GENERAL ANATOMY
- Define and classify fibrous joint.
- Mention the features of synovial joint.
- Write the types of cells present in the connective tissue.
- Long bone epiphysis mention it’s types with examples.
- Neurobiotaxis.
- Long bone arterial supply.
- Mention the various sets of arteries supplying the long bone.
- Cartilaginous joints.
- Describe multipolar neurons.
- OSTEOLOGY OF THE HEAD AND NECK LONG ESSAY:
- Explain mandible under following headings:
• Body and ramus of mandible
• Attachments and relations
• Age changes of mandible. SHORT ANSWERS - Norma Verticalis.
- Norma Frontalis.
- Mandible.
- Foramen magnum.
- Hyoid bone.
- Structures passing through foramina.
- Temporal bone.
- Ethmoid bone.
- Zygomatic bone.
- First cervical vertebrae.
- Cervical vertebrae.
- Seventh cervical vertebra.
- Mastoid process, discuss their attachments of muscles and nerve supply.
- Jugular foramen.
- Symphysis menti.
- Superior orbital fissure. VERY SHORTS:
- Bones of the skull.
- Pterion and it’s clinical importance.
- Foramen Ovale.
- Foramen spinosum.
- Foramen lacerum.
- Age changes in mandible.
- Pterygomandibular raphe.
- Jugular foramen.
- Optic canal.
- Fetal skull.
- Craniometry.
- Ligaments of mandible.
- Name four process of maxilla.
- Sphenoid bone.
- Lateral pterygoid plate.
- Ramus of mandible.
- Internal auditory meatus.
- Symphysis menti.
- Pterygomandibular raphe.
- Sphenomandibular ligament.
- Atlas vertebra.
- First cervical vertebra.
- Hyoid bone.
- Muscle attachments of hyoid bone.
- Mention the muscle attached to the greater horn of the hyoid bone.
- Mastoid process.
- Name the bones forming the hard palate.
- Bregma formation.
- Seventh cervical vertebra.
- Mention the paired bones of cranium.
- Superior orbital fissure.
- Ethmoid bone.
- Draw second cervical vertebra [ posterosuperior view ].
- Typical cervical vertebra.
SCALP, TEMPLE AND FACE
LONG ESSAYS:
- Describe in detail about the scalp
• Extent and structure.
• Arterial supply and venous drainage.
• Nerve supply and it’s clinical anatomy. - Explain the face in the following headings:
• Nerve supply of face.
• Arteries of the face.
• Dangerous area of the face.
• Venous drainage of face. - SHORT ANSWERS:
- Applied anatomy of scalp.
- Venous drainage of scalp.
- Nerve supply of scalp and superficial temporal region.
- Facial muscles.
- Motor and sensory nerve supply of face.
- Lymphatic drainage of the face.
- Veins of the face.
- Explain facial artery in detail.
- Dangerous area of face.
- Lacrimal apparatus.
- Enumerate buccinator muscle.
- Platysma.
- Cutaneous innervation of face.
- Write in detail about orbicularis oculi. VERY SHORTS:
- Emissary veins.
- Dangerous area of the scalp.
- Platysma.
- Infranuclear lesions of facial nerve.
- Bell’s palsy.
- Lacrimal gland.
- Five branches of the facial nerve.
- Epicranial aponeurosis.
- Lacrimal puncta and canaliculi.
- Anastomoses.
- Nerve supply of scalp.
- Mention the layers of the scalp.
- Buccinator muscle.
- Nasolacrimal duct.
- Facial vein- Formation, course and termination.
- Facial artery- cervical branches.
- Name the various layers of scalp.
- Maxillary artery.
- Muscles of facial expression.
- Retromandibular vein.
- Orbicularis oculi.
SIDE OF THE NECK
LONG ESSAY:
- Describe posterior triangle under following headings:
(a) Features and boundaries.
(b) Roof and floor.
(c) Contents of the posterior triangle.
Add a note on carotid sheath. SHORT ANSWERS: - Deep cervical fascia.
- Carotid sheath.
- Sternocleidomastoid muscle.
- Pretracheal fascia and it’s clinical importance.
- External jugular vein. VERY SHORTS:
- Pretracheal fascia.
- Pharyngobasilar fascia.
- Carotid sheath.
- External jugular vein.
- Sternocleidomastoid muscle.
- Cervical plexus.
ANTERIOR TRIANGLE OF THE NECK
LONG ESSAYS:
- Describe anterior triangle under following:
(a) Boundaries and subdivisions.
(b) Contents of any one.
Add a note in carotid triangle. - Explain in detail about external carotid artery with a neat labelled diagram. SHORT ANSWERS:
- Digastric triangle.
- Formation, relation and Contents of carotid triangle.
- Lingual artery.
- External carotid artery.
- Ansa Cervicalis/Ansa hypoglossi.
- Muscular triangle.
- Explain briefly about infrahyoid muscles.
- Enumerate carotid triangle.
- Omohyoid muscle and add a short notes on it’s attachments. VERY SHORTS:
- Infrahyoid muscles.
- Pretracheal fascia.
- Thyroid cartilage.
- Submental triangle.
- Digastric triangle contents.
- Branches of external carotid artery.
- Diagram of carotid triangle.
- Branches of facial artery in the neck.
- Name the branches of lingual artery.
- Ansa hypoglossi.
- Suprahyoid muscles.
- Omohyoid muscle.
PAROTID REGION
LONG ESSAY:
- Enumerate parotid gland under following headings:-
• Capsule of parotid gland.
• External features and relations.
• Borders and structures passing within the parotid gland.
• Parotid duct/ Stenson’s duct.
• Blood and nerve supply.
• Clinical anatomy. - SHORT ESSAY:
- Explain the structures passing within the parotid gland.
- Histology of parotid gland.
- Stenson’s duct.
- Nerve supply of parotid.
- VERY SHORTS:
- Parotid swelling.
- Mumps.
- Accessory processes of parotid gland.
- Parotid abscess.
- Parotidectomy.
- Nerve supply of parotid.
- Parotid lymph nodes.
TEMPORAL AND INFRA-TEMPORAL REGIONS
LONG ESSAYS :
- Explain the muscles of mastication under the following:
• Origin and insertion.
• Muscle and fibers.
• Nerve supply.
• Actions and development. - Explain muscles of mastication and Add a brief note on attachments, nerve supply, relations and actions of lateral pterygoid muscle.
- Describe maxillary artery, write briefly about
(a) Features,course and relations.
(b) Branches of maxillary artery.
(c) Pterygoid plexus of veins.
(d) Clinical anatomy. - Explain temporomandibular joint under following headings:- Types of joints, Articular surfaces, articular disc and it’s relations.
- Describe the muscle producing movements of temporomandibular joints, blood supply and nerve supply. Write a brief note on movements of temporomandibular joints and it’s clinical anatomy.
- Explain mandibular nerve, describe briefly about course, relations, branches,distribution and it’s clinical anatomy. SHORT ANSWERS:
- Infratemporal fossa.
- Muscles of mastication.
- Relations and nerve supply of lateral pterygoid.
- Branches of maxillary artery.
- Ligaments and relations of temporomandibular joint.
- Movements of temporomandibular joint and muscles producing.
- Lingual nerve- Course and relations.
- Inferior alveolar nerve.
- Otic ganglion.
- Branches of mandibular nerve.
- Add a note on sphenomandibular ligament.
- Pterygoid plexus of veins. VERY SHORTS:
- Temporal fossa.
- Masseter muscle.
- Temporalis muscle.
- Lateral pterygoid muscle.
- First part of maxillary artery.
- Pterygoid plexus of veins.
- Epistaxis.
- Sphenomandibular ligament.
- Kiesselbach’s plexus.
- Articular disc of temporomandibular joint.
- Dislocation of mandible.
- Lingual nerve.
- Inferior alveolar nerve.
- Jaw-jerk reflex.
- Otic ganglion.
- Referred pain.
SUBMANDIBULAR REGION
LONG ESSAY:
- Enumerate submandibular salivary gland under following headings:-
(a) Features and Relations.
(b) Blood supply and lymphatic drainage.
(c) Nerve supply.
(d) Submandibular Duct/ Wharton’s duct.
(e) Applied anatomy. SHORT ANSWERS: - Suprahyoid muscles in detail.
- Digastric muscles-Attachments, Relations and blood supply.
- Relations of hyoglossus.
- Submandibular salivary gland.
- Submandibular ganglion.
- Compare three salivary glands. VERY SHORTS:
- Nerve supply of digastric muscle.
- Submandibular duct/Wharton’s duct.
- Histology of sublingual gland.
- Histology of submandibular gland.
- Mylohyoid muscle.
- Posterior belly of digastric.
STRUCTURES IN THE NECK
LONG ESSAY:
- Enumerate thyroid gland under the following headings:-
• Situation and extent.
• Capsules of thyroid.
• Parts and relations.
• Arterial supply and venous drainage.
• Development and histology.
• Applied anatomy. SHORT ANSWERS: - Histology of thyroid glands.
- Arterial supply of thyroid gland.
- Parathyroid glands.
- Histology of thymus.
- Subclavian artery.
- Common carotid artery.
- Relations of internal carotid artery.
- Internal jugular vein.
- Styloid apparatus.
- Development of the arteries.
- Relations of recurrent laryngeal nerve.
- Branches of superior cervical ganglion. VERY SHORTS:
- Thyroidectomy.
- Hypothyroidism.
- Development of thyroid gland.
- Stylohyoid ligament.
- Hyperparathyroidism.
- Myasthenia gravis.
- Internal jugular vein.
- Brachiocephalic vein.
- Horner’s syndrome.
- Waldeyer’s ring.
- Isthmus of thyroid gland.
- Ligaments and muscle attachments of styloid processes.
- Phrenic nerve.
PRE-VERTEBRAL AND PARAVERTEBRAL REGIONS
SHORT ANSWERS:
- Prevertebral muscles.
- Vertebral artery- Relations, branches and development.
- Cervical plexus.
- Add a brief note on scalene muscles.
- Alanto-occipital joint.
- Alanto-axial joint.
- State a brief note on phrenic nerve. VERY SHORTS:
- Name scalene muscles.
- Vertebral artery parts.
- Cervical pleura.
- Muscular branches of cervical plexus.
- Phrenic nerve.
- Cervical spondylosis.
- Mention the ligaments connecting axis to the skull.
- Cruciate ligament.
BACK OF NECK
LONG ESSAYS:
- Enumerate the suboccipital triangle. Describe briefly contents of it. SHORT ANSWERS:
- Boundaries of suboccipital triangle.
- Suboccipital muscles.
- Occipital artery.
- Add a note on dorsal ramus of first cervical nerve. VERY SHORTS:
- Nerve supply of skin.
- Longissimus.
- Lumbar puncture.
- Meningitis. CONTENTS OF VERTEBRAL CANAL VERY SHORTS:
- Caudal epidural.
- Cauda equina.
CRANIAL CAVITY
LONG ESSAYS:
- Describe dural venous sinuses. Write in detail about relation, tributaries, communications and clinical anatomy of cavernous sinus.
- Enumerate hypophysis cerebri , add a note in relations, arterial supply, venous drainage and it’s histology.
- SHORT ANSWERS:
- Falx cerebelli.
- Tentorium cerebelli.
- Venous sinuses of dura mater.
- Cavernous sinus.
- Superior saggital sinus.
- Inferior sagittal sinus.
- Sigmoid sinus.
- Histology of pituitary gland.
- Trigeminal ganglion.
- Middle meningeal artery.
- Internal carotid artery. VERY SHORTS:
- Falx cerebri.
- Meckel’s cave.
- Paired venous sinuses.
- Unpaired venous sinuses.
- Thrombosis of cavernous sinus.
- Tributaries of cavernous sinus.
- Transverse sinus.
- Superior sagittal sinus.
- Emissary veins.
- Petrosal nerve.
- Dural venous sinuses.
- Transverse cerebelli.
CONTENTS OF THE ORBIT
LONG ESSAY:
- Describe the extraocular muscles under following headings:-
(a) Voluntary and involuntary muscles.
(b) Origin and insertion.
(c) Nerve supply and Actions. - SHORT ANSWERS:
- Ophthalmic artery.
- Ciliary ganglion.
- Levator palpebrae superioris.
- Extraocular muscles and their actions. VERY SHORTS:
- Optic nerve and it’s importance.
- Ciliary ganglion.
- Branches if Nasociliary Nerve.
- Nerve supply of Extraocular muscles.
- Actions of oblique muscles.
- Nystagmus.
- Facial sheath of the eyeball.
- Actions of superior rectus muscle.
MOUTH AND PHARYNX
LONG ESSAYS:
- Write the origin, course, insertion, blood supply, nerve supply and muscles of soft palate.
- Describe the pharynx under following headings:-
• Boundaries and parts of pharynx.
• Waldeyer’s lymphatic ring.
Add a note on Palatine tonsil. - Explain pharynx, describe Palatine tonsil under following headings:-
• Features.
• Arterial supply and venous drainage.
• Lymphatic drainage and nerve supply.
• Histology and development.
• Clinical anatomy. SHORT ANSWERS: - Hard palate.
- Nerve supply of soft palate.
- Waldeyer’s lymphatic ring.
- Histology of palatine tonsil.
- Laryngeal part of pharynx.
- Auditory tube.
- Nasopharynx.
- Palatine tonsil. VERY SHORTS:
- Draw a neat labelled diagram of tooth.
- Nerve supply of teeth.
- Stages of development of deciduous teeth.
- Muscles of soft palate.
- Development of palate.
- Cleft palate.
- Waldeyer’s lymphatic ring.
- Periotonsilar abscess.
- Tonsillectomy.
- Killian’s dehiscence.
- Piriform fossa.
- Auditory tube.
- Palatine aponeurosis.
- Neat labelled diagram of waldeyer’s ring.
NOSE AND PARANASAL SINUSES
LONG ESSAYS:
- Explain lateral wall of nose under following headings:- Features, blood supply, nerve supply and it’s clinical aspect.
- Enumerate paranasal sinuses and add a note on it’s clinical anatomy.
- Describe the maxillary nerve under following headings:-
(a) Origin and termination.
(b) Course and relations.
(c) Branches.
(d) Clinical importance. SHORT ANSWERS: - Nasal septum.
- Lateral wall of nose.
- Add a note on Conchae and meatuses.
- State briefly about maxillary sinus.
- Sphenoidal sinus.
- Pterygopalatine fossa.
- Write briefly about maxillary nerve.
- Pterygopalatine ganglion.
- Nerve supply of lacrimal gland. VERY SHORTS:
- Maxillary sinuses.
- Artery of epistaxis.
- Ethmoidal sinuses.
- Antrum puncture.
- Infraorbital nerve.
- Hay fever ganglion.
- Middle meatus of nose.
- Superior and inferior meatus of nose.
- Opening of paranasal sinuses.
- Lateral wal of nose – Nerve supply.
- Sphenoidal air sinuses.
- Name the bones forming nasal septum.
LARYNX
LONG ESSAYS:
- Describe anatomy of larynx under following headings:-
• Situation and extent.
• Cartilages of larynx.
• Histology.
• Applied anatomy. - Write in detail about intrinsic muscles of larynx and state briefly about it’s clinical anatomy. SHORT ANSWERS:
- Cartilages of larynx.
- Cricoid cartilage.
- Intrinsic muscles of larynx.
- Vocal folds and it’s movements.
- Rima glottidis.
- Muscles of larynx. VERY SHORTS:
- Name the cartilages of larynx.
- Vocal cords.
- Nerve supply of intrinsic muscles of larynx.
- Cricoarytenoid.
- Rima glottidis.
- Laryngotomy.
- Epiglottis.
TONGUE
LONG ESSAY:
- Describe tongue under following headings:-
(a) Parts
(b) Papillae of the tongue.
(c) Muscles of the tongue.
(d) Blood and nerve supply.
(e) Applied anatomy. SHORT ANSWERS: - Papillae of tongue.
- Muscles of the tongue.
- Nerve supply of tongue.
- Development of tongue.
- Taste pathway. VERY SHORTS:
- Lymphatic drainage of tongue.
- Name the types of papillae.
- Sensory nerve supply of tongue.
- Foliate papillae of tongue.
- Actions of muscles.
- Draw a neat labelled diagram of tongue.
EAR
SHORT ANSWERS:
- External acoustic meatus- Blood supply.
- Tympanic membrane.
- Write in detail about middle ear.
- Chorda tympani nerve.
- Mastoid air cells. VERY SHORTS:
- Nerve supply of tympanic membrane.
- Ear ossicles.
- Functions of the middle ear.
- Mastoid air cells.
- Bones of middle ear.
- Cochlear duct.
- Muscles of tympanic cavity.
EYE BALL
SHORT ANSWERS:
- Cornea and it’s clinical importance.
- Histology of cornea.
- Ciliary body.
- Iris.
- Retina.
- Aqueous humour.
- Sclera. VERY SHORTS:
- Myopia and hypermetropia corrections.
- Choroid.
- Vitreous body.
- Layers of retina.
- Cornea.
- Ciliary muscles.
- Histology of retina.
BRAIN
- Neural crest cells and their derivatives.
- External and internal features of spinal cord.
- Seventh cranial nerve.
- Medulla oblongata.
- Cerebral hemisphere.
- Vagus nerve.
- Chorda tympani nerve.
- Recurrent laryngeal nerve.
- Pterygopalatine ganglion.
- Inferior horn of lateral ventricle.
- Deep intra cerebellar nuclei.
- Corpus callosum.
- Blood supply to spinal cord.
- Write in detail about hypoglossal nerve.
- Extracranial course of the facial nerve in detail.
- Circle of Willis.
EMBRYOLOGY
- karyotyping.
- Sex chromatin.
- Chromosomal abnormalities.
- Barry body.
- Drumstick.
- Primitive streak.
- Genetic disorders.
- Mitosis.
- Meiosis.
- Spermatogenesis.
- Oogenesis.
- Gametogenesis.
- Grafian follicle.
- Ovarian cycle.
- Corpus luteum.
- Menstrual cycle.
- Fertilization.
- Sex chromosomes.
- Sex determination.
- Cleavage.
- Pharyngeal arch.
- Formation of germ layers.
- Formation of notochord.
- Yolk sac.
- Allantoic diverticulum.
- Formation of placenta.
- Implantation and it’s types.
- Development of the placenta.
- Functions of placenta.
- Extraembryonic membrane.
- Furcate placenta.
- Umbilical cord.
- Intramembranous ossification.
- Endochondral ossification stages.
- Derivatives of ectoderm.
- Pharyngeal arches.
- Endodermal pouches.
- Thyroid gland development.
- Somites.
- Development of palate.
- Development of hyoid bone.
- Endodermal pouches of pharynx.
- Face development anomalies.
- Development of parathyroid gland.
- Tonsil development.
- Down syndrome.
- Turner syndrome.
- Klinefelter’s syndrome.
- Development of thymus.
- Cleft lip.
- Cleft palate.
- Pituitary gland development.
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