FRCA Notes

Neurological and Musculoskeletal Physiology

  • Neurological
    • Action potentials
    • Neurones

    • The blood-brain barrier
    • Functional areas of the brain
    • Cranial nerves
    • Autonomic nervous system
    • Sympathetic nervous system
    • Parasympathetic nervous system
    • Enteric nervous system

    • Sleep
    • The EEG

    • Cerebral blood flow
    • Cerebral metabolic rate
    • CSF
    • ICP & the Monro-Kellie doctrine

  • Musculoskeletal
    • The NMJ
    • Skeletal muscle structure
    • Skeletal muscle contraction
    • Muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs
    • Muscle reflexes
    • Smooth muscle function