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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Bio-Medical Sciences
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Ein Karem
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Shai Sabbah
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Shai Sabbah
Prof Lili Anglister
Ms. Moriel Ben-Zvi
Ms. Noam Saadon-Grosman
Ms. Sivan Gelb
Ms.
Ms. Batia Bell
Ms. Sapir Penker
Ms. Lidor Gazit
Course/Module description:
The course comprises two integrated sections: frontal lectures in neurobiology and neuroanatomy (12 hours) and gross anatomy laboratory dissections of the human brain (21 hours, based on self-study aided by 7 hours of frontal lectures).
Course/Module aims:
Provide students with knowledge of the detailed structures and functions of the central (brain, spinal cord) and peripheral nervous system, based on general developmental and neurobiological principles, and to result in students understanding of the correlation between the structure and function in the nervous system under normal healthy conditions and the consequences of trauma, lesions or neurological diseases.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• Recognize in detail the gross anatomy of the Nervous System: brain and periphery.
• Explain how the nervous is constructed based on organization, using developmental and neurobiological principles.
• Understand and explain how the nervous system carries out all the functions in the normal healthy human: sensation, movement, emotion, and higher brain functions.
• Understand and predict the consequences of specific injuries and neurological diseases.
Attendance requirements(%):
100% in labs, conventional in lectures
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures & laboratories of human brain dissections with personal guidance and discussions, combined with practice using computer software with 3D imaging designed for the study of the brain structure and function.
Course/Module Content:
1. Topography of the brain and spinal cord, meninges, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulation, blood supply, and cranial nerves.
2. The cerebrum: hemispheres, cortex, fiber systems (white matter), development of the temporal lobe, and insula.
3. Development of the diencephalon, lateral and third ventricles, choroid plexus and CSF formation.
4. Basal nuclei (ganglia), amygdala, and internal capsule.
5. Sections through the brain: identification of structures in horizontal and coronal sections.
6. Brainstem: midbrain, pons, medulla - nuclei and tracts. Cerebellum and forth ventricle.
Required Reading:
- Gitlin's dissector of the human brain
- The Human Nervous System, Kiernan, J.A. Lippincott-Raven
- Anatomy Atlas (Netter/Sobota/Other
Additional Reading Material:
- Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior, Kandel, E., Schwartz, J.H., Jessel, T.M. Appelton & Lang
- From Neuron to Brain, Nicholls, J., Martin, A.R., Wallace, B. Sinauer
- Neuroscience, Purves,D., Augustine, G.J., et al. Sinauer
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 90 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 10 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
The course includes an exam and a quiz.
The quiz comprises 7 stations, with 2 brain structures for identification in each station.
The quiz score will account for 10% of the final course score only if the quiz score is higher than the exam score. If not, the exam score will account for 100% of the final course score. Attending the quiz is mandatory. Skipping the quiz will result in 10% of the final course score being 0.
The exam constitutes 2 section: 1) a practical section that comprises 25 stations, with 2 brain structures for identification in each station; and 2) a written section that comprises 8 multiple choice questions (the score of each written question is equivalent to the score of the identification of two brain structures).
The total score of the exam is the sum of scores of the practical and written sections.
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