Daria Anna NURZYNSKA | HUMAN ANATOMY I

cod. 1060100008

HUMAN ANATOMY I

	1060100008
	DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, SURGERY AND DENTISTRY "SALERNITANA MEDICAL SCHOOL"
	EQF7
	MEDICINE AND SURGERY
	2024/2025

PERCORSO SHARED STUDY PATHWAY

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	BIO/16	8	96	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
ANATOMIA UMANA I	12/02/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
ANATOMIA UMANA I	12/02/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
ANATOMIA UMANA I	16/04/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA

	Objectives
	THE HUMAN ANATOMY I COURSE TAKES PLACE IN THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE FIRST YEAR AND COMPRISES 96 HOURS OF BASIC EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES (8 ECTS). THE COURSE AIMS TO FACILITATE THE UNDERSTANDING AND CORRECT USE OF OFFICIAL ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY IN THE DESCRIPTION OF HUMAN BODY AND THE ACQUISITION OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING NORMAL HUMAN ANATOMY, WITH ITS MORPHOFUNCTIONAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND CLINICAL ASPECTS. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL KNOW THE ANATOMY OF HUMAN MOVEMENT AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY AT BOTH MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC LEVELS. ADDITIONALLY, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STRUCTURES RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN MOVEMENT AND BETWEEN ORGANS AND ORGAN SYSTEMS AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY USING STANDARDIZED ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY; RECOGNIZE THE FACTORS AND STRUCTURES RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVEMENTS IN THE SKELETAL, ARTICULAR, AND MUSCULAR SYSTEMS, INDICATING THE STRUCTURES RESPONSIBLE FOR JOINT STABILITY AND TRACING THE PERIPHERAL NERVES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION; DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANS, ANALYZING THEM FROM A FUNCTIONAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE; CORRELATE THE STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANS WITH THEIR FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATIONS AT BOTH MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC LEVELS. AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS AND EVALUATE HOW THESE MAY INFLUENCE THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE HUMAN BODY IN MEDICAL PRACTICE. THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PREDICT THE CONSEQUENCES AND RECOGNIZE THE MAIN SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURES OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND PERIPHERAL NERVES. COMMUNICATION SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ANATOMICAL KNOWLEDGE CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY, USING OFFICIAL ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY, TO BOTH COLLEAGUES, IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CLINICAL CONTEXT, AND PATIENTS. LEARNING SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO CONTINUALLY DEEPEN AND UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE THROUGH INDEPENDENT STUDY, IN ORDER TO ADAPT KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY TO EMERGING CLINICAL CONTEXTS.

THE HUMAN ANATOMY I COURSE TAKES PLACE IN THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE FIRST YEAR AND COMPRISES 96 HOURS OF BASIC EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES (8 ECTS). THE COURSE AIMS TO FACILITATE THE UNDERSTANDING AND CORRECT USE OF OFFICIAL ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY IN THE DESCRIPTION OF HUMAN BODY AND THE ACQUISITION OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING NORMAL HUMAN ANATOMY, WITH ITS MORPHOFUNCTIONAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND CLINICAL ASPECTS.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL KNOW THE ANATOMY OF HUMAN MOVEMENT AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY AT BOTH MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC LEVELS. ADDITIONALLY, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STRUCTURES RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN MOVEMENT AND BETWEEN ORGANS AND ORGAN SYSTEMS AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY USING STANDARDIZED ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY; RECOGNIZE THE FACTORS AND STRUCTURES RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVEMENTS IN THE SKELETAL, ARTICULAR, AND MUSCULAR SYSTEMS, INDICATING THE STRUCTURES RESPONSIBLE FOR JOINT STABILITY AND TRACING THE PERIPHERAL NERVES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION; DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANS, ANALYZING THEM FROM A FUNCTIONAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE; CORRELATE THE STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANS WITH THEIR FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATIONS AT BOTH MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC LEVELS.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS AND EVALUATE HOW THESE MAY INFLUENCE THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE HUMAN BODY IN MEDICAL PRACTICE. THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PREDICT THE CONSEQUENCES AND RECOGNIZE THE MAIN SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURES OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND PERIPHERAL NERVES.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ANATOMICAL KNOWLEDGE CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY, USING OFFICIAL ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY, TO BOTH COLLEAGUES, IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CLINICAL CONTEXT, AND PATIENTS.
LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO CONTINUALLY DEEPEN AND UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE THROUGH INDEPENDENT STUDY, IN ORDER TO ADAPT KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY TO EMERGING CLINICAL CONTEXTS.

	Prerequisites
	STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE PASSED THE APPLIED BIOLOGY EXAM BEFORE TAKING THE ANATOMY I EXAM AND THE EXAM OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY.

	Contents
	FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF HUMAN MOVEMENT (BONES, JOINTS, MUSCLES, SPINAL NERVES), GROSS ANATOMY (SITE, POSITION, SIZE, FORM, SURFACE PROJECTION, RELATIONSHIPS, BLOOD SUPPLY, LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE, INNERVATION AND FUNCTION) AND MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY (ORGAN STRUCTURE AT THE LEVEL OF TISSUES AND CELLS) OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANS OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS: 1.SKELETAL SYSTEM – BONES AND JOINTS OF CRANIUM, VERTEBRAL COLUMN, THORACIC CAGE, UPPER LIMB AND LOWER LIMB 2.MUSCULAR SYSTEM – MUSCLES AND FASCIA OF HEAD, NECK, BACK, THORAX, ABDOMEN, SUPERIOR LIMB AND LOWER LIMB 3.CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM – BLOOD VESSELS, HEART, PULMONARY AND SYSTEMIC ARTERIES AND VEINS 4.LYMPHOID SYSTEM – LYMPHATIC VESSELS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LYMPHOID ORGANS, REGIONAL LYMPH NODES 5.RESPIRATORY SYSTEM – NASAL CAVITY, PHARYNX, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHI, LUNGS, PLEURA

Contents

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF HUMAN MOVEMENT (BONES, JOINTS, MUSCLES, SPINAL NERVES), GROSS ANATOMY (SITE, POSITION, SIZE, FORM, SURFACE PROJECTION, RELATIONSHIPS, BLOOD SUPPLY, LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE, INNERVATION AND FUNCTION) AND MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY (ORGAN STRUCTURE AT THE LEVEL OF TISSUES AND CELLS) OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANS OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS:
1.SKELETAL SYSTEM – BONES AND JOINTS OF CRANIUM, VERTEBRAL COLUMN, THORACIC CAGE, UPPER LIMB AND LOWER LIMB
2.MUSCULAR SYSTEM – MUSCLES AND FASCIA OF HEAD, NECK, BACK, THORAX, ABDOMEN, SUPERIOR LIMB AND LOWER LIMB
3.CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM – BLOOD VESSELS, HEART, PULMONARY AND SYSTEMIC ARTERIES AND VEINS
4.LYMPHOID SYSTEM – LYMPHATIC VESSELS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LYMPHOID ORGANS, REGIONAL LYMPH NODES
5.RESPIRATORY SYSTEM – NASAL CAVITY, PHARYNX, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHI, LUNGS, PLEURA

	Teaching Methods
	THE BASIC EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY (66 HOURS, 8 ECTS) INCLUDES LECTURES AND INTEGRATED TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN LARGE AND SMALL GROUPS, CONDUCTED IN CLASSROOMS OR DIDACTIC LABORATORIES WITH THE AID OF MULTIMEDIA TECHNIQUES (IMAGES, THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTIONS, ANIMATIONS AND VIDEOS, VIRTUAL DISSECTION SOFTWARE) AND ANATOMICAL MODELS. THE LECTURES WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE OF FUNCTIONAL, MACROSCOPIC, AND MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY AND TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES THROUGH DRAWINGS, SIMPLIFIED MODELS, AND CLINICAL IMAGES. DURING SMALL GROUP EXERCISES, STUDENTS WILL HAVE DIRECT INTERACTION WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES: THEY WILL OBSERVE BONES AND JOINTS, INDICATE MUSCLE INSERTIONS USING SKELETAL ANATOMICAL MODELS, AND UTILIZE VIRTUAL CADAVERIC DISSECTION SOFTWARE (ANATOMAGE TABLE). ADDITIONALLY, THE COURSE INCLUDES DISSECTION OF THE ISOLATED HEART. DURING THE INTEGRATED TEACHING ACTIVITIES, CLINICAL CASES AIMED AT ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY APPLIED TO CLINICAL PRACTICE (PROBLEM-BASED ANATOMY) AND FOCUSED ON TOPICS OF HIGH PRACTICAL RELEVANCE WILL BE DISCUSSED. FREQUENT FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS (SELF-ASSESSMENT TESTS) WILL ALLOW MONITORING OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND PREPARATION LEVELS. FURTHERMORE, THE TESTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COLLEGIAL DISCUSSION OF THE RESPONSES AND COMMON ERRORS, IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY ANY LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO OPTIMIZE PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL EXAM.

Teaching Methods

THE BASIC EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY (66 HOURS, 8 ECTS) INCLUDES LECTURES AND INTEGRATED TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN LARGE AND SMALL GROUPS, CONDUCTED IN CLASSROOMS OR DIDACTIC LABORATORIES WITH THE AID OF MULTIMEDIA TECHNIQUES (IMAGES, THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTIONS, ANIMATIONS AND VIDEOS, VIRTUAL DISSECTION SOFTWARE) AND ANATOMICAL MODELS.
THE LECTURES WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE OF FUNCTIONAL, MACROSCOPIC, AND MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY AND TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES THROUGH DRAWINGS, SIMPLIFIED MODELS, AND CLINICAL IMAGES. DURING SMALL GROUP EXERCISES, STUDENTS WILL HAVE DIRECT INTERACTION WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES: THEY WILL OBSERVE BONES AND JOINTS, INDICATE MUSCLE INSERTIONS USING SKELETAL ANATOMICAL MODELS, AND UTILIZE VIRTUAL CADAVERIC DISSECTION SOFTWARE (ANATOMAGE TABLE). ADDITIONALLY, THE COURSE INCLUDES DISSECTION OF THE ISOLATED HEART.
DURING THE INTEGRATED TEACHING ACTIVITIES, CLINICAL CASES AIMED AT ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY APPLIED TO CLINICAL PRACTICE (PROBLEM-BASED ANATOMY) AND FOCUSED ON TOPICS OF HIGH PRACTICAL RELEVANCE WILL BE DISCUSSED. FREQUENT FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS (SELF-ASSESSMENT TESTS) WILL ALLOW MONITORING OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND PREPARATION LEVELS. FURTHERMORE, THE TESTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COLLEGIAL DISCUSSION OF THE RESPONSES AND COMMON ERRORS, IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY ANY LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO OPTIMIZE PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL EXAM.

	Verification of learning
	DURING THE COURSE, THREE INTERIM WRITTEN TESTS WILL BE CONDUCTED, EACH CONSISTING OF 30 MULTIPLE-CHOICE OR SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS. PASSING ANY ONE OF THESE TESTS (WITH A MINIMUM SCORE OF 18/30) ADDS ONE POINT (FOR SCORES BETWEEN 18 AND 23) OR TWO POINTS (FOR SCORES BETWEEN 24 AND 30) TO THE FINAL WRITTEN TEST SCORE (PROVIDED THAT AT LEAST A SCORE OF 18/30 HAS BEEN ACHIEVED). THE FINAL EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL EXAMINATION. THE WRITTEN TEST COMPRISES 30 QUESTIONS, MOSTLY MULTIPLE-CHOICE, AND SOME SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS. CLINICAL VIGNETTES WILL BE INCLUDED AMONG THE QUESTIONS, PRESENTING MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF HUMAN ANATOMY KNOWLEDGE FOR RESOLUTION. THE ORAL EXAM WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS WHO OBTAIN A MINIMUM SCORE OF 18/30 IN THE WRITTEN TEST. DURING THE ORAL EXAM, STUDENTS MUST DEMONSTRATE MASTERY OF OFFICIAL ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO USE IT CORRECTLY TO DESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF BONES, JOINTS, SKELETAL MUSCLES, AND PERIPHERAL NERVES, AS WELL AS THE MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR, LYMPHATIC, AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS. THIS INCLUDES CONSIDERING THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM, WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES (INCLUDING THEIR VARIATIONS) IN RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY THROUGH VIRTUAL DISSECTION ON THE ANATOMAGE TABLE. THE SCORE FOR THE ORAL EXAM IS ALSO EXPRESSED IN THIRTIES AND IS CONSIDERED POSITIVE WHEN IT REACHES OR EXCEEDS 18/30. THE FINAL GRADE FOR THE HUMAN ANATOMY I EXAM IS COMPOSED OF 20% FROM THE WRITTEN TEST SCORE (INCLUDING POINTS FOR PASSING INTERIM TESTS) AND 80% FROM THE ORAL EXAM SCORE, WITH ARITHMETIC ROUNDING TO THE NEAREST INTEGER. HONORS WILL BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHOSE CALCULATED GRADE EXCEEDS 30/30.

Verification of learning

DURING THE COURSE, THREE INTERIM WRITTEN TESTS WILL BE CONDUCTED, EACH CONSISTING OF 30 MULTIPLE-CHOICE OR SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS. PASSING ANY ONE OF THESE TESTS (WITH A MINIMUM SCORE OF 18/30) ADDS ONE POINT (FOR SCORES BETWEEN 18 AND 23) OR TWO POINTS (FOR SCORES BETWEEN 24 AND 30) TO THE FINAL WRITTEN TEST SCORE (PROVIDED THAT AT LEAST A SCORE OF 18/30 HAS BEEN ACHIEVED).
THE FINAL EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL EXAMINATION. THE WRITTEN TEST COMPRISES 30 QUESTIONS, MOSTLY MULTIPLE-CHOICE, AND SOME SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS. CLINICAL VIGNETTES WILL BE INCLUDED AMONG THE QUESTIONS, PRESENTING MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF HUMAN ANATOMY KNOWLEDGE FOR RESOLUTION. THE ORAL EXAM WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS WHO OBTAIN A MINIMUM SCORE OF 18/30 IN THE WRITTEN TEST. DURING THE ORAL EXAM, STUDENTS MUST DEMONSTRATE MASTERY OF OFFICIAL ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO USE IT CORRECTLY TO DESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF BONES, JOINTS, SKELETAL MUSCLES, AND PERIPHERAL NERVES, AS WELL AS THE MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR, LYMPHATIC, AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS. THIS INCLUDES CONSIDERING THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM, WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES (INCLUDING THEIR VARIATIONS) IN RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY THROUGH VIRTUAL DISSECTION ON THE ANATOMAGE TABLE. THE SCORE FOR THE ORAL EXAM IS ALSO EXPRESSED IN THIRTIES AND IS CONSIDERED POSITIVE WHEN IT REACHES OR EXCEEDS 18/30.
THE FINAL GRADE FOR THE HUMAN ANATOMY I EXAM IS COMPOSED OF 20% FROM THE WRITTEN TEST SCORE (INCLUDING POINTS FOR PASSING INTERIM TESTS) AND 80% FROM THE ORAL EXAM SCORE, WITH ARITHMETIC ROUNDING TO THE NEAREST INTEGER. HONORS WILL BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHOSE CALCULATED GRADE EXCEEDS 30/30.

	Texts
	MOORE ET AL. CLINICALLY ORIENTED ANATOMY. LWW GIRLOY ET AL. ATLAS OF ANATOMY. THIEME YOUNG ET AL. WHEATER'S FUNCTIONAL HISTOLOGY. ELSEVIER

	More Information
	OTHER RESOURCES: GEST T.R. LIPPINCOTT ATLAS OF ANATOMY. LWW ANATOMAGE TABLE AT THE MACROSCOPIC ANATOMY LAB ACLAND’S VIDEO ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY (ONLINE RESOURCE FREELY ACCESSIBLE BY UNISA STUDENTS) COMPLETE ANATOMY (APPLICATION BY 3D4MEDICAL, ELSEVIER)

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