Head, Department of Basic Sciences

Office: LL7B, Anatomy Center

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Phone: 568-3210 (office) or 568-3205 (Anne Johnson, Department Head Secretary)

Office hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 p.m., or by appointment.*

Office: LL13, Anatomy Center

Office hours: Monday 4-6, Tuesday 8-10 and by appointment

Phone: 568-3183

This course is composed of a gross anatomy lecture sequence and a gross anatomy laboratory sequence. There are several assist instructors in the laboratory. Most are faculty members and you will encounter most of them again as lead instructors of other courses later in the program. A few of them may be teaching assistants who are advanced students of exceptional academic standing and ability.

0. The maximum allowable absence set by Academic Affairs in all classes is 20%.

0. Some courses may set attendance requirements at a lower allowable absence rate due to course content or structure, but may not exceed 20% allowable absence.

Greater than 20% absence or noncompliance with specific attendance policies, detailed in course syllabi or the Health Center manual, will result in a grade of XF being awarded, in which case the entire course must be repeated in its entirety.

Upon completion of the lecture portion of this course, the student should have an understanding of the following:

1. The general systemic anatomical plan of the human body and a general understanding of anatomical terminology.

2. The osteology and arthrology of the human axial skeleton.

3. The general plan of the peripheral nervous system and the distribution of spinal nerves.

4. The musculoskeletal anatomy of the vertebral column, back, and thorax.

5. The anatomy and function of the thoracic viscera, with emphasis on the heart, pulmonary system, and the

6. The anatomy and distribution of the peripheral nervous system.

GRADING:

Your final grade for the course will be determined from a combination of your lecture and laboratory scores. Fifty percent of your overall course grade will be based upon your lecture average, and fifty percent will be based upon your laboratory average. Dr. Bedford’s laboratory syllabus will fully describe the grading criteria for the laboratory. Because gross anatomy must be understood on both a theoretical and a practical level, failure of either the lecture or the laboratory portion of the course will result in failure of the entire course.

EXAMINATIONS:

There will be two written lecture examinations. The first examination will cover the introduction to anatomy, general body systems and the back. The final examination will concentrate on the soft tissues and musculoskeletal anatomy of the thorax. This final examination is cumulative, but will concentrate on the last third of the course. The first examination will count as 45 percent of your lecture score, while the final examination will count as 55 percent of your lecture score. This combined score for the two lecture examinations will account for 50 percent of your final grade for the course.

Make-up Examinations:

Make-up examinations will be given only under exceptional and extraordinary circumstances at the discretion of the instructor. The format and timing of such examinations will also be at the discretion of the instructor.

Skeletal and Developmental Anatomy for Students of Chiropractic, Walker, Lovejoy, Bedford and Yee

Essential Clinical Anatomy, Moore and Agur, Second Edition.

Anatomy: A Regional Atlas of the Human Body, Clemente, Fourth Edition.

Color Atlas of Anatomy, Rohen, Yokochi, and Lutjen-Drecoll, Fourth Edition.

ANA6103 Lecture Manual and Study Guide, Walker and Bedford.

Skeletal and Developmental Anatomy for Students of Chiropractic, Walker, Lovejoy, Bedford and Yee

Dissection Manual: Back Musculature, Laminectomy, and External Anatomy of the Spinal Cord Walker

and Bedford.

Grant’s Dissector, Sauerland, Twelfth Edition.

Gray's Anatomy, Any edition, either American or British, but preferably one from the recent past. Paperback reprints of century-old editions are not recommended for serious study. While the body itself has not changed in the last hundred years, much of the terminology has.

Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy, Volume Two: Thorax and Abdomen, Romanes, Fifteenth Edition.

Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, Agur, Ninth Edition

Stedman’s Concise Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions, Third edition.

Cross-sectional Human Anatomy, Dean and Herbener.

Color Atlas of Anatomy, McMinn and Hutchings

The Developing Human, Moore and Persaud, Sixth Edition.

Larsen’s or Langman’s embryology texts (Gray’s Anatomy also includes an extensive embryology section.)

The New York Chiropractic College Anatomy Laboratory meets all state and federal safety requirements. Concentrations of chemicals in the laboratory are monitored, and we maintain chemical levels well below the requirements of OSHA standards. Remember that your instructors are concerned about this as well, as we are exposed to these chemicals up to or exceeding 12 hours per week, 45 weeks a year, year in and year out. We are concerned about your and our health. Chemicals used in the embalming fluid may include phenol, formaldehyde, methyl alcohol, glycerin, and water. MSD sheets are maintained by the Anatomy Department laboratory technicians and are available for viewing by any interested parties. Anyone desiring additional protection may purchase a chemical protective mask through the NYCC bookstore or elsewhere. The technical standards for the NYCC curriculum require the completion of a hands-on human gross anatomy dissection course.

Dates should be considered tentative, but this is the general sequence that the lectures will follow. Lectures are by Dr. Walker, unless otherwise noted. Please make an effort to read the assigned pages ahead of time. From time to time there may be unscheduled guest lectures of general clinical and/or scientific interest. Such guest lectures will be announced in advance and will be considered testable material. Dates for some guest lectures are listed, but they may in fact be scheduled sooner or later than the listed dates. If so, then the other lectures will occur a session or two earlier or later than the date currently listed. Lectures are Mondays, 1 to 3 p.m. and Thursdays 4 to 5 p.m.

(M = Monday, T = Thursday)

Jan. 8 (T) Introduction to Gross Anatomy. Walker et al., 1-10

Jan 12 (M) Body Planes, Sections, Terms of Relationship, Comparison, and Movement. Walker et al., 1-10; Moore and Agur, 1-8

Jan 15 (T) Introduction to Body Systems: Skeletal System. Walker et al., 11-52; Moore and Agur, 10-17

Jan 19 (M) HOLIDAY: No classes.

Jan 22 (T) Introduction to Body Systems: Skeletal System. Walker et al., 11-52; Moore and Agur, 10-17

Jan 26 (M) Dr. Zumpano: Embryology of the Vertebral Column. Walker et al., 53-79; Walker et al., 106-109 and Handout

Jan 29 (T) Introduction to Body Systems: Skeletal System. Walker et al., 109-132; Arthrology of the Axial Skeleton. Moore and Agur, 17-20

Feb 2 (M) Introduction to Body Systems: Skeletal System. Walker et al., 109-132; Arthrology of the Axial Skeleton. Moore and Agur, 17-20

Feb 5 (T) Arthrology of the Axial Skeleton. Walker et al., 109-132; Introduction to Body Systems: Muscular System Moore and Agur, 17-20

Feb 9 (M) Dr. Thomadaki: Introduction to Body Systems: Nervous System. Moore and Agur, 17-20

Feb 12 (T) Dr. Thomadaki: Introduction to Body Systems: Nervous System. Moore and Agur, 17-20

Feb 16 (M) HOLIDAY: No classes.

Feb 19 (T) Dr. Thomadaki: Introduction to Body Systems: Nervous System. Moore and Agur, 17-20

Feb 23 (M) The Superficial and Intermediate Back Muscles. Moore and Agur, 275-313; Walker et al., 298-300

Feb 26 (T) The Superficial and Intermediate Back Muscles. Moore and Agur, 275-313; Walker et al., 298-300

March 1 (M)Dr. Mike Lentini: Clinical Anatomy of the Intervertebral Disk and Differential Diagnosis of Lower Back Pain (tentative date)

March 4 (T) EXAMINATION I.

March 8 (M) The Deep Back: The Erector Spinae Muscle Group. Moore and Agur, 275-313; The Transversospinalis Muscles. Suboccipital Triangle. Walker et al., 300- 306

March 11 (T) The Deep Back: The Erector Spinae Muscle Group. Moore and Agur, 275-313; The Transversospinalis Muscles. Suboccipital Triangle. Walker et al., 300- 306

March 15 (M) Dr. Thomadaki: Spinal Cord and Meninges. Moore and Agur, 301-310

March 18 (T) Dr. Thomadaki: Spinal Cord and Meninges. Moore and Agur, 301-310

 March 22 (M) Dr. Greiner: The Thoracic Wall, Pleural Cavities and Lungs. Moore and Agur, 52-60

March25 (T) Dr. Greiner: Embryology of the Respiratory System Moore and Agur, 70-82

March 29 (M) Dr. Greiner: Embryology of the Heart Moore and Agur, 84-103

April 1 (T) Dr. Greiner: The Heart and Pericardium Moore and Agur, 84-103

April 5 (M) Dr. Greiner: The Heart and Pericardium Moore and Agur, 84-103; Posterior and Superior Mediastinum. Moore and Agur, 83 ff.

April 8 (T) Dr. Bill Sherwood: Treatment and Management of Scoliosis (tentative date).