common causes of dem
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• Brain Tumour Pathology

  Brain Tumour Pathology

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  name some localised lesions that can cau,

  what generalised pathology can cause rai,

  of are the effects of space occupying le
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• Brain Clinical

  Brain Clinical

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  name 3 common primary brain tumours,

  name the commonest tumours that spread t,

  what cells are gliomas derived from
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• Functional Neurological Disorders

  Functional Neurological Disorders

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  what is the definition of functional dis,

  what is there often a history of in func,

  what might be seen on examination of a p
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• Cerebral Perfusion And Intracranial Pres

  Cerebral Perfusion and Intracranial Pressure

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  what is vasogenic oedema,

  what oedema is caused by membrane failur,

  what are some secondary effects of raise
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• Glasgow Coma Scale

  Glasgow Coma Scale

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  describe the best eye response,

  describe best verbal response,

  what is score 6 in best motor response
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• Surgical Diseases Of The Spinal Cord

  Surgical Diseases of the Spinal Cord

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  what is the myotome for c5,

  what spinal level is the wrist extensor,

  what is the myotome of c7
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• Applied Neuropharmacology

  Applied Neuropharmacology

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  how could you use pharmacological interv,

  what pharmacological intervention could,

  name 6 types of neurotransmitters
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• Rehabilitation

  Rehabilitation

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  define impairment,

  define a disability activity limitation,

  define a handicap participation restrict
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• Assessment Of Cognitive Functioning

  Assessment of Cognitive Functioning

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  define disorientation,

  define antero grade amnesia,

  what is the purpose of beside cognitive
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• Cells And Tissues Of The Nervous System

  Cells and Tissues of the Nervous System

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  true or falseglial cells are non excitab,

  what is the cytoplasm in the cell body o,

  what is the axoplasm
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