MBBS | Human-Anatomy | Syllabus | Neuroanatomy

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1 IntroductionandSpinal cord Central Nervous system : an overview, Meninges

Spinal meninges, Spinal cord : External features, internal structure

ascending and descending tracts, blood supply and applied anatomy

 Rexed laminae and

Nuclear group

 Neurons in the gray matter

Spinal reflexes

 4
2 Medulla External features, internal structure with special emphasis on transverse section at the level of motor and sensory decussation

blood supply and applied anatomy

 transverse section at the level of olives and ponto- medullary junction and applied anatomy   2
3 Pons External features, internal structure with special emphasis on transverse section at the level of upper and lower part of pons

blood supply and applied anatomy

   Neurobiotaxis 1
4 Midbrain External features, internal structure with special emphasis on transverse section at the level of superior and inferior colliculus

blood supply and applied anatomy

 Medial longitudinal fasisculus   2
5 Functional components of cranial nerves Nuclei, Functional components and distribution of cranial nerves

with clinical correlation

     1
6 Cerebellum External features, subdivisions, internal structure, connections, cerebellar peduncles and functions,blood supply and applied anatomy : cerebellar dysfunction   Cerebellar glomeruli 4
7 Fourth ventricle Features, boundaries with special emphasis on floor of fourth ventricle   Internal hydrocephalus 1
8 Cerebrum External features, functional areas of cerebral cortex,

blood supply and clinical anatomy

 Neurons in the cerebral cortex Cerebral hemispherical dominance 6
9 White matter of cerebrum Types of fibers, internal capsule in detail

with blood supply and clinical correlation

     3
10 Ventricular system Parts and Boundaries of lateral, third ventricles

Circulation and formation of cerebrospinal fluid with applied anatomy

 

 Choroid plexus and fissure Chemical composition of CSF in different meningitis 2
11 Diencephalon Thalamus :External features, internal structure, connections

and applied anatomy

 Hypothalamus Meta and epithalamus 2
12 Basal ganglia Nuclei, connections functions and applied anatomy   Subthalamic nuclei 1
13 Limbic system   Component, connection, functions Papez circuit 1
14 Visual pathway and Auditory pathway Visual pathway and optic nerve and its applied anatomy

Auditory pathway and its applied anatomy

 Visual reflexes

Olfactory pathway

 Taste pathway 3
15 Blood supply of brain Arteries and veins supplying the brain

with special emphasis on Circle of Willis

 Blood brain barrier Dural haemorrhages 2