A Point of Gross Anatomy

Integrating ultrasound technology into teaching gross anatomy: point of order!

U ltrasound (USS) or ultrasonic imaging is now a mature technology having a well-established place in clinical practice and accounting for about one in four of all imaging procedures worldwide (1). More recently, USS has become the latest noninvasive method of morphological study to aid or supplement the teaching of gross human anatomy in some medical school curricula (2 6). Indeed, an expandin...

Gross Anatomy of a Skull

The head consists of the skull, face, scalp, teeth, brain, cranial nerves, meninges, special sense organs, and other structures such as blood vessels, lymphatics, and fat. It is also the site where food is ingested and air is inspired and expired (Fig. 101; Fig. 102). Diseases of important structures in the head form the bases of many medical, dental, and surgical specialties dentistry, maxillo...

Review of Gross Anatomy

of Anatomy ( Gross Anatomy and Neuroanatomy )

Our department’s research activities have focused on neuroanatomy and gross anatomy. In neuroanatomical research, the development and organization of neuronal networks are investigated to elucidate brain function and diseases by means of immunocytochemistry, electron microscopy, in-situ hybridization histochemistry, singlecell tracer injection, and patch-clamp electrophysiology. Our primary int...

Gross anatomy of the heart in Ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Today, with emphasis on the mechanical heart and heart transplantation from one human to another andone species to another, a knowledge of the anatomy of the bird’s heart could contribute to theseaccomplishments. Eight male adult ostriches were used to study the heart macroscopically. This studyrevealed that the ostrich heart has some different features from the other birds. In the ostrich, fib...