Medical & Dental Courses

The Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy carries out much of the teaching of first- and second- year medical students, and first- year dental students, in the School of Medicine. Each of our courses is directed by an experienced senior faculty member, with the participation of two to three other faculty in lectures, laboratories and discussion. Graduate students act as teaching assistants for laboratory sessions in Human Gross Anatomy, Histology, and Medical Neuroanatomy.

Dental students are admitted through the Regional Dental Education Program.

Courses offered

Name & Description Number Director
Human Gross Anatomy

Required course for medical students. Includes lectures, weekly dissection hours, demonstrations and clinical correlations.

ANAT 6010 Dr. David Morton
Medical Histology

Required course for medical students. Four lecture hours, four laboratory hours weekly. Detailed microanatomy of tissues and organs.

ANAT 6030 Dr. Rick Ash
Medical Embryology

Required course for medical students. Lecture format.

ANAT 6060 Dr. Maureen Condic
Medical Neuroanatomy

Required course for medical students. Gross and microscopic study of the central nervous system. Lectures, laboratory and discussion sessions.

ANAT 6050 Dr. Richard Dorsky
Survey of Neuroanatomy

Lecture format. Required course for dental students.

ANAT 6000  
Oral Histology

Microscopic and developmental anatomy of normal cells, tissues and organs of the oral cavity, with stress on the teeth and related tissues.

ANAT 6070 Dr. R. O. Woodward
Prosection

Preparations of special dissections for demonstrations in gross anatomy.

ANAT 6910 Dr. David Morton
Advanced Human Gross Anatomy ANAT 7050 Dr. David Morton
Structure of Hard Tissues

An advanced course of all aspects of normal hard tissue structure. Topics covered include histology, ultrastructure, mineralogy, biochemistry, radiobiology and solid state physics of the organic and mineral components. Emphasis will be on enamel and bone, but other hard tissues as well as some pathological conditions will be covered. Dosimetry and dating techniques will be presented as special topics. Term paper required.

ANAT XXXX Dr. Kanner