APPLIED ANATOMY
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- CLAUDIO CELEGHINI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- BIO/16
Training objectives
- The course aims to give the student knowledge of anatomy, in an overall view that includes organs and apparatuses and loco-regional relationships. The course makes use of different approaches (topographical and regional) for the study of morpho-functional relationships related to specific advancements in the field of biomedical sciences.
In particular, the students will learn for:
Knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course the student will:
- know the contents related to the anatomo-functional organization of the nervous system and microscopic anatomy of body systems, with links to descriptive and systematic (shape, position, relationships), topographic (loco-regional) and clinical anatomy;
- know and correlate the structural organization of human organs with their main functional activities.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course students will have developed the ability to:
- recognize and analyze the organ within the region in which it is located;
- demonstrate the ability of observation and identification of the organs by the common techniques of microscopic observation;
- correctly describe the reciprocal structural and functional relationships and apply this knowledge to identify the anatomical basis that led to the pathologies described in research and clinical cases cited during the course. Prerequisites
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of biology, cytology and histology.
Course programme
- Neuroanatomy - Development of the nervous system. Spinal cord. Brainstem. Intrinsic nuclei. Reticular formation. Diencephalon and telencephalon. Cerebral hemispheres. Basal ganglia. Cerebral cortex. Cerebellum. Morphological, functional and phylogenetic description. Cerebellar cortex. Deep nuclei. Functional connections. Limbic system. Hippocampus. Amygdala. Circuits and connections of the limbic system. Encephalic meninges, venous sinuses of the dura mater. Subarachnoid space and cisterns. Cerebrospinal fluid. Blood-brain barrier. Sensory Systems. Receptors. System of the dorsal columns-medial lemniscus and anterolateral system. Somatosensory cortex. Motor systems. Medial and lateral pathways. Spinal nerves. The course also includes the study of the microscopic structure of human organs.
Didactic methods
- The course provides 48 teaching hours. Lectures, discussion of simple clinical cases, observation and identification of microscopic anatomy images.
Learning assessment procedures
- The learning verification will be carried out by a written exam, lasting 40 minutes, without the use of notes or books or personal multimedia support, in the presence of the teachers. The test will be formulated with multiple-choice questions (5 multiple-choice) relating to all the topics covered in class. No penalty for wrong answers or not given. The exam could include the identification of microscopic anatomy images.
The questions will be prepared in order to verify the anatomical knowledge acquired by the student from a systematic and topographical point of view. Some questions may include also images.
A minimum score of 18 out of 30 will be required to pass the exam. The maximum grade, equal to 30 cum laude, is obtained by those who, answering the questions correctly, will reach 95% of the maximum score; the minimum grade, equal to 18, is obtained by those who, answering the questions correctly, will reach 55% of the maximum score. The questions may have the same weight or a different weight based on the complexity of the question and on the particular knowledge that is verified. Reference texts
- Text (1 choice):
Barbatelli G. et al., Anatomia Umana Fondamenti con istituzioni di Istologia, Edi-Ermes.
Fitzgerald. Neuroanatomia con riferimenti funzionali e clinici, Editore: Edra.
W.J. Hendelman, Testo-atlante di Neuroanatomia funzionale con considerazioni cliniche, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.
Atlas (1 choice):
Dongmei Cui, Atlante di Istologia, con correlazioni funzionali e cliniche, Piccin Ed.
Ross M. et al., Atlante di Istologia e Anatomia Microscopica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.
