📘 Step 1 — Curriculum Coverage

This section outlines integrated curriculum components covered in this topic. 

🔹 Anatomy

• Components of brainstem

• External features of brainstem
• Transverse section of medulla at the level of sensory decussation, motor
decussation and inferior olivary nuclei
• Cranial nerve nuclei present within the medulla
• Transverse section of pons at cranial and caudal levels
• Cranial nerve nuclei present within the pons
• Transverse section of midbrain at the level of superior colliculus and
inferior colliculus.

🔹 Physiology

• Involuntary functions of the brain
• Structure and functions of reticular activating system
• Coma
• Brain death