Category: Anatomy

  • Week 121: Skull, the temporal region

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    This week we made it all the way up to the head. To look at the anatomy of the head, we need to start by looking at the bones. Different stations looked at different parts of the skull and teeth, and I spoke about the temporal region. The temporal region (or as laymen may call…

  • Elearning: skull bones

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    We’re looking at some head and neck anatomy on Monday, and some stations will be looking at the bones of the skull. I have an elearning thingy here to help you with bones, sutures and foramina of the head: www.dontbeasalmon.net/elearning/skull

  • Week 114: anatomy of the bladder

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    This week we pretty much finished off looking at the renal system by looking at the bladder (we only have the male urethra yet to study). We used visiblebody.com to get an idea of where the bladder is (and that it is anterior within the pelvis, right up against the pubis bones) and the shape…

  • Simbryo – embryology animation

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    I mentioned Simbryo in one of my recent lectures. If you want to find out more go to the official website at simbryo.stanford.edu. If you have, or are planning to buy, a copy of the Langman’s Medical Embryology textbook I believe that you get a copy of Simbryo with it.

  • Week 110 – anatomy of the elbow (well, movements & muscles)

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    On Monday I spent most of the morning flexing my guns and poking my cubital fossa. Our aims were to look at the movements of the elbow joint, the muscles involved, and the important structures passing through this region, with particular regard to the cubital fossa. That video makes me feel a little bit ill.…

  • Embryology quiz

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    I’m writing the quiz for my introduction to embryology lecture that I’ll be giving to the first years next week. The quizzes use the Turning Technologies interactive ‘clickers’ systems, and we use them anonymously. There’s no record of how well an individual scores within the lecture quiz – it’s just for fun (and instant lecturer…

  • Week 106 – Surface anatomy of the thorax

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    When we looked at the surface anatomy of the thorax yesterday we focused on the bony bits anterior to the mediastinum. We found the sternal notch (or suprasternal notch, or jugular notch), the sternal ends of the clavicles, the manubrium, the sternal angle (or angle of Louis) and the sternum. Our aim was to look…

  • Week 103 – Lungs! Gasp!

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    On Monday we looked at the anatomy of the lungs, with respect to differences between left and right, lobes, fissures & anatomical relationships (and the heart in particular). To discover lung anatomy we used models, prosections of individual lungs, lungs with the heart and great vessels attached, and looked at a cadaver with lungs in…

  • Week 101: an introduction to the small and large intestine

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    In our first anatomy session on Monday we began the year by introducing the abdomen. It’s a good place to start as most of the anatomy here is fairly straightforward and it gets you thinking in three-dimensions. The concept of the peritoneum is the toughest part to understand, as are the mesentery, mesocolon, omenta and…

  • The brain has crumple zones?

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    The brain’s sulci seem to play a role in physical damage limitation. A study modelled the effects of impact on normal brains and gyri and sulci free brains. The smooth brains were more vulnerable. Links: Wired article Ho J, Kleiven S. (2009). Can sulci protect the brain from traumatic injury?, J Biomech. Aug 11, epub…