Vestibular System course
Vestibular System — Course Outline
- Introduction and Functions
- Balance and spatial orientation
- Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR)
- Postural control
- Anatomy
- Inner ear
- Semicircular canals
- Utricle and saccule
- Vestibular nerve and nuclei
- Physiology
- How the semicircular canals detect rotational movement
- How the otolith organs detect linear acceleration and gravity
- Hair cells and vestibular transduction
- Central Vestibular Pathways
- Vestibular nuclei
- Cerebellum
- Oculomotor connections
- Thalamic and cortical pathways
- Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
- Mechanism
- Clinical significance
- Head Impulse Test
- Vestibular Disorders
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Ménière’s disease
- Vestibular neuritis
- Labyrinthitis
- Central vertigo
- Clinical Examination
- Nystagmus
- Dix-Hallpike test
- Head Impulse Test
- Romberg test
- HINTS examination
- Diagnosis and Management
- Vestibular function testing
- Audiometry and diagnostic imaging
- Canalith repositioning maneuvers
- Vestibular rehabilitation
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