Learning Objectives:

After this lecture, student should be able to:

1.  Identify the different parts of the nervous system.

2.  Understand the structural and functional unit of the nervous system.

3.  Know the general scheme of the nervous system courses.

  

Detailed Contents:

v     Parts of the nervous system (central and peripheral), (somatic and autonomic).

v     Different parts of the brain and spinal cord.

Learning Objectives:

After this lecture, student should be able to:

1.  Identify the gross appearance of the spinal cord.

2.  Know the internal structures of the spinal cord.

3. Understand the blood supply of the spinal cord.

4.  Recognize the meningeal coverings of the spinal cord.

  

Detailed Contents:

v     Spinal cord: Beginning, end, enlargements, levels.

v     Gross features of the spinal cord.

v     Internal structures of the spinal cord (gray matter, white matter).

v     Blood supply of the spinal cord.

v     Dura, arachnoid and pia maters.

Learning Objectives:

After this lecture, student should be able to:

1.  Understand the different ascending tracts.

2.  Describe the pain, touch and temperature sensation pathways.

  

Detailed Contents:

v     Spinothalamic tracts.

v     Trigeminal nerve tracts.

v     Dorsal white column tracts.

v     Spinocerebellar tracts.

v     Other ascending tracts.

Learning Objectives:

After this lecture, student should be able to:

1.  Know the different descending tracts.

2.  Describe the motor pathways.

  

Detailed Contents:

v     Pyramidal tracts (corticospinal and corticonuclear tracts).

v     Extrapyramidal tracts.

Learning Objectives:

After this lecture, student should be able to:

1.  Know the meanings of the upper and lower motor neuron.

2.  Differentiate between their specifications and lesions.

  

Detailed Contents:

v     Upper motor neuron (position, function, characteristics).

v     Lower motor neuron (position, function and characteristics).

v     Final common pathway.

v     Difference between upper and lower motor neuron lesions.

v     Difference between pyramidal and extrapyramidal tract lesions.

v     Spinal cord lesions.

Learning Objectives:

After this lecture, student should be able to:

1.  Identify the brain stem components.

2.  Recognize the gross external features of the brain stem.

3.  Know the internal structures of the brain stem.

4.  Understand the blood supply of the brain stem.

5.  Describe the lesions of the brain stem.

6.  Describe the fourth ventricle.

  

Detailed Contents:

v     Medulla oblongata (parts, external features, internal features, levels, nuclei and tracts).

v     Pons (parts, external features, internal features, levels, nuclei and tracts).

v     Midbrain (parts, external features, internal features, levels, nuclei and tracts).

v     Blood supply of the brain stem.

v     Clinical points of the brain stem.

v     Fourth ventricle (shape, communications, relations, CSF circulation).

Learning Objectives:

After this lecture, student should be able to:

1.  Identify the brain stem components.

2.  Recognize the gross external features of the brain stem.

3.  Know the internal structures of the brain stem.

4.  Understand the blood supply of the brain stem.

5.  Describe the lesions of the brain stem.

6.  Describe the fourth ventricle.

  

Detailed Contents:

v     Medulla oblongata (parts, external features, internal features, levels, nuclei and tracts).

v     Pons (parts, external features, internal features, levels, nuclei and tracts).

v     Midbrain (parts, external features, internal features, levels, nuclei and tracts).

v     Blood supply of the brain stem.

v     Clinical points of the brain stem.

v     Fourth ventricle (shape, communications, relations, CSF circulation).