Download RGUHS MBBS 1st Year Anatomy Neuroanatomy Syllabus

Download Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) 1st Year (First Year) Anatomy Neuroanatomy Syllabus

? Anatomical basis of myringotomy*
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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