Day 19

👩‍⚕️ Embryology is a small but highly rewarding MRCS Part A topic. Examiners return to the same handful of themes: germ layer derivatives, gut rotation, urogenital development, cardiac septation and vertebral formation. Learn these well and the questions become almost predictable. The three germ layers Gastrulation (week 3) creates the trilaminar

# GYNAECOLOGY 👩‍⚕️ For MRCS Part A, gynaecology is mostly tested through pelvic anatomy and the pathology of the ovary, uterus and Fallopian tube. The high-yield areas are: nerve injuries during pelvic surgery, ligamentous support of the uterus, the ureter's relationship to the uterine artery, ectopic pregnancy, ovarian tumours

# 57 HERNIAS What is a hernia? A hernia is the abnormal protrusion of an organ or tissue through a defect in the wall that normally contains it — usually abdominal viscera (small bowel, omentum, pre-peritoneal fat) through a weakness in the abdominal wall. Every hernia has a sac (peritoneum), contents,