- Docente: Alessandra Ruggeri
- Credits: 2
- SSD: BIO/16
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Speech and Language Therapy (cod. 9080)
Learning outcomes
Identify the anatomical structures and topographical aspects of head and neck region.
Course contents
The Skeletal System: Skull
The Muscular System
Readings/Bibliography
Martini, Timmons, Tallitsch "Anatomia Umana- VI edizione"
Teaching methods
The Skeletal System:
- The skull: bones of the cranium and bones of the face
- Tempora, Zygomatic and Spheno-maxillary fossa
- Joints: Temporal Mandibular Articulation
- Muscles: Masticatory, Face and Neck muscles
- Tongue
- Farynx
- Larynx
- Fasciae of neck
Salivary Glands:
- Sublingual and submaxillary and Parotid glands
- Minor buccal Glands
The Blood -Vascular and Lymphatic System of head and neck
The Nervous System:
- The Brain and Cranial Nerves
- The Autonomic Nervous System
Dental system:
- Oral cavity: walls and its contents.
- Dental gums and periodontium
- Theeth
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
Teaching tools
Human bones and plastic models.
Office hours
See the website of Alessandra Ruggeri