Surgical Anatomy of the Limbs | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

MMS 7102

Course Credit Units:

2

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Graduate Level

Academic Programs:

Master of Medicine (Surgery)

College:

College of Health Sciences

School:

School of Medicine

Department:

Surgery

Course Discipline:

science

Course Description & Objectives:

Taught by clinical anatomists and consultant surgeons, this is intended to help surgical trainees prepare for clinical practice. This course, which takes the specialty context into consideration, will: consolidate the candidate’s core and applied surgical knowledge in anatomy; provide a focused revision of pertinent topics in this area, and; aid the candidate’s aptitude to apply surgical anatomy (prosections, osteology and surface anatomy) will cover surgical pathology, surgical radiology, and surgical skills and patient safety.
Objectives:

To describe the embryology, histology and gross anatomy of the upper and lower limbs.
To utilise the anatomical knowledge in clinical diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases of limbs.
To describe the applied anatomy of the limbs.

Learning Outcomes:

Use of anatomical knowledge in diagnosis, treatment and report writing (Operation patient notes or medical reports).At the completion of each extensive section of the course should be able to:

Locate anatomical structures, using diagrams and nomenclature.
Identify bone types according to their characteristics and radiological image.
Distinguish the different classes of joints.
Identify muscles, arties, veins lymph vessels and nerves according to their characteristics.
Identify the topological location of the most important structures of the given region.
Identify the regional muscles in a cadaver and describe in each case the particular innervations and function, as well as the nerves, arteries, veins and lymph vessels.
Deduce from the anatomic-functional knowledge acquired how the mechanics of the locomotor apparatus behave in certain types of movements.
Deduce from the anatomic-functional knowledge acquired the possible alterations that may be caused by injuries to the different structures of the locomotor apparatus.
Recognize palpable bone landmarks of the body.
Identify the muscles masses of the body by palpations.
Examine the vascular and nerve pathways and the reflexes of different body regions.
Know how to assess the degree of mobility of different body regions.