MBBS | Human-Anatomy | Syllabus | Neuroanatomy
S No | Topic | Domain | Time (in hour)
Theory & practical |
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Must Know | Desirable to Know | Nice to Know | |||
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
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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 |