M1: Human Anatomy/Virtual Dissections

How to use this page to get the most out of the 15 virtual dissections and the neuroanatomy dissection if you are an Emory M1 Student:

Before class: You must prepare for the virtual dissections before class, I will assume some baseline knowledge for our in-class work. If you do not prepare, you will quickly become lost in whatever body part we are studying. It would be best if you did the following before each one of the 15 virtual dissections: 1) Look over the goals and objectives, 2) read the dissection comic, 3) watch the dissection video and 4) take the pre-class quiz. All of these things can be found below. The single most important thing you can do is read the comic.

During class: Each class will start with a brief Kahoot! anatomy quiz (which you have access to, below), followed by an in class drawing that all students will do to simplify complex anatomy. We will then explore whatever body part we are learning about that week using cross sectional images from the visible human project loaded into ImageJ or using the images below. Look for the structures listed in the goals and objectives. After students have learned the anatomy from the “cadaver”, we will look at a normal MRI or CT to see what these structures look like using clinical images. Next, students will look for abnormalities using actual MRI or CT cases. The relevant VHP and MRI/CT images are included below. Answers are included for the cases; try not to look at the answers until you’ve struggled through the case. Finally, we will have another brief Kahoot! focusing on clinically important derangements of the anatomy we have learned.

After class: Periodically review the comics and any notes that you took in class. Redraw the in-class anatomic drawing and retake the “click on target” and Kahoot! quizzes. If you have problems identifying structures, consult e-Anatomy.

Before the exam: Make sure that you know the material in the comics cold. Take the back test. Come to the review session. Be able to identify the structures listed in the goals and objectives. I will never, ever write a tricky exam question on purpose. If you think a question is tricky, you are either overthinking things (60%), you don’t understand the anatomy well enough (30%) or I wrote a bad question (10%). It may help to look at the “10 second anatomy” reviews and 60 second quizzes included at the end of each virtual dissection.

How to use this page if you are not an Emory Student:

Read the comics, watch the videos, do the drawings and take the quizzes. Try to identify normal structures on the visible human images (will include VHP in the name) that are listed in the goals and objectives for each dissection. Then find those same structures on the normal clinical scans and find the abnormal structures on the clinical cases. Note that non-Emory students will not be able to log in to e-Anatomy using the Emory link.

Comics:

The Spine: 1 Spine 1,2
The Thigh: 2 Thigh 3,4
The Ankle: 3 Ankle 2,3,4
The Aortic Arch: 4 Aortic Arch 5
The Shoulder: 5 Shoulder 1,2,3
The Elbow: 6 Elbow 1
The Chest: 7 Tracheobroncheal Tree 5
The Circle of Willis: 8 COW 3
The Orbit: 9 Orbit 1,2,3
The Heart: 10 Heart 4
The Larynx: 11 Larynx 1,2
The Paranasal Sinuses: 12 Sinuses 3
The Abdominal Wall: 13 Abdominal Wall 1,3,4
The Abdominal Aorta: 14 Abdominal Aorta 2
The Pelvis: 15 Pelvis 4
Summary Drawings from each Dissection: Summary Drawings

Videos:

Quizzes:

“Click on Target”:

When you click on the desired quiz, you will be taken to a Google Slides presentation. In the Google Slides tool bar, click “View”, then “Present”, that will start the slide show; follow the instructions on the slides. These are “Click on Target” questions, where you will be asked to click on anatomic structures.

Anatomy Kahoot!s:

You’ll need 2 devices to play these Kahoot!s, a mobile device with the Kahoot! app and a tablet/laptop/desktop. Click on the link below on your tablet/laptop/desktop, then click–>play–>start now–>classic–>start. The Kahoot! should now show you a game pin. Start Kahoot! on your mobile device and enter the pin, then your nickname, then click start on your tablet/laptop/desktop which will display the questions. Answer the questions on your mobile device, use your other device to advance through the quiz.

Back Test Questions:

Links to back test questions are below. For 1-5 below, each question is repeated 3 times: once without the choices listed, once with the choices listed and once with the correct answer given. Try to answer the questions without the choices listed, this is a more effective way of studying. Alternatively, you can try the same questions in a Google quiz in numbers 7-11 below.