Brilliant images illustrating the art of myocardial infarct localisation by ECG interpretation.
Lost Under the Skin?
March 24, 2010 By 3 Comments
Are you bewildered by anatomy? Do you keep getting lost in the maze of nerves, muscles, tendons, vessels, bones and ligaments? Never fear, help is at hand in the form of Sam Loman’s human body ‘subway’ map. Never get lost again.
Sternoclavicular Joint Dislocation
February 6, 2010 By 7 Comments
Clinical cases of Bilateral Posterior Sternoclavicular joint dislocation
A Spider called Willis
May 15, 2009 By 2 Comments
A ferocious spider lives in the brain. His name is Willis!
More brainstem lesions
May 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
Neurological Mind-boggler 004 Even more scenarios designed to test drive Gates’ Brainstem Rules of 4 (helpful figures here): Scenario 5 You are examining a patient with sudden onset right-sided weakness. These are your clinical examination findings: weakness of the right face, upper and lower limbs. failure of abduction of the left eye. loss of vibration [...]
Helpful Brainstem Figures
May 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
References Gates, P. The rule of 4 of the brainstem: a simplified method for understanding brainstem anatomy and brainstem vascular syndromes for the non-neurologist. Internal Medicine Journal 2005; 35: 263-266 [pubmed] Goldberg, S. Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple. MedMaster Series, 2000 Edition. [betterworldbooks] ‘Life in the Fast Lane’ links The ultimate Brainstem Rule diagram Brainstem [...]
Brainstem lesions
May 13, 2009 By 8 Comments
aka Neurological Mind-boggler 003 As promised here are some scenarios to try out Gates’ Brainstem Rules of 4 (helpful figures here): Scenario 1 You are examining a patient with sudden onset left-sided weakness. These are your clinical examination findings: weakness of the left upper and lower limbs, with sparing of the face. tongue deviation to [...]
Brainstem Rules of 4
May 11, 2009 By 6 Comments
Hands up who enjoyed learning the anatomy of the brainstem in medical school?
Hmm, thought so.
Leonardo Da Vinci first Anatomist
April 20, 2009 By 3 Comments
Some time around 1505 both men were given the task of painting murals of great Florentine battles for the new Council Chamber of Florence. The two geniuses were to work on opposing walls. This project promised to give to the world a direct comparison of their skills and artistic approaches. To the misfortune of us all, neither of the men finished their proposed work. Leonardo’s was to depict the Florentine-led victory over Milan at ‘The Battle of Anghiari’.
BodyMaps Human Atlas
October 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Body maps is an online human atlas currently in beta testing phase at present. Body maps of adult male, adult female and child are available. Navigation is simple using the ‘system tree’ menu on the left of the screen and it is possible to view the cardiovascular, muscular, lymphatic, nervous, respiratory and reproductive systems independently or in combination to enhance spatial orientation.
