Download Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) 1st Year (First Year) Anatomy Neuroanatomy Syllabus
Topic: Eyeball (AN41.1 to AN41.3)
? Eyeball - parts and layers
? Anatomical aspects of cataract, glaucoma and central retinal artery occlusion*
? Intraocular muscles - position, nerve supply and actions*
Topic: Back region (AN42.1 to AN42.3)
? Contents of the vertebral canal
? Suboccipital triangle - boundaries and contents
? Semispinalis capitis and splenius capitis - position, direction of fibres, relations, nerve
supply and actions*
Topic: Head and neck joints, histology, development, radiography and surface marking
(AN43.1 to AN43.9)
? Atlantooccipital joint and atlantoaxial joint - movements with muscles producing them
? Microanatomy of pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, tongue, salivary
glands, tonsil, epiglottis, cornea and retina
? Microanatomy of olfactory epithelium, eyelid, lip, sclero-corneal junction, optic nerve,
cochlea, organ of Corti and pineal gland*
? Development and developmental basis of congenital anomalies of face, palate, tongue,
branchial apparatus, pituitary gland, thyroid gland and eye
? Testing of muscles of facial expression, extraocular muscles and muscles of mastication,
? Palpation of arteries - carotid, facial and superficial temporal arteries
? Location of - hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage with their vertebral levels
? Surface marking - thyroid gland, parotid gland and duct, pterion, common carotid artery,
internal jugular vein, subclavian vein, external jugular vein, facial artery in the face and
accessory nerve
? Identify the anatomical structures in 1) Plain X-ray skull ? AP and lateral view; 2) Plain X-
ray cervical spine - AP and lateral view; 3) Plain X-ray of paranasal sinuses
? Carotid and vertebral angiograms - anatomical route and anatomical structures*
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Topic: Meninges and CSF (AN56.1 and AN56.2)
? Meninges - layers with their extent and modifications
? Circulation of CSF with its applied anatomy
Topic: Spinal cord (AN57.1 to AN57.5)
? Spinal cord - external features, extent in child and adult with its clinical implications
? Transverse section of spinal cord at mid-cervical and mid-thoracic level
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? Ascending and descending tracts at mid thoracic level of spinal cord
? Anatomical basis of syringomyelia*
Topic: Medulla oblongata (AN58.1 to AN58.4)
? Medulla oblongata - external features
? Transverse section of medulla oblongata at the level of 1) pyramidal decussation; 2)
sensory decussation; 3) inferior olivary nucleus
? Cranial nerve nuclei in medulla oblongata with their functional components
? Anatomical basis and effects of medial and lateral medullary syndrome*
Topic: Pons (AN59.1 to AN59.3)
? Pons - external features
? Transverse section of pons at the upper and lower level
? Cranial nerve nuclei in pons with their functional components
Topic: Cerebellum (AN60.1 to AN60.3)
? Cerebellum - external and internal features
? Connections of cerebellar cortex and intracerebellar nuclei
? Anatomical basis of cerebellar dysfunction*
Topic: Midbrain (AN61.1 to AN61.3)
? Midbrain - external and internal features
? Internal features of midbrain at the level of superior and inferior colliculus
? Anatomical basis and effects of Benedikt's and Weber's syndrome*
Topic: Cranial nerve nuclei and cerebral hemispheres (AN62.1 to AN62.6)
? Cranial nerve nuclei with their functional components
? Cerebral hemispheres ? poles, surfaces, sulci, gyri and functional areas
? White matter of cerebrum
? Basal ganglia and limbic lobe - parts and major connections
? Dorsal thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus, metathalamus and subthalamus -
boundaries, parts, gross relations, major nuclei and connections
? Circle of Willis - formation, branches and major areas of distribution
Topic: Ventricular system (AN63.1 and AN63.2)
? Lateral, 3rd and 4th and ventricles - parts, boundaries and features
? Anatomical basis of congenital hydrocephalus*
Topic: Histology and Embryology (AN64.1 to AN64.3)
? Microanatomical features of spinal cord, cerebellum and cerebrum
? Development of neural tube, spinal cord, medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, cerebral
hemispheres and cerebellum
? Various types of open neural tube defects with their embryological basis*
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