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BMS 575 -- Human Dissection

Course Description: Regional approach to human gross anatomy through laboratory dissection of human cadaver.

Course Objectives: Students will be able to identify the common structures of bones, muscles, arteries, veins, nerves, regional triangles, joints, and viscera within the four regions (lower limb, back/thorax/abdomen, head and neck, upper limb).

Prerequisites: BMS 310

Format: 4 credits - 9 hours of laboratory per week

Semesters Offered: Fall

Coordinator: M. Frasier (Course Coordinator), S. Druecker (Laboratory Coordinator)

Text:

Required: Grant's Dissector, 13th ed., Sauerland

Suggested: Visible Human Dissector (CD - student version or DVD - Pro version), Virtual Edge, Frasier and Giddings

Suggested Atlases:

Anatomy, A Regional Atlas of the Human Body, Clemente
Color Atlas of Anatomy, Rohen and Yokochi
Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, Anderson
Atlas of Human Anatomy, Netter

Course Outline:

  Weeks 1-3: Lower Limb
  Weeks 4-7: Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvis
  Weeks 8-11: Head and Neck
  Weeks 12-15: Upper Limb

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