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Anatomy curriculum

Anatomical foundations

General Introduction to Anatomy

Histology & cytology

Histology of organs and systems

Heart and Blood Vessels

Respiratory Tract and Lungs

Gastrointestinal tract and accessory glands

Urinary System

Genital organs

Integumentary system

Endocrine system

Neurohistology

Human embryology & teratology

Development and anomalies

Development of systems and anomalies

Development of glands and anomalies

Fetal circulation and changes at birth

Development of the thoraco-abdominal diaphragm and its anomalies

Development of the Head and Neck

Neuroembryology

Gross anatomy

Limbs and thorax

Osteology of major bones

Major joints

Major Muscles, Nerves, Blood Vessels and Lymphatic Drainage

The breast

Chest wall and diaphragm

Pleura, Pleural Cavity and Lungs

Mediastinum and its Contents

Blood vessels, autonomic innervation and lymphatic drainage of thoracic viscera

Abdomen, pelvis and perineum

Abdominal Regions and walls

Inguinal Canal and Hernia

Peritoneum and Peritoneal Cavity

Gastrointestinal Tract

Abdominal organs and glands

Nerves, blood vessels and lymphatic drainage of the abdomen

Bony Pelvis, Pelvic Cavity and Pelvic Diaphragm

Urogenital Tract and genitalia

Anal canal, anus and ischiorectal fossa

Head and neck

Scalp, Face and Neck

Skull, cranial fossae, bony orbit and its contents

Fascia, spaces, muscles and bones

The ear

Temporomandibular Joint

Oral and nasal cavities, pharynx, larynx, trachea and sinuses

Cervical oesophagus

Blood vessels, autonomic innervation and lymphatic drainage of the head and neck

Glands in the head and neck

Neuroanatomy

The Central Nervous System (CNS)

Meninges, Ventricles and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

The Brain, Spinal cord and Pituitary gland

Blood Supply & Venous Drainage of the Brain

Cranial Nerves

Special Sensory Organ Pathways

Autonomic Nervous System

References & further reading

Curriculum source: National Council for Higher Education, Minimum Standards for Courses of Study in Medicine and Surgery — Undergraduate Programmes (2007), section 8.1. Reading-list editions below are those recorded in that source.

NCHE benchmark reading list — 2007 edition
  1. Cunningham’s Manual of Practical Anatomy, Volumes 1–3 — G. J. Romanes.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition — K. L. Moore and A. F. Dalley.
  3. Clinical Anatomy, 7th edition — R. S. Snell.
  4. Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy, 11th edition — A. M. R. Agur and A. F. Dalley.
  5. Grant’s Methods of Anatomy — John V. Basmajjan (name as printed in the source).
  6. Last’s Anatomy, 8th edition — R. M. H. McMinn.
  7. Gray’s Anatomy, 39th edition.
  8. Core Text of Neuroanatomy, 4th edition — M. B. Carpenter.
  9. Clinical Neuroanatomy — Richard S. Snell.
  10. A Textbook of Histology, 12th edition — D. W. Fawcett.
  11. Histology: A Text and Atlas, 2nd edition — M. H. Ross and L. J. Romrell.
  12. Wheater’s Functional Histology, 4th edition — B. Young and J. W. Heath.
  13. Histology and Cell Biology: An Introduction to Pathology — A. L. Kierszenbaum.
  14. Atlas of Functional Histology — J. B. Kerr.
  15. Functional Histology — H. George Burkitt and colleagues.
  16. Essentials of Human Embryology — W. J. Larsen.
  17. The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 6th edition — K. L. Moore and T. V. N. Persaud.
  18. Langman’s Medical Embryology, 9th edition — T. W. Sadler.
  19. Langman’s Essential Medical Embryology — T. W. Sadler.

The source also mentions unspecified websites. It does not provide their addresses. Two author/CD-ROM continuation lines have been joined to their book entries.

Read the original reference list, PDF pages 14–15

Reading list preserved from the earlier Anatomy & Physiology directory

These are the earlier site’s citations. Their editions and suitability need review before being presented as current recommendations.

  1. Tortora, G.J. & Derickson N.,P. (2006) Principles of Anatomy and Physiology; Harper and Row
  2. Drake, R, et al. (2007). Gray's Anatomy for Students. London: Churchill Publishers
  3. Snell, SR. (2004) Clinical Anatomy by Regions. Philadelphia: Lippincott Publishers
  4. Marieb, E.N. (2004). Human Anatomy and physiology. London: Daryl Fox Publishers.
  5. Young, B, et al. (2006). Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas: Churchill
  6. Sadler, TW. (2009). Langman's Medical Embryology. Philadelphia: Lippincott Publishers

Development-stage grouping: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Embryonic Development. The organ-histology bullets are study subdivisions of the NCHE headings.

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