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NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINE ANATOMY

CODE 80240
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 6 cfu during the 2nd year of 8745 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA(LM-41) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR BIO/16
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 1° Semester
    PREREQUISITES
    Prerequisites
    You can take the exam for this unit if you passed the following exam(s):
    • MEDICINE AND SURGERY 8745 (coorte 2021/2022)
    • HUMAN ANATOMY 58033
    Prerequisites (for future units)
    This unit is a prerequisite for:
    • MEDICINE AND SURGERY 8745 (coorte 2021/2022)
    • HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 2 61193
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    The "Nervous System and Endocrine Anatomy" course (code 80240) represents the third part of the Human Anatomy teaching. Topics covered include the Nervous System (SN), both central and peripheral, and the Endocrine System.

    Given the distribution of the SN and Endocrine System throughout the body, the teaching coverage is systematic in nature. In addition, being the last teaching of Human Anatomy and often dealing with the multifunctional regulation of organs, it represents for the student a moment of synthesis of the knowledge acquired in the previous lessons of Human Anatomy.

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The educational objectives of the course "Anatomy of the Nervous and Endocrine Systems" are intended to provide students with the acquisition of the knowledge necessary to understand the morphofunctional organization of the Nervous and Endocrine Systems, the acquisition of knowledge of the basic mechanisms that allow the Nervous and Endocrine Systems to perform their functions within the human body; the understanding of the basic mechanisms through which the Nervous System performs the reception, integration and processing of the diverse signals. This anatomical knowledge is at the basis of the understanding of the different clinical pictures resulting from damages of the Nervous and Endocrine Systems. The understanding and knowledge of the topics covered in class should allow the student to further investigate specific topics in complete autonomy.

    TEACHING METHODS

    The teaching activity is organised in lectures. During these lectures all the issues the student has to know for the final exam will be explained and discussed with the help of visual aids.

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    NEUROANATOMY.

    Introduction to the Nervous System (NS).

    Embryologic development of NS.

    Meninges, ventricular system and barriers of the NS.

    Spinal cord. The spinal nerves. 

    Brain stem and cranial nerves from III to XII.

    Cerebellum.

    Diencephalon.

    Cerebral hemispheres.

    The limbic system

    The afferent compartment. Classification of receptors. Definition of receptor field. Receptors and pathways of general somatic sensitivity. Taste receptors and gustatory pathway. Olfactory receptors and olfactory pathway. The eye and optical pathways. The ear and acoustic pathways.

    The efferent compartment. The motor unit. Spinal reflexes. The pyramidal and extrapyramidal systems. The basal ganglia. The circuitry involving the cerebellum. The visceral nervous system.

     

    ENDOCRINE SYSTEM.

    Structure, morphology and microscopic organisation of pineal gland, hypophysis, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenal gland, islets of Langerhans, endocrine function of the kidney and feto-placental unit.

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    ERMANNO CICCONE (President)

    FABIO GIUSEPPE GHIOTTO (President)

    SILVIA BRUNO

    LESSONS

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    Oral exam

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    During the exam, the knowledge and understanding of the structures of the human nervous and endocrine systems and how they work together, as well as the communication skills used by the student, will be assessed.