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| VETE0464-1 | Anatomy of domestic animals 1, locomotor system
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| Duration : | 32h Th, 84h Pr, 8h Mon. WS |
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| Lecturer : | Annick Gabriel |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| Anatomy is the science which study the organisation of living beings. It is the fondation of the teaching of medicine and consists of a necessary introduction to the knowledge of the sound organism and its functions. Veterinary anatomy is general and comparative: it concerns all animal domestic species and describes resemblances and caracteristical differences.
The course anatomy of domestic animals I is the first part of the anatomy course. It will be followed by anatomy of domestic animals II in the 2nd year and III in the third bachelor and clinic anatomy of domestic animals in the first master year.
In the second bachelor, the course comprises 2 partims: locomotor system (32h CT, 8h TD, 84h TP) and splanchnology (24h CT, 2h TD, 14h TP).
The course begins with the study of the limbs. Osteology, arthrology, myology and esthesiology will be successively studied for the fore and rear limb. The main species studied will be domestic carnivores, horse, ruminants with special attention for equine digit.
The second part of the course will concern the splanchnocran, neck and trunk. We'll study osteology, arthrology and myology.
The main species studied will be domestic carnivores, horse, ruminants (ox, sheep and goat). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| A the end of the lessons, students must be able to cite the general organisation of all the studied systems, to describe and draw the morphology of anatomical structures. He must be able to represent the axes of bones from belts, be capable of placing the limb with regard to the trunk, of being capable of placing a bone with his axis or a jointon an image of alive animal. He must be able to draw the shape of the articular surfaces. The student must be able to describe and bound the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities, with the aim to be able to understand the topography of viscera contained in these cavities.
In practics, the student must be able to adapt the knowledge to the professional requirements, particularly in the field of clinical sciences; medical imaging, semiology, propedeutics and surgery as well as in foodstuffs inspection
Anatomy is a big course that may frighten several students that believe that they must learn by heart. However, even if long hours are necessary to learn it, the numerous connections made with physiology, histology, biochemistry and pathology make it very interesting. The understanding of the course is indispensable and turns out much more important than the knowledge of small sharp details without clinical interest.
It is usefull to begin with the study of the table of content, with big titles and then general conformation, main characteristics, function and localisation before studying small details. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Assistance to practical lessons is obligatory. A student with 2 or more non justified absences during the TPs may be forbidden to present his exam during the first session.
There are 84 hours of practical works (TP)and 8h of directed works (TD). These TP and TD are obligatory and complementary to theoric lessons. They are organised by groupes of 45 to 50 students, with 8 or 16h of TP by week. The student must be able to realise a nice dissection, to describe what he has dissected, to identify the different structures ans their function.
Each week will begin with one hour TD, refresher course, which also describe "how to do" the dissection. The students must prepare their dissections. Quiz will be put on-line on e-campus during the year and must be made a success before the student comes in room of dissection. A file, published on myulg or e-campus will inform the student about the piece he has to dissect and that, with the aim to better prepare the TP.
Questioning about pratical knowledge will be regularly organised during the year. These interrogations are mainly formative but the notes obtained for these interrogations can be taken into account in the final evaluation at the time of the examination; they frequently "save" a bad practical exam.
The notes of the 2 practical questioning of the end of partim will intervene in the examination note in june. They will not be taken into account during the examination of second session.
The following TPs are organised:
Part limbs: 8h osteology, 8h arthrology, 16h myology (forelimb), 16h myology (rearlimb)
Part head, neck and trunk: 8h osteology, 8h arthrology, 9h myology (head and neck, with 6h splanchnology of the second partim), 9h myology (thorax, abdomen and pelvic girdle with 6h splanchnology of the second partim).
Biosecurity measures: the acces to the dissection rooms (B43, Niv 1) is by the rear of the B43 (parking side). Students come with their own rubber boots, latex (or silicone) gloves and dissection case. Wearing gloves is obligatory. It is forbidden to drink, eat or smoke within the dissection room. Students must wear apron and rubber boots as soon as they penetrate the dissection room and these must be take away as soon as they live the room. Rubber boots and hands have to be washed in depth and disinfected at the end of each dissection. Students must be vaccinated againts tetanos. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 32 hours of theoric lessons are at the program. The typical horary includes 2 to 4 hours of anatomy lessons per week at the first and second quadrimester. Assistance to theoric lessons is not compulsory. However, it is strongly advised because the way to address the course is clearly developped. Schemes and drawings are frequently realised on a graphic tablet, registered and put on line and permit an easier memorisation. A "bonus" may be allocate to the students that attend regularly the course.
A revision session (4h) will be organised at the end of the year. The matters that are not understood must be transmitted to the delegates that will draw up a list they will transmit to prof. Gabriel some days before the sessions. The theoric lessons, the TDs and the revision session are the only moments where the theory is developped. The aim of the TPs is for training and practical knowledge. Some courses concerning subjects difficult to understand by the students will be filmed and put on-line on e-campus. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Reference books
- The power points, support of the lessons, will be available electronically on myulg or e-campus. They contain all the informations necessary to pass the examination.
- Dyce, Sack and Wensing. Textbook of veterinary anatomy. Ed. W.B. Saunders Company.
- Syllabi, reliable supports of the courses (pig, rabbit and birds comparative anatomy).
Advised readings:
- Anatomy of the dog. Miller, Christensen and Evans. Ed. W.B. Saunders Company
- A color atlas of clinical anatomy of the dog and cat. J.S.Boyd. Wolfe Publishung Ltd.
- Petit atlas d'anatomie des animaux domestiques. Bernard Collin, 2003, éditions Derouaux Ordina.
- Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques. Barone R. Tomes I, II et III
- Sissons and Grossman's. The anatomy of the domestic animals. Volume 1. Ed. W.B. Saunders.
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| At the end of the second quadrimester, the examination consists of two main part: a theoretical and a practical examination.The theoretical part consists of a written part followed by an oral examination. The practical examination consists in dissecting a region, in recognizing muscles, in giving their insertions and their functions.
The horaries established for these examinations must be strictly respected. The examinations concerning the courses of anatomy I and II will take place the same day.
A list with the questions asked during the examination will be published on myulg or e-campus. When the student come for its examination, he will draw a card with 4 questions (1about the locomotor system, 3 about splanchnology). This card contains a big integrator question, for which it is necessary to have an overal view to describe the different parts, and 3 smaller questions more precise. The general morphology, the topography, the relation between structure and function and then the specificities will be approach. To make a success of the examination, it is indispensable to have understood the subject and to know how to realize plans enough precise.
The students experiencing difficulties can ask in the course of the year to pass "white" examinations. They have to book an appointment by e-mail and bound the subject about which they wish to be questioned. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Nothing |
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Contacts :
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| Prof Annick Gabriel
Tel : 04/366 40 60
Fax: 04 366 40 76
annick.gabriel@ulg.ac.be
Students may obtain a rendez-vous (preferate way: by e-mail) if they have any problem. |
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