Author: David Sedmera Subject: Anatomy 1 Date: September 2020
Charles University - First Faculty of Medicine
Introduction to study of Anatomy
Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine
History of modern Anatomy
History of modern Anatomy
What is Anatomy all about?
• Ana- tome = cutting apart
• Bring it all together in your head
• You can’t treat it if you can’t name it
• Different kinds of anatomy:
-radiological (so you can read the X-rays and CTs) -clinical (not just eponyms, and not just for surgeons!) -systemic vs. topographic
How much Anatomy do I need?
• More than you think!
• 4 credits and an exam to pass to Year 2
• What are the requirements
• What’s on the menu
• When and how to seek help
• Profunda femoris + rami perforantes I-III
• Circumflexa femoris medialis et lateralis
Femoral angiography
"Little sisters" of Anatomy
• Histology (microscopic anatomy)
• Embryology (how the structures come into being)
• Descriptive vs. functional anatomy (what are the structures good for)
-structure - function, basis for physiology
alveolus
capillary
alveolus
Air-blood barrier
The Larynx - development
Structure
determines
function
Resources
• Website of the Institute of Anatomy:
anat.lf1.cuni.cz
• Various textbooks and atlases of Anatomy
• Histology and Embryology textbooks
• Online lecture by Prof. Grim
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