Information Package / Course Catalogue
Central Nervaus System Anatomy
Course Code: TAN607
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Students learn about the anatomy of the central nervous system, is intended to gain skills and behaviors.

Course Content

The formation of the nervous system, nerve cells, and types, sounds and receptorial the nervous system sections, the sections of the central nervous system, spinal cord anatomy, encephalon anatomy

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Students know overall structural and functional properties of the nervous system and the classification.
2.Students know portions of the central nervous system, skin and circulation , and can identify structural and functional aspects of the ventricular system.
3.Students know the structural and functional properties of the spinal cord.
4.Students know the structural and functional properties of the brain and cerebellum.
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Recommended or Required Reading
1.Anatomi. K. Arıncı, A. Elhan, 2 print, Güneş Bookstore, Ankara, 2001, ISBN 9757467286
2.Gökmen F. G. Systematic Anatomy, İzmir Güven Bookstore, 2008.
3.Basic Clinical Anatomy 2. print, Keith L. Moore, Anne M. R. Agur, Alaittin Elhan Güneş Bookstore – Ankara, 2006.
4.Netter FH. Atlas of human anatomy (second edition). USA, Novartis, 1997: 268.
5. Sobotta Human Anatomy Atlas Cilt 1-2. 2. In Turkish Prof. Dr. Kaplan Arıncı, H. Ferner ve J. Staubesand – Münih, 1985.
6.Gray’s Anatomy for Faculty of Medicine Students, 1. baskı, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yıldırım, Güneş Bookstore – Ankara, 2007
7.Prometheus Anatomy Atlas, Neuroanatomy Volume:3. Turkish editor; Mehmet Yıldırım, Tania Marur. Erik Schulte Karl Wesker Markus Voll Michael Schünke Udo Schumacher . First Print, Ankara ISBN: 97897564207057.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The formation of the nervous system, structure and types of neurons, the senses, the senses classification and grouping receptors
Week 1 - Practice
Work on visual elements and models
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 2 - Theoretical
Parts of the nervous system and the central nervous system, the central nervous system parts
Week 2 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 3 - Theoretical
The external appearance of the spinal cord, segments, internal structure, nutrition and innervation
Week 3 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 4 - Theoretical
Gray matter of the spinal cord gray matter structure and laminar organization and cell clusters; columna anterior, columna lateralis, columna posterior
Week 4 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 5 - Theoretical
The white matter of the spinal cord; substantia alba, the funiculus anterior, funiculus posterior , funiculus lateralis, the descending and ascending pathways
Week 5 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 6 - Theoretical
Encephalon and its parts; Rhombencephalon the Mesencephalon, Prosencephalon, brain lobes, white and gray matter structures of the brain hemispheres, cerebellum
Week 6 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 7 - Theoretical
Bulb, pons, mesencephalon anatomy, internal structure and beans
Week 7 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 8 - Theoretical
Cerebellum, lobes, internal structure, beans, flour cerebellum afferent and efferent pathways, rhomboid fossa, Formatio reticularis
Week 8 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 9 - Theoretical
Prosencephalon; Diencephalon, Epithalamus, Metathalamus, Thalamus internal structure and beans, Subthalamus, hypothalamus nuclei and afferent and efferent paths, telencephalon, Tertius ventricle
Week 9 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 10 - Theoretical
Deep grooves in the outer surface of the brain, the brain lobes, functional areas of the cerebral cortex, the brain's gray and white matter structure hemispheres, basal ganglia; Nucleus caudatus, Nucleus lentiformis, Claustre, Corpus amygdaloide I, of the lateral ventricle
Week 10 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 11 - Theoretical
Rhinencephalon the limbic lobe and the limbic system, olfactory lobe, hippocampus formation, limbic system function
Week 11 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 12 - Theoretical
The membranes of the brain and spinal cord, dura mater, Arachnoidea mater, pia mater Cisterna subarachnoidea, Liquor cerebrospinalis
Week 12 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 13 - Theoretical
Arteries and veins of the brain
Week 13 - Practice
Work on models and cadavers
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Individual work
Week 14 - Theoretical
Dural sinuses, passing through the major structures in cavernous sinus
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%10
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140228
Presentation 1112
Reading130339
Quiz1011
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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