Experience of supervised internship in research laboratories of members of the department. Provides laboratory instruction in gross and microscopic human anatomy, with small groups of undergraduates under the supervision of the instructor. Graduate Courses 200. To provide students with a vocabulary of human body structure and to acquaint them with structural relationships through dissection and lecture and to introduce them to functional aspects of gross anatomy, particularly as regards anatomical problem solving. Examines the normal microscopic structure of the basic cells, tissues, and organs of the body.
Lectures emphasize morphology and structure-function relationships.
Accompanying laboratories involve analysis and identification of sectioned material at the light microscopic and ultrastructural levels. The properties and functions of non-neuronal or neuroglial cells in the mammalian central nervous system with relevance to neuronal development, physiology and injury response. Offered in alternate years. Discussion of problems, progress and literature relevant to current research undertaken by laboratory groups in Human Anatomy. Critical evaluation of current journal articles dealing with cell biology and biochemistry of gametes and fertilization.