HIGH-YIELD SYSTEMS

Neurology and Special Senses

  Embryology

  Anatomy and Physiology

  Neuropathology

  Otology

  Ophthalmology

  Pharmacology

“We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.”

—Stephen Hawking

“Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”

—J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.”

—Dr. Seuss

“I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.”

—Arthur Hays Sulzberger

“The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.”

—Thomas Edison

“Exactly how [the brain] operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find.”

—Neil deGrasse Tyson

Know how to clinically interpret common patterns of neurologic symptoms and findings. Questions on the exam often correlate clinical scenarios with gross pathologic specimens or cross-sectional CT/MR imaging. With regard to neuropharmacology, antiparkinsonism, antiepileptic and opioid drugs tend to be highly testable.

  NEUROLOGY—EMBRYOLOGY

  NEUROLOGY—PHYSIOLOGY

  NEUROLOGY–OTOLOGY

  NEUROLOGY–OPHTHALMOLOGY

  NOTES