(150 contact hours)
This is the first of a two-term intensive course in clinically oriented human anatomy from a regional approach. Microscopic and gross human anatomy are explored utilizing lectures, classroom demonstrations, human cadaver dissections, dissection videos, computer anatomic modeling software, radiographic, magnetic resonance, computerized tomographic and radionucleotide images, and hands-on functional demonstrations. Biomechanics are studied from a functional and clinical approach. Emphasis is on the head, neck, upper extremity, thorax, and brain and spinal cord structures. Concurrent with PT 718