HUMAN ANATOMY

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Dental Hygiene
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2024/2025
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2024/2025
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
2
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
36
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (36 hours)
Requirements: 

None

The examination will begin with a short multiple choice test, whose superation grants access to an oral interview. The interview will deal with no less than four main organs and systems and will evaluate the knowledge, the correlative ability and the expositive ability of the candidate.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Knowledge of the fundamentals principles of the Human Anatomy. Knowledge of the morpho-functional organization of the different systems and organs, with a special focus on the maxillo-facial region and the stomatognatic apparatus.

Body scheme and parts. The anatomical position. reference planes and axis. Nomina anatomica.

Tne bones. Gross anatomy, architecture, taxonomy.
The skull. Neurocranium and splancnocranium.
The trunk. The spine and the thoracic cage.
The skeleton of the upper limb. The skeleton of the lower limb. The junctions: taxonomy and functional aspects. The muscles: general and functional aspects.

The heart: fibrous skeleton, contractile tissue, the specific tissue. Valves and cavities. Arteries, veins and capillaries: significance and implications of collateral circles and anastomoses. The aorta and her branches. The small circle. Venous drainage of the dura mater. The portal circulation.
Lymphatic organs: lymph nodes, the thymus, the spleen, the bone marrow. Lymph nodes of the neck, the thorax, the abdomen, the limbs.
The nasal and paranasal cavities. Larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs.

The mouth and its vestibule. The tongue. The salivary glands. The pharynx, oesophagus, stomach. Small and large intestine:duedenum, jejunum, ileum. The liver and the bile ducts. The pancreas.

The kidney and its parts. The urinary tract. The male and female urethra.

Organization of the central nervous system. The brain, brainstem,dienchephalon, telencephalon, cerebellum. The spinal cord; the nerve roots. White and grey matter and their constitution. Motor and sensitive pathways. The proprioception and the gut sensitivity.

Body scheme and parts. The anatomical position. reference planes and axis. Nomina anatomica.

Tne bones. Gross anatomy, architecture, taxonomy.
The skull. Neurocranium and splancnocranium.
The trunk. The spine and the thoracic cage.
The skeleton of the upper limb. The skeleton of the lower limb. The junctions: taxonomy and functional aspects. The muscles: general and functional aspects.

The heart: fibrous skeleton, contractile tissue, the specific tissue. Valves and cavities. Arteries, veins and capillaries: significance and implications of collateral circles and anastomoses. The aorta and her branches. The small circle. Venous drainage of the dura mater. The portal circulation.
Lymphatic organs: lymph nodes, the thymus, the spleen, the bone marrow. Lymph nodes of the neck, the thorax, the abdomen, the limbs.
The nasal and paranasal cavities. Larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs.

The mouth and its vestibule. The tongue. The salivary glands. The pharynx, oesophagus, stomach. Small and large intestine:duedenum, jejunum, ileum. The liver and the bile ducts. The pancreas.

The kidney and its parts. The urinary tract. The male and female urethra.

Organization of the central nervous system. The brain, brainstem,dienchephalon, telencephalon, cerebellum. The spinal cord; the nerve roots. White and grey matter and their constitution. Motor and sensitive pathways. The proprioception and the gut sensitivity.

Oral lectures with selected media (images and movies, in Italian and English)