Prepared by:
Usman Qaisar (G13)
Compiled by:
Hafiz Muhammad Umair Noor (G12)
Recommended Book:
- Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology 14th Edition (Chapter numbers are mentioned according to this edition)
SPECIAL SENSES
Chapter 50:
HNSS-P-001:
- Optics of eye(read)
- Emmetropia (imp)
- Hyperopia comp
- Myopia comp
- Astigmatism (imp)
- Give read to correction of optical abnormalities with contact lenses
HNSS-P-002:
- Treatment of refractive errors
- Definition of visual acuity
HNSS-P-003:
- Fluid system concept (imp)
- Outflow of aqueous humor (very imp) (proff mcq)
- Intraocular pressure normal value (imp) + it’s regulation
HNSS-P-004:
- Glaucoma (open + closed angle ) imp
Chapter 51:
HNSS-P-005:
- Retina layers(vvv imp seq + mcq) with fig 51.1
- Fovea of retina (imp) + optic disc
- Rods and cones structure + fig 51.3 (vvv imp)
- Pigment layers of retina (melanin + vitamin A) imp
- Retinal blood supply + retinal detachment (imp)
HNSS-P-006:
- Visual cycle (imp) + fig 51.5 + activated rhodopsin (imp seq)
- Role of vitamin A + night blindness (scenario based seq)
- Excitation of rods + fig51.6 + fig 51.7 (vvv imp)
- Do make a concept of hyperpolarization + photo transduction (imp for proff)
- Read to excitation cascade
HNSS-P-007:
- Light and Dark adaptation (vvv imp proff seq)
- OOtherMechanisms
HNSS-P-008:
- Read to color vision + do definitions of protonope + deuteranope + tritonope (for mcq)
- Neural functional layer of retina (imp cells)
- Visual pathway + fig 51.12 (imp)
- Important neurotransmitters
- Make a concept of how signals transmitted through electronic conduction not by action potential (imp viva question)
- Lateral inhibition (imp for mcq)
- Types of bipolar cells (imp)
- Amacrine cells (imp for mcqs)
Chapter 52:
HNSS-P-009:
- Visvual pathway (vvvvv imp for proff + sendup) + visual fibers going to 5 older areas of brain
- Function of lateral geniculate nucleus (imp) + it’s layers + gating system
- Primary + secondary visvual Cortex fig 52.2 + fig 52.3 (mcq)
- Effect of removing primary visual cortex (imp viva)
- Abnormalities of visual pathway (chart will share in below shared pictures) (vvv imp mcq + seq)
HNSS-P-010:
- Physiology blind spot (imp mcq + seq)
- Scotoma
HNSS-P-011:
- Abnormalities of visual field
HNSS-P-012:
- Macular control of eye moment (imp)
- Neural pathway
HNSS-P-013:
- Strabismus (imp) + fig 52.10
HNSS-P-014:
- Mechanism of accomodation
- Accomodations for far and near (imp)
- Parasympathetic control of accomodation
- Presbyopia (imp)
- Control of accomodation (Chp 52)
HNSS-P-015:
- Pupillary light reflex (imp for seq)
- Pupillary reflexes in CNS diseases (Edinger Westphal nucleus) + (Argyll Robertson pupli) (imp)
- Horner syndrome
- Differential diagnosis of anisocoria (picture share below)
Chapter 53:
HNSS-P-016:
- 53.1 (imp) + do read a detail for better understanding
- Impedence matching (vvvv imp seq)
- Attenuation reflex (vvv imp seq scenario based)
- Otomycosis
- Impacted ear wax
HNSS-P-017:
- Read of functional anatomy of cochlea
- Fig 52.3 (imp for mcqs)
- Basilar membrane concept
- Transmission of sound waves in cochlea + vibration patterns (imp seq)
HNSS-P-018:
- Function of organ of corti fig 53.6
- Excitation of hair cells (imp)
- Transmission of auditory signal + fig 53.7 (imp seq+ mcq)
- Endocochlear potential (imp)
HNSS-P-019:
- Normal rage of hearing
- Place principal (vvvv imp seq)
- Volley’s principal
- Determination of loudness (imp seq)
HNSS-P-020:
- Auditory nervous pathway + fig53.9 (vvv imp seq)
- Type of deafness (imp seq)
Chapter 54:
HNSS-P-021:
- Primary taste sensations (names + how it produce)
- Taste blindness (imp)
- Read to taste buds and it’s function
- Location of taste buds + fig 54.1
HNSS-P-022:
- Mechanism of stimulation of taste buds (vvv imp)
- Transmission of taste signals + fig 54.2 ( vvvvv imp for seq)
HNSS-P-023:
- Definition of aguesia, hypoguesia, hyperguesia, dysgeusia (imp seq+ mcq)
HNSS-P-024:
- Taste preference and aversion
HNSS-P-025:
- Sense of smell
- Olfactory membrane+ fig 54.3 (read)
- Stimulation of olfactory cells (read )
- Action potential in olfactory cells (imp)
- Primary sensation of smell (vvv imp seq)
- Transmission of smell signals , older and newer olfactory pathways(read)
HNSS-P-026:
- Rhinitis
- Difference between viral and allergic rhinitis
Do all these topics from firdous as well for a quick review