Download Anatomy 2 Lab Planning

Anatomy 2 Lab Planning
NOTE:
The following represent schedule suggestions, as each lab teacher should have the freedom to
practice his/her own teaching style. The recommended testing method during labs is the practical
one, since theoretical (written) testing will take place during lectures (see “Lecture schedule”).
WEEK 1
Skull study
1. Bone demonstration – occipital frontal, parietal, ethmoid, sphenoid.
2. Demonstration of the bones: temporal, palatine, zygomatic, hyiod. Mandible and maxilla.
Calvaria. Temporal fossa. The skull base.
WEEK 2
1. The facial skeleton. The orbit. The nasal cavities. The infra-temporal and pterygopalatine fossae.
2. Skull Test
WEEK 3
Head and neck study
1. The topographic regions of the head and neck (exploration, limits). The superficial cervical
fascia. Platysma muscle. The superficial vessels and nerves. The deep cervical fascia. The
sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle. Ansa cervicalis. The infrahyoid muscles.
2. The internal carotid artery, the internal jugular vein and the vagus nerve. External carotid artery.
The thyroid and parathyroid glands.
WEEK 4
1. The suprahyoidian region. The submental gland. The supraclavicular region. The superficial
cervical plexus. The scalene muscles. The subclavian vessels. Cervical symphathetic.
2. The muscles of facial expression. The masseter muscle. The facial vessels and nerves. The
inferior facial region. The superior facial region. The temporal fossa.
WEEK 5
1. The parotid gland. The facial nerve. Atlantooccipital separation. Prevertebral muscles. The
exopharynx. The mandibulo-vertebro-pharyngeal space. Stylian diaphragm. The prestylian space.
2. The mandibular nerve. The maxillary artery. The endopharynx. The structure of the pharynx.
WEEK 6
1. The oral vestibule. The walls of the oral cavity (lateral, superior, anterior). The gingivae and the
teeth.
2. The soft palate. The pharyngeal vestibule. The palatine tonsils. Inferior alveolar artery, vein and
nerve. The tongue and the glossopharyngeal nerve. The larynx. The muscles of the larynx. The
endolarynx. The joints and the elastic elements of the larynx.
WEEK 7
1. The external nose. The nasal fossae. The paranasal sinuses. The maxillary nerve. The
temporo-mandibular joint.
2. Head and neck test (skull and hyoid included)
WEEK 8
Dissection of the abdomen
1. Opening of the abdominal cavity. The abdominal organs “in situ”. Topography of the peritoneal
cavity. The omental bursa. Vessels and nerves of the liver. The liver “in situ”.
2. Extraction of the liver, external aspect and relationships. The biliary ducts. Celiac trunk.
Jejunum and ileum. The mesentery. Superior mesenteric vessels.
WEEK 9
1. Cecum and vermiform appendix. The colon and its peritoneum. Inferior mesenteric vessels.
2. Stomach and spleen. Duodenum and pancreas. Portal vein and accessory portal veins.
WEEK 10
1. The kidney “in situ”. The renal and genital vessels. The abdominal urether. The celiac plexus.
Extraction of the kidneys. External aspect and relations of the kidneys. Suprarenal glands.
2. Lymphatics of the abdomen. The cisterna chili. The quadratus lumborum muscle. The iliopsoas
muscle. The lumbar sympathetic. The lumbar plexus (location and relations only). The inferior
cava vein. Porto-cave and cavo-cave anastomoses. The descending abdominal aorta.
WEEK 11
1. Abdomen Test
2. Female pelvis. Pelvic peritoneum. Urinary bladder and rectum “in situ”. The uterus
(peritoneum, external aspect of the uterus, relationships). Uterine tube and ovary “in situ”. The
broad ligaments. The pelvic urether. Blood supply of the uterus and ovary. Extraction of the
internal genital organs.
WEEK 12
Dissection of the pelvis
1. Male pelvis. The pelvic urether. The pelvisubperitoneal space in male. The deferent duct.
Seminal vesicles. Prostate. Iliac vessels.
2. The pelvisubperitoneal space in both sexes. The pelvisubperitoneal space in female
WEEK 13
The perineum and the external genital organs
1. Dissection of the posterior perineum in male and female. Scrotum, testis, epididymis, and
spermatic cord. The study of the penis. Dissection of the penis. Male anterior perineum. Urogenital
diaphragm. Ischiorectal fossa – anterior extension.
2. Pudendum or vulva. Dissection of the anterior perineum in female. Topographic study of the
perineum.
WEEK 14
1. Pelvis and perineum test.
2. General review.