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This examination may be taken at any time after the completion of the prescribed years of training provided that the first examination has been already passed.
The Syllabuses can be obtained from the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.
Examination Syllabus.
I—Elementary Anatomy and Physiology.
General View.
Skull.
THE HUMAN BODY.
Cells, tissues, organs; their arrangement and structure. The body as a whole.
Chief cavities and their contents.
THE SKELETON.
Names, position, and brief description of bones of cranium and face. Cranial bones: frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid. Bones of face upper jaw, malar, lower jaw. Formation of orbit, nose, mouth.
Spinal Column and Thorax.
General Character of Vertebrae. Varieties: cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal; the column as a whole, its curves, intervertebral discs and joints. Sternum, ribs and costal cartilages.
Upper Extremity.
Clavicle and scapula; humerus, radius, ulna, bones of wrist and hand; joints.
Lower Extremity.
The Pelvis; femur, patella, tibia and fibula; bones of ankle and foot, joints.
MUSCLES AND JOINTS.
Muscles.
Their general features; voluntary and involuntary; differences in their mode
of action. The position of the chief muscles of the body.
Joints.
Various forms of joints and their mechanism. Bones. Cartilages. Ligaments.
Synovial membrane.
CIRCULATION.
The Heart.
Position, size and function. Auricles and Ventricles. Valves. Composition of
blood, arterial and venous. Coagulation.
Blood Vessels.
Arteries, veins and capillaries; their structural differences.
position of the vessels.
Circulation of the Blood.
Names and
General, pulmonary, and portal circulations. Principal pressure points in
Haemorrhage.
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