Reflex Arcs
👩⚕️ I'm afraid now you need to learn all the afferents and efferents for all our reflexes. There's a rhyme that help with some of them: "S1 S2 buckle my shoe, L3 L4 kick the door, C5 C6 pick up sticks, C7 C8 shut the gate&
Topic
MRCS Part A
A collection of 13 issues
Cerebral & Cranial Vasculature
👩⚕️ Practice drawing and memorise the branches of the subclavian, external and internal carotid arteries, and the Circle of Willis. You could make it into flashcards like mine?
Branches of the internal carotid artery:
It starts with a few minor (irrelevant for MRCSA) branches - caraticotympanic, vividian, meningohypohyseal, inferolateral - then
Embryology
Germ Layers & Vertebral Development
* Vertebrae develop from sclerotome, a derivative of the paraxial mesoderm (somites).
* Failure of complete formation or segmentation of the sclerotome leads to hemivertebra, an important cause of congenital scoliosis.
* Ectoderm forms skin and nervous system structures
* Endoderm forms intestinal epithelial linings
* Notochord does not form