Course Description
Dissection-based course using the horse and food animals in a comparative manner. The horse, ox, and goat will be dissected in relative detail with comparisons to the pig. Emphasis will be on the anatomy necessary for clinical diagnosis and surgical intervention.
Athena Title
Comp Anat of Large Animals
Non-Traditional Format
This course consists of 18 lectures (contacts) and 34 3-hour labs for a total of 69.0 contacts or 4.6 credit hours.
Prerequisite
BMSC 5150-5150L
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Objectives for the food animals and equine species will be provided based on requirements of Laboratory in Anatomy of Food Animals.
Topical Outline
Broad learning outcomes will be that students on completion of this course will be able to:- 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the functional anatomy of the Horse and Food animals by identification of anatomical structures on embalmed and unembalmed cadavers, skeletons and radiographs. Emphasis for each species will be based on those areas that are clinically important and sufficiently different to warrant detail study; e.g., Equine limbs, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems compared to distal limb in food animals, rumen and reproductive system, especially their relationship to the body wall for surgical access and relative position for rectal palpation as a diagnostic tool. 2. Apply the knowledge gained from gross dissection to identification, demonstration and description of various body parts and viscera in horses and food animals. 3. Make comparisons among anatomical features of the horse and food animals to small animals, namely the dog which was the dissection species in Anatomic Principles and the Gross Anatomy of the Dog. 4. Communicate their anatomical knowledge to another individual by outlining topographically, tracing the course of, or verbally describing the location of internal structures (viscera, nerves, blood vessels etc.) of major clinical significance. 5. Since there will be some dissection of the pig, emphasis here will be on those systems and anatomical structures that are different or unique to the species; including but not limited to integumentary system and heat stress, access to the cardiovascular system for venous collection and differences in gastrointestinal and reproductive systems. A detailed dissection schedule will be provided together with allotted times for hands-on physical examination of the horse both for familiarity and clinical relevance. Animal prosections will be made available to assist students in locating important anatomical structures and lectures will be correlated to provide insight and clinical relevance.
Syllabus