Information Package / Course Catalogue
Autonom Nerve System
Course Code: VAN621
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 2
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The teaching of sympathic and parasympathic system and the comparative investigation of them in domestic mammals.

Course Content

Sympathic and parasympathic nerves, their courses, paraganglions, functions of these systems. The comparative investigation of them in domestic mammals.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.have knowledge about autonomic nervous system
2.to have information about sympathetic nervous system
3.have knowledge about parasympathetic nervous system
4. have knowledge about autonomic nervous system plexuses
5. to control all parts of the autonomic nervous system
Recommended or Required Reading
1.ÖCAL, M.K., ERDEN, H., ÖĞÜT, İ., KARA, M.E “Evcil memeli hayvanlarda Anatomi (Genel-Deri-Ön Bacak)." Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Yayınları No: 5 (1998) ÖCAL, M.K., ÖĞÜT, İ., KARA, M.E “Evcil memeli hayvanlarda Anatomi (Gövde).” Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Yayınları No: 11 (1999) DURSUN, N “Veteriner Anatomi I” Medisan Yayınevi (1996) DURSUN, N “Veteriner Anatomi II” Medisan Yayınevi (1996) DURSUN, N “Veteriner Anatomi III” Medisan Yayınevi (2005) DURSUN, N “Evcil Kuşların Anatomisi” Medisan Yayınevi (2002) BAHADIR, A., YILDIZ, H “Veteriner Anatomi I (Hareket Sistemi)” Ezgi Kitabevi (2004) BAHADIR, A., YILDIZ, H “Veteriner Anatomi II (İç Organlar)” Ezgi Kitabevi (2005) DYCE, KM., SACK, WO., WENSING, CJG “ Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy” W.B. Saunders Company (1987) NICKEL, R., SHUMMER, A., SEIFERLE, E “The Anatomy of the Domestic Animals Volume I –IV)” Verlag Paul Parey (1986) BUDRAS, KD., WUNSCHE, A “Veteriner Anatomi Atlası (Sığır)” Medipres (2009) BUDRAS, KD., FRICKE, W., RICHTER, R “Veteriner Anatomi Atlası (Köpek)” Medipres (2009) BUDRAS, KD., RÖCK, S “Veteriner Anatomi Atlası (At)” , Çeviri, Medipres (2009) POPESKO P, “Evcil Hayvanların Topografik Anatomi Atlası” Çeviri, Nobel Tıp Kitapevi (2010)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The general knowledge of autonom nerve system
Week 1 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 2 - Theoretical
Sympathic system
Week 2 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 3 - Theoretical
Sympathic system (head)
Week 3 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 4 - Theoretical
Sympathic system (neck)
Week 4 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 5 - Theoretical
Sympathic system (thorax)
Week 5 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 6 - Theoretical
Sympathic system (abdomen-pelvis)
Week 6 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 7 - Theoretical
Homework
Week 7 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Topic repetition (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Parasympathic system
Week 9 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 10 - Theoretical
Parasympathic system (cranial nerves)
Week 10 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 11 - Theoretical
Parasympathic system (cranial nerves)
Week 11 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 12 - Theoretical
Parasympathic system (sacral nerves)
Week 12 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 13 - Theoretical
Localization and function of the autonom system plexus
Week 13 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 14 - Theoretical
Localization and function of the autonom system plexus
Week 14 - Practice
Cadaver dissection and presentations
Week 15 - Final Exam
final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Verbal Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142142
Lecture - Practice142142
Midterm Examination117118
Final Examination122123
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
5
4
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
OÇ-4
4
5
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
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