Anatomy of Domestic Animals

Teacher(s)

Moens André;

Language

French

Prerequisites

Recommended knowledge of the notions of anatomy of the locomotor system, internal organs, nervous and circulatory systems, and of embryology to understand the course of topographic anatomy

Main themes

Teaching anatomy of animals is made system by system (locomotive, respiratory, digestive, reproductive, circulatory, etc.). For every notion, an in-depth study of three reference animals (dog, horse and bovine) is realized, followed by a compared study of the cat, the small ruminants, the pig, the rabbit and the birds.
This last course of anatomy is a synthesis of the anatomical notions studied system by system. It aims, for a given anatomical region, at integrating all the notions of anatomy previously studied systems by system. This course gives a clinical approach of the anatomy of our domestic animals.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	The aim of the 4 courses of anatomy of domestic animals is to teach this matter to future veterinarians. Learning anatomy allows the student to fill the requirements of the medical act. In particular to localize exactly any organ of an animal, to be able to correlate any reaction of a precise anatomical area to a precise organ, to choose the places of auscultation, palpation, percussion, to choose also precise places of diagnostic or therapeutic intervention and to do any medical act. The aim of the course is also to make understand the normal functioning of organs and, by comparison, the abnormal functioning of these organs. In other words, to explain the physiology and the pathology according to the forms and the anatomical structures. The accent is thus put on the functional and clinical aspects of this matter

Content

Regional study of organs previously studied system by system. The accent is put on the important clinical aspects. Regions are: the head, the dorsal neck, the ventral neck, the thorax, the abdominal cavity, the pelvic cavity and the segments of the fore- and hindlimb (thoracic and pelvic girdles, stylopod, zeugopod and basipod). The theoretical notions are subject of detailed dissections and demonstrations on living animal by specialized veterinarians (clinical anatomy of the bovine, the horse, the dog, the medical imaging) or on cadavers (digestive and genital surgery of carnivores)

Teaching methods

Oral lecture by the professor
Presentation with transparencies
Practical class :dissection and demonstration by specialized veterinarians (horse, cow, dog)

Evaluation methods

Oral exam with 45 minutes of preparation

Bibliography

Plus d'une vingtaine d'ouvrages disponibles pour consultation chez le titulaire
Les deux références principales sont :
1) Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques. R. Barone (6 tomes) Ed. Vigot
2) Veterinary Anatomy. Dyce, Sack and Wensing. Ed Saunders

Teaching materials

• Le support de cours consiste en une série de syllabus illustrés.
• Les livres d'anatomie vétérinaire de référence sont disponibles en bibliothèque.

Faculty or entity

VETE