HUMAN ANATOMY - VA

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Nursing
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2021/2022
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2021/2022
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
3
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
45
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (45 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Osteology: Morphology, macroscopic architecture, classification of bones.
Skull; axil skeleton; upper and lower extremities (mentions).
Arthrology: Classification of joints, articular mechanics. Skull, trunk and extremities joints.
Myology: Muscles of head and neck (mentions); trunk; abdomen; pelvis; extremities (mentions).

Splancnology
Cardiovascular system
Lymphatic system
Respiratory system
Digestive apparatus
Urinary system
Male and female reproductive system (mentions)
Endocrine system

General organization of nervous system
Central Nervous System: Spinal chord: white and grey matter; ascending and descending tracts. Encephalic trunk: encephalic nerves (III-XII) nuclei, reticular formation. Cerebellum: functional subdivisions. Cortex. Diencephalum: talamus, hypotalamus, epytalamus. Telencephalus: structure and lobular subdivision. Basal ganglia and internal capsule. Cortical areas of Broadman, motor and sensibility ways. Olphactory and gustative ways (mentions) Meninx, liquor and ventricular system. Willis circle and cerebral circulation. Ear and vestibular apparatus; acoustic ways and vestibular circuits (mentions). Eye and optical ways (mentions).
Peripheral nervous system:
Ganglia: definition and types. Cranial nerves: definition, organization, origin, course and ramifications. Spinal nerves: origin, course, ramifications, plexuses. Autonomic nervous system

See principal Course pages.

Lectures. Practical lessons with anatomical models. The slides of the lessons are uploaded to University e-learning space to support the students

Office hours should be planed. Mail to pieroantonio.zecca@uninsubria.it