AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching of Neuroanatomy  (1 CFU, 10 hours) is held in the first semester of the first year of the course, after completion of the Splancnoanatomy course, and starts approximately in  November.

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching activity will consist of 10 hours of lectures, during which, with the use of visual aids, all the topics that require knowledge at the time of the final examination  will be illustrated and discussed with the students.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

General organization of the nervous system.

Meninges and cavities.

The spinal cord: external and internal configuration. Organization of gray matter and white matter.

Brain stem: external and internal configuration. Main nuclei of the bulb (gracile nucleus, cuneate nucleus, inferior olivar nucleus), of the bridge (nuclei proper to the bridge) and of the midbrain (red nucleus, black substance). The quadrigemine plate. The reticular formation.

Cerebellum organization: external and internal configuration. Cerebellar nuclei and cortex.

Diencephalus: organization of the thalamus, subthalamic, hypothalamus and epithalamus.

Telencephalon: external configuration (lobes, cleavages and gyrus). Structure of the telencephalic cortex. Telencephalic nuclei. Organization of the white substance. Generality on the limbic system. Functional subdivision of the telencephalon (associative, sensitive, effector, language areas). Internal configuration of the telencephalon: white matter, telencephalic nuclei.

Afferent systems. The receptors of external and proprioceptive sensitivity. The pathways of general sensitivity (spino-bulbo-thalamus-cortical pathways, spino-cerebellar pathways, spino-thalamus-cortical pathways). Specific sensitivity pathways: optical pathways (direct, reflex), vestibular pathways, acoustic pathways.

Effector systems. Motor control pathways: pyramidal and non-pyramidal pathways (definition of base nuclei).

Peripheral nervous system: spinal nerves

Posterior and posterior branches of the spinal nerves and organization of the main plexi

Peripheral nervous system:  encephalic nerves and relationship with the nuclei of the brain stem.

Sympathetic nervous system.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

 G.J. Tortora, M.T. Nielsen - Principi di Anatomia Umana – Editrice Ambrosiana

Specifically for the nervous system the following book is recommended:

Vanderah e Gould - NOLTE Anatomia del sistema nervoso centrale - edra

english version: Vanderah e Gould - NOLTE's Human Brain - Elsevier

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The lessons will start in the first semester (apporximately in November) in accordance with the didactic calendar

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

Exam schedule