A useful coordination between gross anatomy and human behavior courses

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...

Services of thanksgiving at the end of gross anatomy courses: a unique task for anatomists?

The anatomist plays a critical role in the initiation of a balanced attitude to death and dying in the training of medical students (Druce and Johnson, 1994; Nnodim, 1996; Marks et al., 1997). In the course of medical education, anatomists are the earliest to be confronted with problems such as death anxiety of students (Dickinson et al., 1997). Despite the increased use of electronic media, ca...

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

The Human Knee: Gross, Microscopic, Surgical, and Radiological Anatomy

1Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece 2Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 62110 Serres, Greece 3Department of Anatomy, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany 4Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessalo...