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Resting and action potentials, saltatory conduction, peripheral nerve and muscle anatomy/physiology, plexus anatomy, and cell-body locations of motor and sensory neurons.

Ohm's law and circuit theory, amplifiers and CMRR, filters, sweep/gain settings, stimulator parameters, supramaximal stimulation, and cathode/anode placement.

Conduction velocity calculation, waveform parameters, conduction block, temporal dispersion, axonal vs demyelinating patterns, pre/postganglionic lesions, and Wallerian degeneration timing.

F waves, H reflexes, A waves, and the blink reflex (R1/R2) including their origins, techniques, and clinical applications.

NMJ physiology, presynaptic (LEMS, botulism) and postsynaptic (myasthenia gravis) disorders, slow/fast RNS technique, decrement/increment, facilitation, and exhaustion.

Upper- and lower-extremity and cranial nerve anatomy, recording/stimulation sites, electrode placement, and clinical case interpretation of common neuromuscular disorders.

Temperature, age and height effects, anomalous innervation (Martin-Gruber, accessory peroneal), technical/measurement factors, troubleshooting, infection control, electrical safety, HIPAA and OSHA.