MUSCULOSKELETAL SYLLABUS

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  • ANATOMY
    • INTRODUCTION
      • Osseus tissue
      • Axial and appendicular skeleton
      • Classification of bones
      • Gnereal features of bones
      • Nerve/blood supply of bone
      • Bone marrow and its types
      • Ossification and its types
      • Surface markings of bone
      • Fracture, osteoporosis, rickets, osteomalacia
      • Intro to muscular system
      • Muscle ossification
      • Classification of skeletal muscles
      • Types of skeletal muscle fibers
      • Nomenclature of skeletal muscles
      • Nerve supply of muscles
      • Paralysis, hyperplasia, hypertrophy, mysthena gravis
    • Introduction to locomotion and upper limb
    • Osteology of clavicle
    • Osteology of scapula
    • Osteology of humerus
    • Muscles of pectoral girdle
    • Muscles of shoulder region
    • Shoulder joints and its movements
    • Brachial plexus
    • Nerves of upper limb
    • Axilla
    • Arm
    • Brachial vessels
    • Elbow joint
    • Osteology of ulna
    • Superficial veins, lymphatic and lymph nodes of upper limbs
    • Cubital fossa
    • Anterior compartment of forearm
    • Posterior compartment of fore-arm
    • Blood vessels and nerves of fore-arm
    • Radio-ulnar joint
    • Surface anatomy of upper limb
    • Muscles of hand
    • Vessels and nerves of hand
    • Wrist joint
    • Spaces of palm
    • Describe
      • motor unit
      • Summation
      • Tetanization
      • Staircase effect
      • Skeletal muscle tone
      • Muscle fatigue
      • Agonist and antagonist
    • Excitation contraction coupling in skeletal muscles
    • Muscle action potential
    • Osteology of radius and hand
    • Introduction to lower limb
    • Hip bone
    • The hip joint and movements
    • Gluteal region
    • Femur
    • nerves of lower limb and their injuries
    • Superficial vessels and lymphatic vessels of lower limb
    • Deep fascia of thigh, iliotibial tract and superficial vessels
    • muscles of anterior fascial compartment of thigh
    • Nerves and vessels of anterior compartment of thigh
    • The medial compartment of thigh
    • Posterior compartment of thigh
    • Popliteal fossa
    • Femoral triangle and its contents
    • Tibia bone
    • Fibula and bones of foot
    • Anterior and lateral compartment of leg
    • Knee joint
    • Surface anatomy of lower limb
    • Development of lower limb
    • Muscle and neurovascular supply of foot
    • Arches of foot
    • Introduction to bone pathology
    • Injury
    • Wound
    • Spinal nerve
    • Vertebral column
    • Lumbo sacral plexus, cutaneous nerves
    • Back pain
  • HISTOLOGY
    • Bone histology
    • Classification and histology of cartilage
    • Histology of cartilage
    • Classification and histology of bone
    • Histology of muscles
  • PHYSIOLOGY
    • Skeletal vs. smooth muscle
    • Mechanism of muscle contraction
    • Energetics of muscle contraction
    • Terms related to MSK
      • Stimulus
      • Depolarization
      • Hyperpolarization
      • Pre-synaptic potential
      • Post-synaptic potential
      • Goldmann equation
      • Nernst equation
    • Physiologic anatomy of skeletal muscle fiber
    • Characteristics of whole muscle contraction
    • Neuromuscular junction
    • Neuromuscular transmission
    • Neuromuscular drugs
    • Myasthenia gravis
    • Smooth muscle
    • Skeletal muscle fiber
    • Contraction of smooth muscle
    • Nervous and hormonal control of smooth muscle contraction
    • Resting membrane potential
    • Muscle remodeling
    • Membrane potentials and action potentials in smooth muscle
    • Control of smooth muscle contraction
    • Smooth and skeletal muscle contraction
    • Hormonal regulation of calcium and phosphorus to maintain MSK
    • Sodium, potassium and chlorine in biology
    • Calcium in biology
    • Fluoride and lithium in biology
    • Molybdenum, selenium, zinc, chromium, manganese, silicon, vanadium in biology
    • Toxic element aluminium, arsenic, antimony, boron, bromine, cadmium, cesium, germanium, lead, mercury, silver, strontium
    • Drug use in MSK
  • BIOCHEMISTRY
    • Connective tissues
    • Glycosaminoglycan
    • Collagen
    • Chemistry of amino acids and proteins
    • Role of calcium and phosphorus
    • Vitamins
    • Introduction to minerals
    • Detection of cyclic amino acids
    • Sodium, potassium and chlorine in biology
    • Role of vitamin C and D
    • Iodine in biology
    • Sulfur in biology
    • Copper and cobalt in biology
    • Phosphorus and magnesium in biology
  • COMMUNITY MEDICINE
    • MSK Diseases
    • Epidemiology and prevention of MSD 
  • EMBRYOLOGY
    • Somitogenesis
    • Development of bone
    • Cartilage and joints
    • Development of upper limb
    • Development of muscles
  • LAB WORK 
    • Detection of sulfur-containing amino acids
    • Salt saturation test