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Comparison tables
Side-by-side summaries of things that are easy to mix up. Every name links to its full entry.
Spinal cord syndromes
Which tracts each cord syndrome hits, and the motor and sensory pattern that lets you name it at the bedside.
8 rows
Groin hernias
Indirect, direct and femoral hernias — the route each takes, where it sits relative to the landmarks, and who gets it.
3 rows
Foregut, midgut and hindgut
The three embryologic divisions of the gut — which artery supplies each, what they contain, their parasympathetic supply and where their visceral pain is felt.
3 rows
Anal canal above vs below the pectinate line
The pectinate line is the junction of hindgut and ectoderm, so almost everything changes across it — epithelium, blood supply, lymph, nerves and the diseases that arise.
8 rows
Lymph drainage of the pelvis and perineum
Where each pelvic organ and perineal surface drains first — with the classic contrasts that exam questions are built on.
11 rows
Upper limb nerve injuries
Where each nerve is injured, what is lost, and the sign that gives it away.
10 rows
Knee ligament and meniscal injuries
Mechanism, findings, the test to do and the usual management for the five classic knee injuries.
5 rows
Lower limb nerve injuries
Where each nerve is injured, what is lost, and the sign that gives it away.
10 rows
Cranial nerves at a glance
Exit foramen, main functions, the lesion sign to know, and how to test each nerve at the bedside.
12 rows
Intracranial hemorrhage
Epidural, subdural and subarachnoid bleeds — source, setting, course and CT appearance — with venous sinus thrombosis for contrast.
4 rows
Stroke syndromes by territory
The deficits that point to each arterial territory, from the cortical strokes to the crossed brainstem syndromes.
9 rows