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General Catalog Fall 2008
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6000  Survey of Neuroanatomy (2)
   Lecture format. Required course for dental students.

6010  Gross Anatomy (9)
   Anatomy of the thorax, abdomen, pelvis, lower limbs, upper limbs, head, and neck. Includes lectures, dissection, and clinical correlations.

6030  Histology (5)
   Detailed microanatomy of cells, tissues, and organs. Lectures emphasize structure/function relationships. Laboratory sessions center on using the compound light microscope to identify normal tissues. Computerized instruction supports both aspects of the course.

6050  Neuroanatomy (3)
   Gross and microscopic study of the central nervous system.

6060  Embryology (2)
   Origin and development of the fertilized egg, development of early tissues and organs, and transformation of the embryo into a fetus. Includes clinical correlations.

6070  Oral Histology (3)
   Microscopic and developmental anatomy of normal cells, tissues and organs of the oral cavity, with stress on the teeth and related tissues.

6910  Prosection (2) Prerequisite: ANAT 6010.
   Preparations of special dissections for demonstrations in gross anatomy.

6920  Graduate Instruction (1 to 20)
   Graduate instructions in various aspects of anatomy.

6921  Special Dissections in Gross Anatomy (2 to 8) Prerequisite: ANAT 6010
   This elective is designed for fourth year medical students who want to perform cadaver dissection to renew their knowledge of human gross anatomy. A region or organ system for dissection will be selected, with input from the course director, based on the student's interest. In the past student enrollees have determined that they will specialize in surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, or ear, nose and throat. Cost to the student is based on the region to be dissected. The fee is transferred to the Body Donor Program to help defray the cost of preparing the cadaver for dissection.

6970  Thesis Research: Master's (3 to 12)

6980  Faculty Consultation (2)

7040  Developmental Anatomy (4)

7050  Advanced Human Gross Anatomy (5) Prerequisite: ANAT 6010.

7690  Scientific Lecturing and Writing (3)
   To provide guidelines for writing clear scientific papers and delivering good lectures. Lectures, discussion, homework assignments and submission of a new original scientific paper in an area chosen by each student.

7700  Scientific Lecturing (1)
   This course is also designed as a group practice in the art of lecturing. Participants are taught principles of evaluation of scientific lectures, which they will use in preparing and delivering lectures. Emphasis is placed on participant presentation to the class.

7710  Neuroanatomy (3) Cross listed as NEUSC 6060.
   Anatomy of the human nervous system.

7720  Seminar (1)
   Current problems in neurobiology and anatomy.

7730  Neurogenetics (2)

7740  Journal Club (1)

7750  Developmental Neurobiology (3) Cross listed as NEUSC 7750.
   Cellular and molecular biology of nervous system development.

7770  Applied Biology: Using Science to Improve Quality-of-Life (1)
   Survey of new approaches to disease diagnosis and therapy including genomics, proteomics, functional genomics and structure-based drug design. The intent is to integrate technical issues with biological ones.

7790  Special Techniques in Microscopy (1) Cross listed as NEUSC 7790.
   Laboratory and lecture course of basic and advanced microscopic techniques. Phase contrast, fluorescence, polarization microscopy, photo and cinemicrography, transmission, scanning electron microscopy, and confocal user scanning microscopy.

7900  Special Topics (3)
   Discussion/lectures on various neurobiological/neuroscience topics

7970  Thesis Research: Ph.D. (1 to 12)

7980  Faculty Consultation (2)

7990  Continuing Registration: Ph.D. (0)


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