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The course in Anatomy is taught in the first year by the Department of Anatomy and Anthropology and is designed to impart a fundamental knowledge of the anatomy of the human body in preparation for studies in pathology and clinical medicine. The course is divided into gross anatomy, neuroanatomy and complementary topics including x-ray, CT and MRI anatomy, comparative anatomy ant anthropology.

Gross anatomy is taught by lectures organized as regional and clinically oriented anatomy, and whole body dissections performed by the student. The fundamentals acquired by the student during the preclinical course are reviewed during the clinical clerkships.

Neuroanatomy is taught in the Neuroscience course, which integrates anatomy, neurophysiology, histology and embryology. The course includes complete dissection of the central nervous system and study of the various motor and sensory pathways.

Living Anatomy and Clinical Demonstrations: The teaching of each area of the body culminates in sessions in living applied anatomy. Clinical anatomical conferences, accompanied by presentation and discussion of appropriate cases, complete the studies. Special emphasis is on specific anatomical structures ( skull, brain, spinal column, hands) and functional adaptations.

Comparative Anatomy: The principal system are taught according to their development in the various species of animals, and comparisons made with the parallel system in man. Physical Anthropology covers the general concepts of evolution and the place of man among the primates.

Evaluation: The material is covered in two examinations: Anatomy A at the end of the first semester, and Anatomy B at the end of the second semester. Each final examination ( which is 80% of the final grade) consists of written multiple choice questions, and identification of anatomical preparations. The identification is primarily on cadavers dissected by the student, and prosected specimens.
Quizzes (20% of the final grade).

Advanced courses in physical Anthropology
  1. Human population biology (Prof. G.Livshits)
  2. Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology (Prof. G.Livshits)
  3. Growth and development of children (Prof, Y.Ben David)
  4. Human evolution-the fossil evidence (Prof.Y.Rak)
  5. Bone histology to medical students (4th year) (Prof. I. Hershkovitz)
  6. Methods in physical anthropology (Prof. I. Hershkovitz)
  7. Introduction to the human skeleton (osteology A), Graduate students (GS) (Prof. I. Hershkovitz)
  8. Selected subjects in osteology and evolution (osteology B) (GS) (Prof. I. Hershkovitz)
  9. Multidisciplinary approach to human sciences (GS) (Prof. I. Hershkovitz)
  10. The anatomy of the vertebral column in the Vertebrate (GS) (Prof. I. Hershkovitz)