DNB Question Bank-1

BASIC SCIENCES
ANATOMY:Extraocular
1. Anatomy of lacrimal gland and nerve supply
2. Anatomy of upper lid
3. Anatomy of apex of orbit
4. Anatomy of cavernous sinus
5. Veins of the orbit
6. Anatomy and action of sympathetic Nerves of eye and orbit. Ocular manifestations of disturbance of system
7. Describe fascial planes with surgical spaces
8. Medial wall of orbit and its clinical importance
9. Superior Orbital Fissure
10. Orbital spaces and their surgical approaches
11. Bony orbit and its applied aspects
12. Methods of surgical approach for an orbital growth
13. Describe various openings in the orbit and clinical importance
14. Anatomy of septum orbitale - development and function
15. Paraorbital region with emphasis of surgical anatomy
16. Anatomy of nasociliary nerve
17. Blood supply of optic nerve head and intraorbital part of optic nerve
18. Course, relations and branches of ophthalmic Artery
19. Origin, course, relations of abducens nerve
20. Anatomy of Extraocular muscles
21. Superior oblique muscle
22. LPS attachments and insertion
23. Anatomy of the visual pathways - correlate the clinical picture produced by different lesions at different levels
24. Anatomy of Inferior Oblique - IO paralysis diagnosis
25. Anatomic relations of optic chiasma
26. Connections, relations and anatomy of ciliary ganglion
27. Nuclei of 3,4,6 cranial nerve anatomy and connections
28. Origin, course and relations of optic nerve
29. Blood supply of visual tract
30. Optic nerve anatomy
31. Anatomy of muscle cone
32. Describe check ligarments of eye with surgical importance
33. Describe behaviour of Optic Nerve head in injury
34. Anatomy of NLD and its blockage
35. LPS anatomy
36. Ivth Nerve - anatomy and course
37. Innervation of intraocular and extraocular - muscles / sympathetic nerve supply
38. Congenital musculofacial anomalies
39. Medial palpebral ligament
40. Development of the lacrimal system
41. Centres in the brain which control functions of the eye
42. How does trachoma after anatomy of lid
Intraocular
43. Structure and function of ciliary body
44. Ora Serrata of peripheral retina
45. Corneal endothelium
46. Anatomy of retina/ development and histological structure
47. Tenon’s capsule
48. Cup disc ratio
49. Surgical limbus
50. Electron microscopy of retinal cone
51. Vitreous hyalocytes
52. Composition of tear film
53. Electron Microscopy of rods
54. Structural variation in the AC angle
55. Capsule of lens
56. Trisome 23-21 in ocular disorders
57. Nanophthalmos
58. Anatomy of RPE and diagnosis of lesions
59. Anatomy of angle of AC - 2 syndromes
60. Coloboma Iridis
61. Gray line, Anatomic limbus, equator
62. Trabecular meshwork - microanatomy.
63. Differentiation of mesoderm which enters the 20 optic vesicle - clinical features of common development anomalies of the mesoderm.
64. Anatomy of canal of Schlemm
65. Histology of macular area
66. Structure of vitreous humor
67. Congenital defects of the iris
68. Anatomical basis of corneal sensitivity
69. Anatomy of crystalline lens - changes with old age
70. Congenital defects of ocular structures
71. Congenital defects of iris
PHYSIOLOGY
1. Normal conjunctival flare
2. Physiology of tears and role in dry eye syndrome
3. Protective mechanisms of the eye
Cornea
4. Discuss deturgencence of cornea
5. Factors affecting transparency of cornea
Acqueous
6. Ocular rigidity
7. Blood acqueous barrier
8. Formation of acqueous humour/drainage of acqueous humor
9. Composition of acqueous humour and its clinical impression
10. Factors regulating the normal IOP
11. Control of acqueous formation (theories)
Episcleral
Action of drugs which influence IOP
1. Dipivefrin Hydrochloride
2. Thymoxamine
3. Betaxolol
4. Acetylcholine
5. Effect of parasympathetic drugs
6. Action of Diamox
7. Long acting Miotics
8. Side effects of Phospholine iodide
Others
9. Steroids in Ophthalmology
10. Oral hypoglycemic drugs ( mode of action, etc.)
11. Sodium chromoglycate
12. MK medium/likerol
13. Visco elastics in IOL implant surgery - types and uses
14. Ocular side effects of drugs for TB
15. Properties of fluorescein and ophthalmic use
16. Hyaluronidase
17. Ocuserts
18. Adverse ocular actions of oral contraceptives
19. Modes of drug delivery in Ophthalmology
20. Chloroquine toxicity
21. Merits and demerits of drugs in cataract surgery
22. Antimetobolites
23. Mydriatics
24. Immunosuppressives in Ophthalmology
25. Miotics with reference to management of squint
26. Indomethacin