Head and Neck Syllabus
Anatomy 411, Spring 2011

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Instructor:
Office:
Phone:
E-mail:
Darin A. Croft, Ph.D. 
EG-03
368-5268
dcroft@case.edu
Date Lecture (E-301)
Stern Ch.
Reference Lab
Grant's Dissector
Mon., March 28 1. Head and neck overview
2. Head skeleton
55, 56, 77 D: Conceptual overview, Skull, Surface anatomy
MD: 886-905
MP: Ch. 10, Ch. 15
Cranial Skeleton n/a (use handout)
*In small group rooms,
 not EG-24*
Wed., March 30 3. Cranial nerves
     *Bone Quiz*
71, 74 D: Cranial nerves
MD: 1124-1155
MP: Ch. 10, Ch. 15
SKULL QUIZ
Fri., April 1
4. Head vasculature, face, scalp
49, 53, 57 D: Face, Scalp
MD: 906-907, 933-957, 1067-1083
Face Anterior Aspect of Skull and Face (pp. 153-156); Parotid Region (pp. 184-185)
Mon., April 4
5. Cranial cavity
50, 58, 59, 68 D: Cranial Cavity, Meninges, Brain and its blood supply
MD: 908-932
Cranial Cavity Scalp, Interior of Skull (but do not remove occipital bone), Cranial Fossae
(pp. 156-168)
Wed., April 6
6. Orbit and eye
60, 61, 62, 69, 70 D: Orbit
MD: 957-977
MP: 492-503
Orbit Orbit and Contents
(pp. 168-174)

*Group Practical*
Fri., April 8
7. Organization of the neck
43, 44, 46, 52, 54 D: Neck
MD: 1046-1089
Superficial Neck
Posterior Triangle of Neck (pp. 174-176)
Mon., April 11
8. Laryngeal region
47, 48 D: Larynx
MD: 1089-1101
MP: Ch. 10
Deep Neck
Anterior Triangle of Neck
(pp. 176-181)
Wed., April 13 9. Ear
67, 72, 73 D: Ear
MD: 1022-1037
MP: 503-511
Infratemporal Fossa Middle Ear
(pp. 208-210)

*Group Practical*
Fri., April 15 10. Oral Region
51, 63, 66 D: Temp. and infratemporal fossae, Pterygopalatine fossa, Oral cavity
MD: 978-1012
MP: Ch. 20 (Teeth) 
Ear
Temporal Region
(pp. 185-189)
Mon., April 18 11. Nasopharynx 64, 65, 75 D: Pharynx, Nasal cavities
MD: 1013-1022, 1101-1121
Pharynx,
Post. Neck
Head bisection (pp. 194-207)  AND Root of Neck (pp. 189-194)
**Do one, not both**
Wed., April 20 12. Head Autonomics 45, 76 MD: 1124-1155 Pharynx,
Post. Neck (cont.)
Head Bisection and Root of the Neck (cont.)
Fri., April 22 Review    
Review *Group Practical*
Mon., April 25 EXAM    
EXAM

Required Texts:
Stern, Jack T.  1997. Core Concepts in Anatomy. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Sauerland, E.K, and Boileau Grant, J.C. 2005. Grant's Dissector (13th Ed.).
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Supplemental Texts:
D: Drake, R., Vogl, W., and Mitchell, A. 2010. Gray's Anatomy for Students (2nd ed.). Churchill Livingstone.
MD: Moore, K.L. and Dalley, A.F. 2006. Clinically Oriented Anatomy (5th ed).  Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
MP: Moore, K.L. and Persaud, T.V. 1998. The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology (6th ed.). W.B. Saunders.

Grading:
20%: Readiness Assessments (five MCQ at beginning of each lecture, based on Stern readings; best 10/11)
20%: Skull quiz (PowerPoint; based on lecture 1 and lab 1) and Group Practicals (three, taken by lab group)
30%: Lecture final (approximately 10 essay questions selected from those distributed throughout the course)
30%: Lab final (70 question lab practical)

Teaching Assistants: Matt Arroyo, Jimmy Ibrahim, Anisha Noble, Shane Seipel, and Will Tierney

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