CLO-5003 Human Anatomy and Neuroscience
The Human Anatomy and Neuroscience course covers the anatomy and neuroscience of both the afferent and efferent visual systems. In addition, this course provides an overview of general anatomy of the brain and cranial contents, as well as neuroimaging basics as they apply to the assessment of neurologic pathways of the afferent and efferent visual systems. The first half of the course focuses on basics of optic disc assessment and associated tests of optic nerve function, the light and near pupillary pathways and their clinical assessment, and the visual pathway and anatomically associated visual field defects. This portion of the course prepares students for the Optic Nerve Disorders course, which will occur midway through this course. The second half of this course focuses on the efferent visual system evaluation, including assessment of pupil sizes, palpebral apertures and ocular motilities. Abnormalities of the efferent visual system are explored from an anatomical perspective with focus on extraocular muscles, neuro-muscular junction, cranial nerves and brainstem anatomy.