Information Package / Course Catalogue
Sense Pathways
Course Code: VAN644
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 0
Credit: 1
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The pathways of fiber tracts from skin, deeper somatic tissues, eye, inner ear and visceral receptors to the central nervous organs.

Course Content

The lemniscal system, extralemniscal system, proprioceptive pathways, reticular formation, visual pathways, vestibular pathways and auditory pathways.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.1. To learn the course of the fiber tracts from skin, deeper somatic tissues, eye, inner ear and visceral receptors to the spinal cord and brain
2.2. To asses the interruption of these pathways according to the functional standpoint
3. to have information about hearing aids
4. to have information about the ways of seeing
5. to have information about tractus neighborhoods
Recommended or Required Reading
1.ÖCAL, M.K., ERDEN, H., ÖĞÜT, İ., KARA, M.E “Anatomy of the Domestic Animals (General-Skin-Forelimb)." Adnan Menderes University Press No: 5 (1998)
2.ÖCAL, M.K., ÖĞÜT, İ., KARA, M.E “Anatomy of the Domestic Animals (Trunk)." Adnan Menderes University Press No: 11 (1999)
3.DYCE, KM., SACK, WO., WENSING, CJG “ Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy” W.B. Saunders Company (1987)
4.NICKEL, R., SHUMMER, A., SEIFERLE, E “The Anatomy of the Domestic Animals Volume I –IV)” Verlag Paul Parey (1986)
5.BUDRAS, KD., WUNSCHE, A “Atlas of Veterinary Anatomy (Cattle)” Medipres (2009)
6.BUDRAS, KD., FRICKE, W., RICHTER, R “Atlas of Veterinary Anatomy (Dog)” Medipres (2009)
7.BUDRAS, KD., RÖCK, S “Atlas of Veterinary Anatomy (Horse)”,Translation, Medipres (2009)
8.POPESKO P, “Topographic Anatomy Atlas of the Domestic Animals” Translation, Nobel Tıp Press (2010)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Tractus spinothalamicus lateralis
Week 2 - Theoretical
Tractus spinothalamicus ventralis
Week 3 - Theoretical
Tractus spinobulbaris
Week 4 - Theoretical
Tractus spinocerebellaris ventralis
Week 5 - Theoretical
Tractus spinocerebellaris dorsalis
Week 6 - Theoretical
Tractus spinotectalis
Week 7 - Theoretical
Discussion on a problem related with spinal tracts
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Topic repetition (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Tractus spinoreticularis
Week 10 - Theoretical
Tractus spinoolivaris
Week 11 - Theoretical
Tractus spinovestibularis
Week 12 - Theoretical
The tracts of the visual sense
Week 13 - Theoretical
The tracts of the hearing sense
Week 14 - Theoretical
The tracts of the taste sense
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 - Theory140114
Individual Work110010
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
5
3
3
OÇ-2
3
5
4
4
OÇ-3
5
4
5
4
OÇ-4
3
4
3
4
OÇ-5
4
3
4
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026