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Development of the face, pharyngeal derivatives and teratology. Development of nervous system and sense organs. Developmental anomalies and their clinical syndromes.

Basic anatomy of afferent visual pathway, ocular motor pathway, ocular autonomic pathway, pupillary pathway, optic nerve diseases papilledema, optic atrophy, papillitis, acute onset cranial nerves palsy, 3rd, 4th, 6th. Test pupillary reactions with penlight and recognise relative afferent pupillary defect. Confrontation visual field test. Visual field defects, scotoma, hemianopia, homonymous hemianopia, bitemporal hemianopia, optic disc examination with ophthalmoscope. Ductions and Versions test. Anatomy of anterior chamber angle, aqueous humour production and circulation, outflow pathways, trabecular meshwork in anterior chamber angle. Glaucoma, definition, types, epidemiology, risk factors, clinical features and management. Intraocular pressure, normal value range, types of tonometry. Direct ophthalmoscopy of signs of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. Visual field changes. Acute angle closure glaucoma. 140

Historical origins of a Neuro-endocrine connection. A review of the physiologic anatomy of hypothalamo-pituitary link. Current concepts of channels of communication between the hypothalamus and the pituitary. Hypothalamic neurosecretions. The “master gland” of the endocrine system. Pituitary secretions and their current concepts of the servomechanisms between the hypothalamus, the pituitary and other endocrine organs.

Approach to evaluation of the neurology patient, mini mental state, cranial nerves, motor and sensory and autonomic system. Evaluation of common neurological symptoms and diseases headache, pain, muscle weakness. Tetanus.

Higher cerebral function and dementia. Stroke. Sleep. Epilepsy. Parkinson’s disease. Headache. spinal cord lesions. Peripheral neuropathy. Neuro-musculoskeletal diseases. Myasthenia gravis. Muscular dystrophy. The cranial nerves and autonomic neuropathy. Coma (causes, management). Meningitis (CSM, H. influenza, tuberculosis, pneumococcal). Viral infections of CNS. Cerebral abscess. Demyelinating disease. Cord compression. Brain tumours. Subacute combined degeneration.

Development and general plan of the central nervous system. Nerve morphology, generation and conduction of action potential. Sensory division of the nervous system, morphology receptors, sensory pathways, reticular formation, thalamus and sensory cortex.

Head injury and spinal trauma. Common surgical intracranial lesions as well as spinal cord lesions. Congenital malformations and their management. Evaluation of the neurosurgical patient and intracranial haemorrhage.

Nigerian history, culture, and art up to 1800 (Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo peoples and culture; peoples and culture of the ethnic minority groups). Nigeria under colonial rule (advent of colonial rule in Nigeria, Colonial administration of Nigeria). Evolution of Nigeria as a political unit (amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914, formation of political parties in Nigeria, nationalist movement and struggle for independence). Nigeria and challenges of nation building (military intervention in Nigerian politics and Nigerian Civil War). Concept of trade and economics of self-reliance (indigenous trade and market system, indigenous apprenticeship system among Nigeria people, trade, skill acquisition and self-reliance). Social justices and national development (law, definition and classification). Judiciary and fundamental rights. Individual norms and values (basic Nigeria norms and values, patterns of citizenship acquisition, citizenship and civic responsibilities, indigenous languages, usage and development, negative attitudes and conducts. Cultism, kidnapping and other related social vices). Re-orientation, moral and national values (The 3R’s, reconstruction, rehabilitation and re-orientation). Re- orientation strategies, Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), Green Revolution, Austerity Measures, War Against Indiscipline (WAI), War Against Indiscipline and Corruption (WAIC), Mass Mobilization for Self-Reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER), National Orientation Agency (NOA). Current socio-political and cultural developments in Nigeria.

Genome organisation and biosynthesis of proteins. Metabolism of purines and pyrimidines, nucleosides and nucleotides. Abnormalities in nucleic acid metabolism-xeroderma pigmentation and skin cancer. Overview of nitrogen metabolism, biosynthesis of amino acids. Molecules derived from amino acids and biosynthesis and degradation of nucleotides.

General nutrition requirement, energy aspect of diet, basal metabolic rate (BMR) and specific dynamic action (SDA). The major nutritional disorder. Kwashiorkor, marasmus, obesity, iron. Sources’ absorption, distribution in the body and biochemical function excretion, anaemia, and hemochromatosis. Water and the major icons: H+, Na+, K+, Ca++ HCO3, fluid intake and 71 output. Total body water distribution intracellular and extracellular fluids. Trace element. Calcium and phosphorus, metabolism and significances in the body.