Bsc medical sciences Study guides, Study notes & Summaries

FOURTH EDITION Lewis’s Australia and New Zealand Edition Di Brown Helen Edwards Lesley Seaton Thomas Buckley Sharon L. Lewis Shannon Ruff Dirksen Margaret McLean Heitkemper Linda Bucher Lewis’s FOURTH EDITION medical–surgical nursing Australia and New Zealand Edition EDITED BY Di Brown RN, PhD, MACN, AFCHSM Project Director, Sister Hospital Program, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia a...

Second-year Lecture notes for BS2015 Lecture 3. Content includes; the ionic basis of the neuronal action potential, permeability changes during action potentials, the rising phase of an action potential is due to sodium ions entering through their channels and Voltage Clamp. Content has been modified and adapted with supplementary material to the lecture content from Obtained a First class BSc Honours in Medical Physiology (Branch of Biological Sciences, University of Leicester)

APES1000 (INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL SCIENCES) is your first venture into anatomy and biology when studying Physiotherapy or any medical degree at Wits. I have personally compiled every detail of this half-year course into a short word document so that it is more easily accessible to study, as the course notes supplied by the university are very vague and all over the place. These notes allowed me to study the entire syllabus in a short span of time and summarizes the most important aspects neede...

Introduction to the Nervous System notes, including the structural and functional organization of the nervous system, the peripheral and the central nervous system. The neuron, neuralgia and the myelin sheath. The notes go into the brain: white matter vs grey matter; the ventricles, surface anatomy - lobes, sulci and gyri as well as the sensory and motor areas of the brain. The notes also go into the brainstem and the spinal cord, as well as the protection of the brain and spinal cord.

Introduction to the cardiovascular system. The heart: orientation, right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle. Nerve supply: parasympathetic and sympathetic innervation. Blood vessels: inferior and superior vena cava, aorta, pulmonary artery and vein, varicose veins. Cardiovascular diseases and the lymphatic system.

Introduction to the musculoskeletal system. Skeletal system: bones - shape, functions, structure, by method of formation, location, blood supply; joints - fibrous, cartilaginous and synovial. Muscle system: skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle.

Introduction to the endocrine system. Notes include the major endocrine glands and organs containing endocrine tissue, the hormones the glands release and the effects of those hormones on the body. The notes also include the endocrine disorders, prostaglandins and the feedback control of hormone release.

Introduction to radiology. Types of imaging techniques: x-rays, fluoroscopy, interventional radiology- angiogram, angioplasty and venogram. Computer tomography (CT scan); Ultrasound and Magnetic Resosance Imaging (MRI scan).

Notes on the sensory pathways, include the arrangement of secondary pathways, first order neurons, second order neurons and third order neurons; thetracts are also included as well as injuries.