Current challenges in anatomical teachings, such as cadaver shortages, ethical limitations, and restricted access to pathological specimens, are increasingly being mitigated by advancing medical technologies, and among these are three-dimensional mod...
Anatomical museums face growing challenges in maintaining their educational relevance, institutional visibility, and scientific identity. While many historical collections survive as heritage assets, fewer remain integrated into active teaching and r...
18 January 2022
Gross anatomy knowledge is an essential element for medical students in their education, and nowadays, cadaver-based instruction represents the main instructional tool able to provide three-dimensional (3D) and topographical comprehensions. The aim o...
Backgrond/Objectives: Human anatomy education has traditionally relied on cadaveric dissection as the reference standard for acquiring anatomical knowledge. However, decreasing availability of donated bodies, curricular changes, and rapid technologic...
Anatomy as a basic science discipline is “vanishing” in recent competencies-based medical curricula. The fundamental requirement of these curricula to apply the knowledge from the basic disciplines in practical and clinical everyday life...
Background: Peripheral nerve surgeries require extensive practice to address anatomical variability and effectively manage neuropathy symptoms. While these procedures are increasingly performed by other surgical specialists, neurosurgeons bring unpar...
Canonical vascular diagrams do not capture patient-specific differences in vessel identity, course, depth, calibre, branching, adjacency, dynamic behaviour, or post-procedural route. This targeted narrative review with purposive publication selection...
Background/Objectives: Plastination with polyester resin is a consolidated technique for anatomical preservation, particularly valuable in neuroanatomy education and radiological correlation. This review synthesizes the principles, technical evolutio...
Hazard investigation education plays a crucial role in equipping students with adequate knowledge and skills to avoid or eliminate construction hazards at workplaces. With the emergence of various visualization technologies, virtual photoreality as w...
Mixed-reality (MR) technologies have enhanced anatomy education through immersive three-dimensional visualization; however, most existing systems lack tutoring capabilities that respond contextually during anatomical exploration. This paper presents...
Background/Objectives: Anatomical variation of the limb arteries is a recurrent threat to safe surgical and interventional practice, yet it is frequently under-emphasized in modern curricula. Methods: We conducted a systematic review and proportional...
Many cadaver-based anatomy courses and surgical workshops use prosections to help podiatry students and residents learn clinically relevant anatomy. The quality of these prosections is variable and dependent upon the methods used to prepare them. The...
Veins of the lower extremity can be categorized into three hierarchically ordered groups: the epifascial, the interfascial, and the deep ones. In the past, the interfascial veins, e.g., the great saphenous vein, were categorized as superficial veins....
3 April 2023
The COVID-19 Pandemic has conveyed an unprecedented worldwide challenge. Although there is much emphasis on caring for patients and communities, the high incidence of SARS-CoV-2 had seriously disturbed education and calls for prompt as well as seriou...
The Locomotor System Anatomy (LSA) course, placed in the first semester of the first year of the new Master’s degree in Medicine and Surgery High Technology (MSHT) at the Sapienza University of Rome, was integrated with surgical and bioengineer...
Strengthening key competencies in veterinary preclinical education, such as anatomical identification, spatial–visual reasoning, and anatomical–surgical understanding, is essential for effective preclinical learning. In this context, vete...
Background: Mature cystic teratomas are some of the most common benign ovarian germ cell tumors and are often discovered incidentally during imaging or surgery. Reports on the gross anatomical relationships for these lesions during body donor dissect...
Three-dimensional (3D)-printed models with high anatomic fidelity are an increasingly viable tool in simulation-based medical education. One advantage of 3D models is they provide enhanced tactile and spatial understanding of complex anatomy to devel...
Background/Objectives: Accurate assessment of periodontal parameters such as bleeding on probing (BoP) and tooth mobility is essential for diagnosis and treatment planning. In contrast to metric measures, these findings represent more subjective clin...
Digital technologies have improved the visualization of anatomical structures for veterinary education and clinical practice. In this study, a detailed three-dimensional anatomical model of the equine palmar metacarpal region was generated using E12-...
The integration of immersive educational technologies into medical education has attracted growing attention owing to their potential to improve the learning of complex anatomical structures and specialized terminology. This study investigates the us...
Background/Objectives: The lamina terminalis is an important anatomical structure located at the anterior wall of the third ventricle and surrounded by critical neurovascular elements. Precise and safe surgical access to this region requires detailed...
16 December 2021
Most medical and health science schools adopt innovative tools to implement the teaching of anatomy to their undergraduate students. The increase in technological resources for educational purposes allows the use of virtual systems in the field of me...
Background: The expanding interest in chatbots within the medical domain underscores the imperative for a comprehensive understanding of their capabilities and limitations, particularly in the context of anatomical education. Chatbots possess the pot...
Anatomy education has long served as a cornerstone of medical training, equipping healthcare professionals with the foundational knowledge necessary for clinical practice. However, the discipline has undergone significant transformations in response...
Medical educators face many challenges instructing future medical students, specifically in the integration of learning technologies. To overcome these challenges, educators must implement learner-centered and interactive teaching strategies. Anatomi...
Ultrasound-guided femoral vascular access (UFVA) is a crucial step in cardiovascular intervention, yet training models remain costly, anatomically limited, or insufficiently durable. This research aimed to develop and evaluate a reusable, self-healin...
Gross anatomy provides essential knowledge about the structure and function of the human body. Understanding human anatomy requires specific skills from physiotherapy students to comprehend and memorize the location and relationships of anatomical st...
The objectives of this study were to identify and correlate orofacial anatomy discrepancies as biometric data and the impact of its rehabilitation as an educational, forensic approach to human identification. An observational and retrospective cohort...
Background/Objectives: Lumbar decompression surgery for degenerative lumbar stenosis is an intervention which addresses a degenerative condition affecting many patients. This article presents a meticulous three-phase surgical approach, derived from o...
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death. The combination of new molecular classifications with clinicopathological data could contribute to the individualization of patients and to the development of new therapeutic s...
Background: A solid understanding of dental and craniofacial anatomy is essential for reliable clinical practice, yet long-term retention of anatomical knowledge is known to decline as students progress through their training. Although digital- and i...
Four phenotypes of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) have been identified. Only one of these is anatomical. As such, anatomically based treatments for OSAHS may not fully resolve the condition. Equally, compliance and uptake of gold-s...
Within the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) medical space, a relatively small fraction of patients follow through with elective surgeries to fix ailments such as a deviated septum or occluded sinus passage. Patient understanding of their diagnosis and tre...
A novel combination of variations involving the quadratus plantae muscle (QP) and its relationship to the flexor hallucis longus (FHL) tendon was observed unilaterally in the right foot of an 88-year-old female cadaver during routine dissection. The...
A novel combination of variations involving the extensor carpi radialis (ECR) muscle group was observed bilaterally in a 75-year-old female cadaver during routine dissection. An accessory tendon was observed arising from the extensor carpi radialis l...
3 December 2021
Since its advent, robotic surgery has redefined the operating room experience. It directly addressed and resolved many of the shortcomings of laparoscopic methods while maintaining a minimally invasive approach that brought benefits in cosmesis and h...
The development of cognitive knowledge, motor skills, and artistic sense in order to restore lost tooth structure is fundamental for dental professionals. The course of dental anatomy is taught in the initial years of dental school, and is a componen...
Anatomy education has evolved significantly with the introduction of diverse instructional techniques. This review evaluates these methods, including traditional cadaver dissection, three-dimensional (3D) model printing, virtual dissection using tool...
Immersive virtual reality with the use of 3D holography is a new method that is being currently introduced for teaching anatomy, yet the actual educational benefits associated with its use remain unclear. Here, we present our preliminary observations...
Anatomical variation is defined as the normal range of possibilities in the topography and morphology of body structures. In contrast, an anomaly is any structural or functional anatomical finding beyond the normal range of possibilities. This case s...
The biceps brachii muscle is a two-headed muscle located in the anterior compartment of the arm. Anatomical variations observed in the biceps brachii muscle are not uncommon. However, very few incidents are reported on a unilateral, rarely described...
We developed an innovative system to enhance medical education, specifically in teaching anatomy and surgical techniques. We applied three-dimensional (3D) and mixed-reality (MR) technologies to create immersive learning experiences. The system enabl...
Conventional anatomical models and cadaveric specimens can be time-consuming and resource intensive for any anatomical institute. In recent years, there has been a push for more flexible and varied approaches to teaching, including problem-based and...
Background: Anatomically accurate illustrations are imperative in medical education, serving as crucial tools to facilitate comprehension of complex anatomical structures. While traditional illustration methods involving human artists remain the gold...
According to the European Directive 63/2010/EU, education and training involving living rats and mice are classified as an animal experiment and demands the implementation of the 3Rs. Therefore, as a method of refinement, rat and mouse simulators wer...
Local anaesthesia is taught early in the practical part of dental programs. However, dental students express uncertainty and concern before their practical training in local anaesthesia. The aim of this study was to evaluate how extra educational ele...
Cervical cancer management increasingly requires patient-specific and locally adaptable technologies to address complex pelvic anatomy, heterogeneous tumor geometry, limited local drug retention, and the need for improved planning and education. Poly...
While performing a routine anatomical dissection on a male donor, undergraduate medical students observed an uncommon vascular anomaly: a persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC). Prior to the anatomical dissection, computed tomography (CT) images w...
Minimally invasive facial procedures are widely performed in clinical medicine but remain associated with severe complications such as necrosis or blindness, often resulting from insufficient anatomical understanding and limited procedural training....
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