KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF MEDICINE

DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY

 

 

أخي الطالب في السنة الثالثة طب بشري

أهلا و سهلا بك في قسم التشريح

YOUR STUDY GUIDE

1427/1428H

2006/2007G

 

 

INTRODUCTION

Dear students, welcome to the third year medicine. As you know the study of our Medical school includes three stages:

Stage I:     Preparatory stage (First Year).

Stage II:    Academic (basic medical sciences) stage (Second and Third Years).

Stage III:  Clinical stage (Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Years).

Congratulation, you passed stage I and the first year of stage II. But what about the second year of stage II? Stage II includes the basic medical sciences. The aim of this stage is to lay down a solid foundation for the subsequent full-time clinical study in stage III of the MBBS program. This foundation will include knowledge, skills and attitudes, particularly attitudes toward the learning process. The curriculum philosophy in stage II is enforcing the development of a mixture of teaching approaches including “student-directed learning”. By the end of stage II, you should be ready to be much more involved in the control of the learning process.

Courses of Stage II:

·      During the Third Year: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Parasitology and Pathology.

Department of Anatomy have the honor to introduce this study guide to you hoping that it may be helpful in making you oriented with the aim, objectives, contents of our courses, and through it, you find the answers of the frequently asked questions.

 

With my best wishes

 

Dr. Abdulmonem Al-Hayani

Head of Anatomy Department

 

A. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY GUIDE

The purpose of this study guide is to give both students and Faculty a clear description of the courses, their contents and the sequence of their implementation; it also mentions the level of achievement students are expected to attain. Evaluation methods and grading levels are also described.

Mixing of male and female students is not allowed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the result is that the two groups are taught separately by male and female faculty members respectively. The course guide seemingly has a useful place under this situation; it is hoped that it shall help in keeping balance and equilibrium in Teaching/Learning attainments in the heterogeneous groups.

Course objectives for different areas of Gross Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Histology and Embryology are given in different sections, the course contents both regarding lectures, practicals and dissection sessions are presented in a sequence in which these are implemented.

Tutorial sessions are designed to provide opportunity to the student to actively participate in the teaching/learning activities.

B. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND ORGANIZATION

The courses offered to 3rd year students of Anatomy relate to the study of Gross Anatomy of Head and Neck, Embryology of the area, Histology of Internal Ear, Eye Ball, Cerebral and Cerebellar cortices and Neuroanatomy.

The aim is that the students acquire relevant information of direct clinical bearing without unnecessary details of pure academic importance. Further, it is desired to foster habits and attitudes of independent learning among the students, hoping that they develop the ability to keep themselves abreast with latest development in the fields of their interest during the subsequent years of professional practice.

The third year course is divided into three major modules:

1-   Head and Neck,

2-   Embryology, related to the region, and Histology of Internal Ear, Eye ball Cerebral and Cerebellar cortices.

3-   Neuroanatomy.

 

C. MAJOR COURSE OBJECTIVES

On completion of the courses of study in Anatomy and related disciplines, the students shall be able to:

(1) Comprehend the anatomical terms and use them correctly. Develop a positive approach to the subject.

(2) Understand important single muscles, their origin, insertions, nerve supply, relations and the actions. Describe groups of muscles, their group actions, nerve supply and effects of nerve injury.

(3) Recognize anatomical structures correctly and comprehend the topographic anatomy of the head neck region by actual dissection, prosection or by museum study.

(4) Apply the knowledge and skill in solving clinical problems, and interpret anatomical relationships to common clinical conditions.

(5) Comprehend radiographs of head and neck.

(6) Comprehend C.T. scan and cross sections of head and neck.

(7) Understand the histological structure of eye ball, with particular emphasis on retina and describe membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.

(8) Understand the development of face, tongue, eye, ear and other derivatives of pharyngeal arches, pouches and clefts and the congenital abnormalities relating to them.

(9) Understand development of eye and ear.

(10) Identify major external features and internal structure of brain and spinal cord along with its afferent and efferent connections and correlate these to the cerebellar functions in health and disease.

(11) Acquire sufficient basic concepts to be able to pursue, post-graduate studies and continuing medical education and develop habits of self-learning.

D. INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS

Major part of learning in Gross Anatomy and Neuroanatomy takes place during dissection sessions; lectures simply reinforce practicals, emphasizing applied and clinical aspect of the subject.

Histology lectures shall describe the structures of the Eye Ball, Internal Ear, Cerebral and Cerebellar Cortices and correlate these structures to their functions.

The developmental anatomy is taught in lectures aided by models and specimens.

Tutorial sessions encourage the students to actively participate in the teaching/learning activities.

DETAILED COURSE OBJECTIVES:

I. HEAD AND NECK:

On completion of the study of the region of Head and Neck the students will be able to:

(1) Describe the mandible and different normae of the articulated skull. Name and identify individual bones of the Skull and give post-natal growth changes of the skeleton of the head and face. Identify the foramina of the skull and the structures passing through them.

(2) Identify and describe cervical vertebrae, skeletal elements of larynx and the joints of the region i.e. Temporo-mandibular, intervertebral, cranio-vertebral, cricothyroid and crico-arytenoid joints.

(3) Identify important muscles of the region i.e. muscles of Facial expression, Mastication, Prevertebral, Infra and Suprahyoid, Suboccipital, Tongue, Palate, Pharynx, Larynx, Middle ear, Eye and the Muscles of the floor of the mouth, Sternocleidomastoid, Trapezius, Levator scapulae, and describe their origins, insertions, nerve supply, actions and their important relations.

(4) Identify and describe important arteries of the region, their branches and distribution i.e. subclavian, common internal and extera1 carotid arteries.

(5) Identify subclavian, internal, external, and anterior Jugular veins and give their course, relationship and tributaries and give their clinical importance.

(6) Identify and describe cranial venous sinuses, and give their clinical significance.

(7) Locate, identify and enlist the regional lymph nodes and describe the scheme of lymphatic drainage of the region.

(8) Understand and describe the course, and distribution of the cervical spinal and, the cranial nerves. Comprehend formation of Cervical and Brachial plexuses, describe the branches and their distribution.

(9) Identify sympathetic trunk and describe the pattern of sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation of the region, including the four parasympathetic ganglia, their root, branches and distribution.

(10) Identify and describe the boundaries, contents and subdivisions of the anterior and posterior triangles of the neck.

(11) Understand and describe the superficial and deep fasciae of the region and relate different fascial planes to their clinical importance.

(12) Identify and describe the viscera of the region i.e. salivary, thyroid and parathyroid glands. Identify larynx, pharynx, trachea and esophagus, and describe their anatomy correctly.

(13) Understand and describe the anatomy of the scalp, orbital and cranial cavities including meninges with highlights on important clinical aspects.

(14) Identify the anatomical features of the oral cavity, tongue, cheek, lips, gums and teeth and describe these in details with particular emphasis on their clinical applications.

(15) Understand and describe the anatomy of the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, eye and ear along with their clinical aspects.

(16) Correlate the anatomical information to their clinical application.

(17) Interpret the normal radiographic appearance of the region.

(18) Interpret the normal appearance of the CT scan of the region.

II. NEUROANATOMY

On completion of the course, the student shall be able to:

(1) Describe the histological structure of cerebral cortex and cerebellum and relate it to their functions.

(2) Describe the meninges covering the brain and spinal cord and understand their clinical importance.

(3) Understand the sites of production, circulation and absorption of C.S.F. and comprehend clinical conditions arising from blockage of its absorption or circulation.

(4) Describe superficial attachment and the nuclei of origin or termination of the cranial nerves; understand the arrangement of the nuclei into functional columns.

(5) Identify the external features and internal structure of spinal cord, medulla oblongata, pons and mid-brain.

(6) Identify major external features of cerebellum and understand its internal structure along with its afferent and efferent connections and correlate these to the cerebellar functions in health and disease.

(7) Identify major external features of the cerebral hemisphere, locate its areas of known functions and understand the effect of lesions of these areas.

(8) Describe the internal structure of cerebral hemisphere, including diencephalon, basal nuclei; understand their important connections and correlate these to their known functions.

(9) Trace the major motor and sensory pathways in the central nervous system, their connections for operating reflexes and the effects of their lesions.

(10) Describe the components of limbic system, understand their important connections and functions.

(11) Understand the ventricular system of the brain.

(12) Describe circulus arteriosus and the arteries taking part in its formation along with their branches and their functional importance.

(13) Understand blood supply and venous drainage of the brain and spinal cord.

(14) Describe major components of the autonomic nervous system, their distribution and understand their functions.

 

جدول رقم (1): أجمالي ساعات مواد التشريح المختلفة

 

 

جدول رقم (2): قائمة بالكتب المقررة من قسم التشريح

 

 

جدول رقم (3): توزيع درجات مواد التشريح

 

 

جدول رقم (4): توزيع تفصيلي لتوزيع درجات مواد التشريح المختلفة

 

 

جدول رقم (5): جدول يوضح عدد و زمن الأسئلة النظرية لامتحانات نصف العام و نهاية العام في مواد التشريح المختلفة

 

 

 

جدول رقم (6): مواعيد امتحانات التقييم المستمر (Continuous assessment)

 

 

 

SAQs : Short Answer Questions.

MCQs : Multiple Choice Questions.

OSPE : Objective Structured Practical Examination.

 

 

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