Cracking the Boards: USMLE Step 1, Volume 1This guide offers a thorough review of topics from the first two years of medical school. Because it is written by past and present medical students who know what it's like to study for the boards, "Cracking the Boards, USMLE--Step 1" presents the material in the clearest, most easily accessible manner possible. |
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... brain , brain stem , and spinal cord . The hollow center of the tube becomes the ventricular system of the brain . The tube closes first in the cervical area . Closure then occurs both rostrally ( toward the head ) and caudally ( toward ...
... brain , brain stem , and spinal cord . The hollow center of the tube becomes the ventricular system of the brain . The tube closes first in the cervical area . Closure then occurs both rostrally ( toward the head ) and caudally ( toward ...
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... brain stem or sacral spinal cord . Their axons project all the way to a ganglion close to the effector organ ( i.e. , long preganglionic axons , short postganglionic axons ) . Acetylcholine is the main trans- mitter , activating ...
... brain stem or sacral spinal cord . Their axons project all the way to a ganglion close to the effector organ ( i.e. , long preganglionic axons , short postganglionic axons ) . Acetylcholine is the main trans- mitter , activating ...
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... brain tumors almost never spread to other areas of the body . In the brain , even benign tumors ( those that do not metas- tasize and tend to grow slower ) can be fatal due to their mass effect and involvement of critical brain ...
... brain tumors almost never spread to other areas of the body . In the brain , even benign tumors ( those that do not metas- tasize and tend to grow slower ) can be fatal due to their mass effect and involvement of critical brain ...
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