Course outlines:

43 hours theory:

×  Skull, cervical vertebrae  and joints (6 hours)

×  Muscles, fascia, triangles, and cervical nerves and vessels (4 hours)

×  Muscles of the face, head and scalp (3 hours)

×  Infratemporal orifice, head and face nerves and vessels (4 hours)

×  Development of the skull, spine and thorax (one hour)

×  Anatomy of the oral cavity and salivary glands (3 hours)

×  Anatomy of the nose, pharynx and larynx (3 hours)

×  Histology of mouth and teeth (4 hours)

×  Embryology of head and neck, thyroid, parathyroid and thymus (4 hours)

×  Anatomy of the vision and tear system (3 hours)

×  Anatomy of the ear (2 hours)

×  Histology of the eye, tear system and eyelids (2 hours)

×  Histology of the ear (2 hours)

×  Embryology of the eye and ear (2 hours)

34 hours practical:

Ø  Anatomy of the skull and cervical vertebrae (7 hours)

Ø  Vessels, nerves and muscles of the head, face and infratemporal orifice (6 hours)

Ø  Histology and embryology of the eye and ear (4 hours)

Ø  Histology and embryology of the mouth and teeth (soft and hard palate, gums, lips, tongue and teeth) and saliva glands (4 hours)

Ø  Anatomy of the nose, pharynx, larynx and mouth orifices (5 hours)

Ø  Anatomy of the eye and ear (4 hours)

Ø  Surface anatomy of the head and neck (4 hours)

 

Main References:

The latest edition of one of the following:

1.     Langman’s Medical Embryology

2.     The Developing Human (Moore)

3.     Clinical Anatomy for Medical Students (R. Snell)

4.     Gray’s Anatomy for Students

5.     Grant’s Dissector

6.     Basic Histology (Junquira)

7.     Histology and Cell Biology (Abraham Kierszenbaum)

8.     Color Textbook of Histology (Gartner)

9.     Histology of Dr. Soleimani Rad

 

Student Evaluation Method:

Student-based principles will be observed during the term to evaluate the performance of students by the assigned projects, as well as oral and written final exams.