Ateneo - UPO

The morphological and functional analysis of several parts constituting the central and peripheral nervous system in the human

BOOKS
• Anatomia umana di V. Esposito et al., voll. I, II e III, Piccin editore
• Trattato di Anatomia Umana di G. Anastasi et al., voll. I, II e III, Edi-Ermes editore

ATLAS BOOKS
• Prometheus” testo atlante di Anatomia: Anatomia Generale e Apparato Locomotore, di A.a. vari, EdiSes editore
• Atlante di Anatomia Umana, Sobotta, in varie edizioni (es. quella a cura di Putz R., Pabst R., ), UTET editore).
• Neuroanatomia nel contesto clinico. D.E.Haines; edi.ermes

NEUROANATOMY
• Sistema Nervoso Centrale - E. Gaudio; ed. Piccin.
• Sistema Nervoso Periferico & organi di senso - R. De Caro; ed. Piccin

The teaching course wants to offer to students a wide and complete knowledge of the nervous system, which is essential in the management of clinical-diagnostic evidences, following the different disease affecting the nervous system.

Students must to have the knowledge provided by Anatomy I- teaching course, such as the basilar knowledge provided by biology and histology teaching.

Teaching delivered as oral presentation, with Power Point projections auxilium, and discussion in the classroom. On-line lessons will be performed, to detail some topics
The power point projections will be made available to students on the relative DIR pages

Interim test and classroom discussion will be performed.

The exam provides a written test that will be submitted to the students to evaluate the acquisition of knowledge in the various subjects of the course.
The exam aims to verify the student's ability to focus on the topics developed by the course
The written exam consists of 30 multi-choice questions -5 options, of which only one exact-
Students will have 1 min for resolve each single quiz
The questions will highlight topics such as:
3 questions: spinal cord (morphology, functional areas and nerve pathways)
5 questions: Functional areas of the Encephalon (Brainstem, Cerebellum, Midbrain, Diencephalon)
5 questions: Brain Nuclei (Topography and Function)
3 questions: nerve funicular pathways (regional topography and function)
3 questions: cortical areas (topography, nomenclature and functions)
3 questions: Deep nuclei of the telencephalon (topography and function)
2 questions: Peripheral nerve (topography and function)
3 questions: Encephalic nerve (topography and function)
1 questions: Sympathetic system (anatomical architecture and function)
2 questions: Eye and Ear

Oral examination part will be performed by 3/4 questions on arguments of the course lessons; the vote shall participate to define the final vote of the HUMAN ANATOMY teaching course.

The Central Nervous System: general overview.
The Spinal Cord: Organization of the gray matter: laminae, nuclei, functional areas. Spinal reflexes. Organization of the white matter: the nerve funicular pathways of motricity and sensibility.
Anatomy and function of areas and nuclei of the different parts of the brain: Bulb, Pons, Midbrain, Cerebellum, Diencephalon, Telencephalon. Functional interconnection pathways of the nuclei.
The nerve pathways of the special senses.
Neurosecretion: anatomy and function of Epiphysis and Pituitary gland
The limbic system and the emotional centers of the instinct.
The cortical areas: topography and function.
The cranial and spinal meninges: anatomy and function. The cerebral ventricles and cerebrospinal fluid.
Anatomy and function of the central nervous system vascularization.
The Peripheral Nervous System: general anatomy, nerves and ganglia.
The spinal nerves: anatomy of plexus, anatomical details of somatic nerves pathways.
The autonomic nervous system: the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system: anatomical details and function.
The enteric nervous system.
Cranial nerves: anatomy and function, pathway details.

It is expected that the student will acquire the detailed knowledge of topography, macro morphology and microarchitecture and function of the various organs of human anatomy. It is also expected that the student will acquire the ability to correlate the different reciprocal morpho-functional relationships of the organs in their normal function and pathology