Question about Dental School Anatomy

[giah]

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Does dental school anatomy cover details about the entire body or just the head and neck area?

In other words, what specifically will we be studying in the 1st year anatomy course?

 

[Mudfever]

I asked my buddy at Baylor the same thing and he said they started at the abdomen and worked up. It then got very detailed at the neck.

Mud

 

[molarbear]

I asked my buddy at Baylor the same thing and he said they started at the abdomen and worked up. It then got very detailed at the neck.

Mud

I heard the exact same thing. They then said if you want to go below the waist you can on your own time.

 

[Viking97]

I heard the exact same thing. They then said if you want to go below the waist you can on your own time.

Bow-Chicka-Bow-Wow.....

 

[dentalWorks]

Med school anatomy I hear is worst, you study EVERYTHING bottom to top. And I forgot where I heard this from, but some dental schools teach anatomy the same way.

 

[The Anhedonia]

at my columbia interview, the students said they do everything from the knees up.

at harvard, they said they do everything

 

[molarbear]

Bow-Chicka-Bow-Wow.....

Lol. Touche.

 

[jay47]

at my columbia interview, the students said they do everything from the knees up.

at harvard, they said they do everything

BUT, they also don't have 20 hours a week of dedicated DENTAL courses to go along with it......

 

[Maka]

At Maryland we went from the abdomen up, our cadavers don't even have legs ha. We didn't dissect the arm, and we went into super detail in the head/neck region.

 

[jay47]

I asked my buddy at Baylor the same thing and he said they started at the abdomen and worked up. It then got very detailed at the neck.

Mud

At UTDB Houston, we spend half the time on abdomen thorax, back and shoulder, other half on head and neck. Pretty much learn every single thing about the head and neck, which are of course the most important portions. Have a test in there tomorrow....

 

[scottyhoop]

We did abdomen up as well..skipping a few things here and there. Luckily we didn't have to do the distal portions of the arm. Head and neck was pretty intense tho.

Scotty

 

[ALTOSS]

The abdomen area is one of the toughest places to master in anatomy. A typical med school start from thorax (chest) and either go up (to head and neck) or down (abdomen and pelvic vicera) in subsequent semesters. NYU starts w/ the head and neck, which is the toughest place to master. There is a separate master course called "organ system" which overs pretty much every other essential parts of the body. Since the boards weigh heavily on the head, neck, and nervous systems, it'd be an ego decision for a dental school to cover all parts of the body. I heard some of the institutions where dental and med students attend classes together, the curriculum tends to follow the med school version (e.g. harvard, columbia, etc).

 

[jay47]

The abdomen area is one of the toughest places to master in anatomy. A typical med school start from thorax (chest) and either go up (to head and neck) or down (abdomen and pelvic vicera) in subsequent semesters. NYU starts w/ the head and neck, which is the toughest place to master. There is a separate master course called "organ system" which overs pretty much every other essential parts of the body. Since the boards weigh heavily on the head, neck, and nervous systems, it'd be an ego decision for a dental school to cover all parts of the body. I heard some of the institutions where dental and med students attend classes together, the curriculum tends to follow the med school version (e.g. harvard, columbia, etc).

Wow...why the heck would they start with head and neck? That is by far the most difficult, why not start easy and then by the end there will be better dissections, and they can learn it better while dissecting too?

 

[Contach]

at my columbia interview, the students said they do everything from the knees up.

at harvard, they said they do everything

At Penn, since we never sit in class with med school students (but we do go their building for dissection), we do the clavicle up in a lot of detail, and we do up until about the pelvis at a pretty basic level. That is in terms of muscles, bones and nerves. For function, we learn it all. but really there isn't a whole lot interesting hapening below the groin..

Oh, another point: They may start at the head because it is easy to trace nerves and arteries if you know where they are coming from, then radiate down the body you can just follow them down. As opposed to starting at the bottom of the body and learning names of nerves and vessels you don't know where thy are coming from = i would see THIs as working backwards.

 

[armorshell]

At Penn, since we never sit in class with med school students (but we do go their building for dissection), we do the clavicle up in a lot of detail, and we do up until about the pelvis at a pretty basic level. That is in terms of muscles, bones and nerves. For function, we learn it all. but really there isn't a whole lot interesting hapening below the groin...

Tell that to a podiatrist. Also, that's what she said.

Same at Pacific though regarding all the anatomy stuff

 

[giah]

How is the anatomy course at U. of Pitt. ? Do they cover entire body details or head/neck?

 

[srb711]

Also, that's what she said

Beautiful.

 

[dogluvr83]

At Maryland we went from the abdomen up, our cadavers don't even have legs ha. We didn't dissect the arm, and we went into super detail in the head/neck region.

This may sound "over-achiever-ish" but it's really not...BUT is there any books I can buy online or anything study materials I can get now to slowly start reviewing anatomy b4 Fall starts? 😕
I'm only asking cuz I took anatomy a long time ago & finished classes all together last summer...so wanna get back into reading some science stuff at my own pace to avoid getting completly overwhelmed 1st year...Any advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[2014orbust]

Anyone know how the schools without cadavers do their anatomy?

 

[yuppers]

This may sound "over-achiever-ish" but it's really not...BUT is there any books I can buy online or anything study materials I can get now to slowly start reviewing anatomy b4 Fall starts? 😕
I'm only asking cuz I took anatomy a long time ago & finished classes all together last summer...so wanna get back into reading some science stuff at my own pace to avoid getting completly overwhelmed 1st year...Any advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated!!

This has been talked about several times and the overwhelming consensus from dental students is to just relax and enjoy the free time. This way when DS starts you will be fresh and ready to jump out of the gates.

 

[molarbear]

...so wanna get back into reading some science stuff at my own pace to avoid getting completly overwhelmed 1st year...Any advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated!!

I have a feeling all of us D1 students starting in the fall will feel completely overwhelmed to begin with...for anatomy I would just by an atlas of the human body. Netter makes pretty good books. You could also buy a coloring book. It sounds childish or funny, but it trains your brain to learn everything.

 

[armorshell]

This may sound "over-achiever-ish" but it's really not...BUT is there any books I can buy online or anything study materials I can get now to slowly start reviewing anatomy b4 Fall starts? 😕
I'm only asking cuz I took anatomy a long time ago & finished classes all together last summer...so wanna get back into reading some science stuff at my own pace to avoid getting completly overwhelmed 1st year...Any advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated!!

A good way to waste an entire summer and be 1% less overwhelemd than everyone else.

 

[dogluvr83]

I have a feeling all of us D1 students starting in the fall will feel completely overwhelmed to begin with...for anatomy I would just by an atlas of the human body. Netter makes pretty good books. You could also buy a coloring book. It sounds childish or funny, but it trains your brain to learn everything.

Thanks! And I am sure we will all feel overwhelmed regardless...but I have spare time..(.really!) and figured if I have some stuff around I may peruse it in place of my usual US Weekly magazine every once & a while! Maybe something sticks, maybe it won't! Can't hurt to try...