NEUROANATOMY

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (6 years) in MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2018/2019
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2018/2019
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Credits: 
3
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
36
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (30 hours), Exercise (6 hours)
Requirements: 

Knowledge from courses in Histology, Biology and Genetics, Physics, Chemistry

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Knowing the structural organization of the human body, with its main anatomical-clinical applications and the mechanisms by which such an organization is carried out

General Organization of the Nervous System.
The spinal cord; white matter and gray substance. Ascending and descending routes. The brainstem. Nuclei of encephalic nerves III-XII, own nuclei, lattice formation.
The cerebellum. Functional subdivisions. The cerebellar bark.
The dibrainphale: hypothalamus, thalamus, epithet.
The telencephal. General structure and lobe division. Base cores and inner capsule.
The telencephalic cortex; Brodmann''s cortical areas; sensitive routes and driveways. The pathways of olfactory and taste sensitivity.
The meninges, the liquor and the ventricles.
Willis'' polygon and brain circulation.
Organs of sense: the ear and the vestibular apparatus. Acoustic pathways, vestibular circuits. The eye and the optical pathways.
The nerve. Ganglia: definition, types
The cranial nerves: definition, constitution, seat, course, branching

Cattaneo-Pensa-Favaro, Trattato di Anatomia umana I-II. Utet
Anastasi et al, Anatomia umana I -II –III. Edi Ermes
Moore, Dalley, Anatomia umana. Ed. Ambrosiana
Tazzi-Montagnani, Trattato di Anatomia umana I-II. Idelson-Gnocchi
Esposito et al, Anatomia umana I-II-III. Piccin
Cattaneo, Compendio di anatomia umana. Monduzzi
Williams P.L., Anatomia del Gray ed IV italiana. Zanichelli

Gaudio, Il sistema nervoso centrale. Piccin
Barr’s di Kiernan, Anatomia del sistema nervoso umano. EdiSES
Waxman, Neuroanatomia clinica. Piccin
FitzGerald, Gruener, Mtui, Neuroanatomia. Elsevier
Cattaneo, Anatomia del sistema nervoso. Monduzzi

Putz, Pabst, Sobotta, Atlante di Anatomia umana I e II. Utet
Netter*, Atlante di anatomia umana. Masson
*Cocco, Manzoli, Guida alla lettura dell’atlante di anatomia umana. Masson
Prometheus, Testo atlante di anatomia umana, 2 voll, EdiSes.
Autori vari, Appunti di anatomia microscopica (CD). Cortina

Per ripassare:
Khale-Leonard-Platzer, Anatomia umana atlante tascabile 3 volumi. ed Ambrosiana

ALTRI in casa o in biblioteca:
Testut-Jacob, Anatomia topografica III volumi. Utet
Testut- Latarjet, Anatomia sistematica VI volumi. Utet
Chiarugi-Bucciante, Anatomia umana VI volumi. Piccin

Professors

DELL'ORBO CARLO

Parent course