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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