Information Package / Course Catalogue
Anatomy of Sensory Organs
Course Code: TAN527
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To give an introduction to the anatomy of the five senses, to comprehend its relations with other parts of the nervous system.

Course Content

Sense of taste, tongue and pharynx The sense of touch, skin The sense of smell, regio olfactoria Orbita, accessory structures of the eye Bulbus oculi, choroidea, sclera, retina Outer and middle ear anatomy

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Student defines about the formation of taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing senses structures and distinguish the relationship between them.
2.Learn the details of the anatomical organs of the five senses.
3.To learn simple clinical manifestations related of the five senses
4.Knows the anatomical structure and morphology of the eye
5.Knows the anatomical structure and morphology of the ear
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Anatomi. K. Arıncı, A. Elhan, 2 Volume, Güneş Bookstore, Ankara, 2001, ISBN 9757467286
2.Netter FH. Atlas of human anatomy (second edition). USA, Novartis, 1997: 268.
3.Gökmen F. G. Systematic Anatomy, İzmir Güven Bookstore, 2008
4.Gray’s Anatomy for Faculty of Medicine Students, 1. baskı, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yıldırım, Güneş Bookstore – Ankara, 2007
5.Sobotta Human Anatomy Atlas Cilt 1-2. 2. In Turkish Prof. Dr. Kaplan Arıncı, H. Ferner ve J. Staubesand – Münih, 1985.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General information about the sensory organs
Week 1 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 2 - Theoretical
Organ of sight, the light breaking formations, eyeball, Tunica fibrosa bulbi, sclera, cornea
Week 2 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 3 - Theoretical
Tunica vasculosa bulbi, choroidea corpus ciliare, iris, Tunica nervosa, visual pathways
Week 3 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 4 - Theoretical
Anatomy of the ear, outer ear
Week 4 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 5 - Theoretical
Middle ear
Week 5 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 6 - Theoretical
Inner ear
Week 6 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 7 - Theoretical
Hearing paths
Week 7 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 8 - Theoretical
The vestibular system
Week 8 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 9 - Theoretical
Tongue
Week 9 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 10 - Theoretical
Pathways on the sense of taste
Week 10 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 11 - Theoretical
Nazus
Week 11 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 12 - Theoretical
Olfactory pathways
Week 12 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 13 - Theoretical
Odor brain
Week 13 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Week 14 - Theoretical
General senses and receptors
Week 14 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Individual Work
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%10
Quiz1%10
Midterm Examination1%36
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140228
Assignment70214
Presentation 1112
Quiz1011
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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5
OÇ-2
4
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5
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OÇ-5
5
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5
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