Assigned cadaver rotations enhance learning and collaboration in 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...

Peer-Assisted Learning in a Gross Anatomy Dissection Course

Peer-assisted learning encourages students to participate more actively in the dissection process and promotes thoughtful dissection. We implemented peer-assisted dissection in 2012 and compared its effects on students' self-assessments of learning and their academic achievement with those of faculty-led dissection. All subjects performed dissections after a lecture about upper-limb gross anato...

To what extent is cadaver dissection necessary to learn medical gross anatomy? A debate forum.

In this Olympic year of 2004 in Athens, Greece, which is considered the birthplace of modern Olympics, controversy was inescapable. Whether it was the points awarded by the judges for gymnastics, Paula Radcliffe dropping out of the women’s marathon, or drug-testing scandals, controversy swirled. So, too, we find there is controversy within the arena of anatomical education for medical students....

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...

Review of Gross Anatomy