76032 - Human Anatomy

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Podiatry (cod. 8479)

Learning outcomes

The successful student will be able to:

  • Describe the roles of the organ systems and the relationship between structure and function of cells, tissues and organs.
  • Communicate in an informed way about aspects of anatomy with colleagues.

Course contents

The Skeletal System:

  • Bones, The Axial Skeleton and skull, The Appendicular Skeleton
  • Joints
  • Muscles

The Nervous System:

  • Nervous Tissue
  • The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves
  • The Brain and Cranial Nerves
  • The Autonomic Nervous System

The Cardiovascular System:

  • The Heart
  • Blood Vessels 

The Lymphatic System

The Respiratory System

The Digestive System

Readings/Bibliography

Martini, Timmons, Tallitsch "Anatomia Umana- VI edizione"

Assessment methods

The final verification consists of an oral exam in which the student must demonstrate acquired knowledge of systematic and topographical anatomy of the various organs

Office hours

See the website of Giulia Ramazzotti