Duration
30h Th, 48h Pr, 6h Mon. WS
Number of credits
| Bachelor in veterinary medicine | 7 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Anatomy is the science of organizing living things. Basis of the teaching of medicine, it is above all an indispensable introduction to the knowledge of the healthy organism and its functions. Veterinary anatomy is general and comparative: it deals with all the domestic animal species of which it describes the similarities and the characteristic differences. The Animal Anatomy Course II is the second part of the Anatomy course. It follows the course of anatomy of domestic animals I, and will be followed by courses of anatomy III and IV, in the 3rd year of the bachelor's degree. In block 2, the anatomy course has 2 parts: the anatomy part I concerns the musculoskeletal system (limbs and belts) (30h CT, 4h TD, 48h TP) and the part II the neckline, the trunk, the splanchnocrane and splanchnology (30h CT, 6h TD, 48h TP). We will begin the course with the study of splanchnocrane, neck and thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities. The bones and joints of the axial skeleton were described during the course of anatomy I. The thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities with the muscles that border them will be successively studied. The main species studied will be domestic carnivores, equines and domestic ruminants. We will then study the digestive system. In a second step, we will study the respiratory system then the urogenital system. The subject will be approached in a descriptive way but above all in a functional and topographic way. The main species studied will be domestic carnivores, equines and domestic ruminants. The particularities of pork and rabbit will also be studied.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, the student must know the basic anatomical vocabulary, must be able to quote the general organization of all systems studied; describe and draw the morphology of anatomical structures and explain their functions.
In practice, the student will have to be able to adapt this knowledge to the professional requirements in the field of clinical sciences, in particular medical imaging, semiology, propaedeutic and surgery, as well as in the context of food inspection. food.
Learnings tips: Anatomy is a big lesson that can be frightening to some students who think they need to learn everything by heart. However, even if long hours of learning are necessary, especially for the acquisition of basic vocabulary and nomenclature, the many links existing with courses in physiology, histology, biochemistry, pathology make the study very interesting . The understanding of the subject is indispensable and proves to be much more important than the knowledge of small sharp details without clinical interest. When studying an organ, it is necessary to know how to locate it both within the system concerned and from a topographic point of view. The structure / function relationship is particularly important to know (functional anatomy). When one studies, one must start with the "table of contents", then the main titles, the general conformation, the main characteristics and the location, the function, before going on to study the small details.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
It is indispensable to have followed the first part of the course (Anatomy I) to approach the second part of the course (Anatomy II).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assistance to practical lessons is obligatory. Any absence from the TP must be made up during the quadrimester, within a time window approved by the assistants. If not, the student may be prohibited from presenting his exam during the first session.
Practical trainings (PT) groups and schedules are available on the student portal of the faculty website and on the CELCAT calendar. The program includes 48 hours of practical work and 6 hours of tutorials. These TP and TD are complementary to the theoretical courses. They are organized in groups of 25 to 50 students, per session of 2h or 4h in the morning (8h30-12h30). All the PW sessions are held in the dissection rooms (see the "biosecurity" link for access).
The PT is very useful to assimilate the material and to link theoretical descriptions to a manipulation of visual and real of the different anatomical structures, provided to arrive in room having revised and prepared the matter of the subjects of dissection, as a minimum. The species studied during the PT are the horse, the cattle, the dog and the cat. Specific PT on pork and rabbit are also organized online.
A practical workbook is available on eCampus. It constitutes the reference support for PT :
- Presentation of the course, objectives and content of the different sessions.
- Explanation of the different assessment methods.
- Description of the content of each PW session with the anatomical structures to be observed or displayed, focussing on the dissection approaches / techniques to use.
- Osteo 1 (4h): External head
- Osteo 2 (4h): Internal head
- Online myology (2h)
- Myology 1 (4h): Head and neck
- Myology 2 (4h): Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
- Online splanchnology (2h)
- Splanchno 1 (4h): Respiratory system
- Splanchno 2 (4h): Digestive system of carnivores
- Splanchno 3 (4h): Digestive system of herbivores
- Splanchno 4 (a, b et c) (3x2h): Male and female urogenital system
- Flipped classroom (3x2h preparation and 2h oral presentation) : Thematic will be dispatched at the beginning of semester
For dissections, students are grouped in teams of +/- 5 students: each team is responsible for the dissection of the parts attributed to them, both for myology and splanchnology.
Formative and certification questions will be organized. The purpose of the formative questions is to inform the student about his level of knowledge and understanding of the subject and to prepare him as well as possible for the assessment on the day of the exam. The certificative questions and oral presentation of flipped classroom will be included in the first session examination mark for the TP part, for which they will represent 50% of the mark.
For the practical activities of this UE, the student will have to know and apply the biosecurity rules available at the following address: https://www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be/anatomie/ walk-to-follow-unique. Specific biosecurity rules, linked to the health crisis, have been put in place and will be presented to students in the form of a film which will be posted on the e-campus.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
30 hours of theoric lessons are at the program. The typical horary includes 4 to 6 hours of anatomy lessons per week at the 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 and permit an easier memorisation. Most of the lessons are podcast. A revision session can be organised at the end of the year at the request of the students. 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.
Recommended or required readings
Theoretical lessons:
Many different materials are available for students to learn in the anatomy course. Video supports such as course podcasts are uploaded to myuliege and practical videos are uploaded to e-campus. Very complete syllabuses (word) are drafted and deposited on the e-campus as they occur. These are the course materials and they contain anatomical plates from the course reference book, Dyce, Sack and Wensing, Texbook of veterinary Anatomy. Diagrams produced over time are deposited on e-campus in a folder entitled "Course reference diagrams". The diagrams which are produced live during the lessons are placed in a separate file entitled "diagrams carried out during the course". When there is no support in the form of a syllabus yet, it is the power points, filed in a file on the e-campus, which then serve as support for the course. It is up to everyone to find their preferred medium, according to their preferences, for learning the course.
Books other than the Dyce, of which you will find a short list below, can be useful to have more precise anatomical charts available (like those from the Barone) or when we are passionate about the anatomy of a particular species. . The following books are therefore given merely as an indication.
- 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.
- 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.
Practical work:
The reference book is the practical workbook (pdf), available on eCampus.
Specific video clips are available on eCampus.
Precise anatomical plates: Comparative anatomy of domestic mammals. Barone R. Volumes I, II, III and IV.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Additional information:
In-person exam
In first and second sessions, a two-part examination; a theoretical and a practical, will be organized.
The theoretical exam will be written. It counts for 70% of the final mark and will include some true / false (or multiple choice or QRM) questions, short open questions, questions on diagrams and diagrams to be produced / completed. The weighting of the questions will be indicated. To pass the exam, it is essential to have understood the matter and to know how to make sufficiently precise diagrams to explain the functional features. Specific evaluation objectives will be provided to the students.
The practical exam is oral and deals with the recognition and description of the different structures and organs with their functions. It counts for 30% of the final grade. In the first session, 50% of the PT score is represented by the certificatives evaluations. The evaluation grid used by the assistants and an example will be available on eCampus. The TP exam consists of: (1) recognizing and describing various bone, joint, muscle and tendon structures; (2) give the origins and insertions as well as the main functions of the muscles, (3) recognize and describe different organs, (4) give their functions and their topography.
Schedules established for these examinations must be strictly respected.
There is no partial exemption in this teaching unit. A student with a grade of less than 10/20 must represent both the theoretical and practical parts of the exam in the second session
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
/To enable students to better assimilate the theoretical matter, the organization of practical work was modified in order to increase the time students were present on site, in the dissection room. A flipped classroom has also been planned. On e-campus, a single common discussion forum will now be accessible to ask questions relating to the subject, whether they relate to theory or practical work.
Contacts
Prof Annick Gabriel, annick.gabriel@uliege.be. Students may obtain a rendez-vous (preferate way: by e-mail) if they have any problem.
For practical works: Dr Anneliese Demil (a.demil@uliege.be) and Dr Charlotte Lausberg (Dr Lausberg Charlotte (clausberg@uliege.be), Tel : 04/366 40 61