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PHS 301 Neurophysiology I

300 levelMedical & Health Sciences11 topics

PHS 301 covers 11 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. General design of the nervous system
  2. Major levels of the central nervous system
  3. Central nervous system synapses
  4. Sensory receptors and transduction
  5. Neuronal circuits for processing somatic sensation
  6. Organisation of the spinal cord for motor functions
  7. Muscle spindle and Golgi tendon organs in muscle control
  8. Flexor and withdrawal reflexes
  9. Crossed-extensor reflex, reciprocal inhibition and innervation
  10. Reflexes of posture and locomotion
  11. Spinal cord transection

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General design of the nervous system

The general design of the nervous system deals with how nervous tissue is organized into major divisions, how information flows from receptors to integrating centres and then to effectors, and how structure supports function.

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