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Functionally Oriented/Regional Anatomy

First Edition  ©2024 Motashem Samsam Formats: Print

Authors

  • Headshot of Mohtashem Samsam, MD, PhD

    Mohtashem Samsam, MD, PhD

    Mohtashem Samsam is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Director of research of the AdventHealth University (AHU), Orlando, FL, teaching graduate anatomy, pathophysiology, and research courses. He is the author of “Functionally Oriented Regional Anatomy” book.

    Mohtashem Samsam studied Medicine in English language program of Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University, in Szeged, Hungary (1991- 1996) and received his PhD in Neurosciences from the Dep. of Cell biology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain (1997-1999), and defended his thesis in 2002. He did his post-doc studies in Developmental Neurobiology in the Neurology University Clinic of Wuerzburg University, Germany (1999- 2002).

    Publishing several articles in headache and migraine during his MD and PhD studies he continued his post-doc studies examining the mechanism of neurodegeneration in animal models of inherited peripheral neuropathies and treatment of Charcot-Marie Tooth disorders using gene therapy and alteration of immune response. His research and scholarly activities are in migraine headaches and role of inflammation in neurological and psychiatric disorders. He is the author and coauthor of several books and the Editor in Chief of the Neuro-open journal.

    Prior to joining AHU in 2020, Mohtashem Samsam was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Central Florida (2004-2020), teaching anatomy, clinical neuroanatomy, and clinical neuroscience to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. Dr. Samsam developed several courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels at UCF, co-founded the neuroscience graduate program (2016) and was heavily involved in the curriculum development of the UCF College of Medicine for LCME accreditation in 2006-2007. He received multiple teaching and scholarship awards at the college and university levels. Curriculum alignment between college and university education is one of his areas of expertise and interests and he educated close to thirty thousand undergraduate students at UCF with that curriculum alignment philosophy. His “Functionally Oriented Regional Anatomy” is being adapted at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. General Anatomy

Trunk

Chapter 2. Back

Chapter 3. Thorax

Chapter 4. Abdomen

Chapter 5. Pelvis and Perineum

Extremities

Chapter 6. Upper Limb

Chapter 7. Lower Limb

Head and Neck

Chapter 8. Skull, Bones, Muscles, Nerves, and Vessels

Chapter 9. Oral and Nasal Cavities

Chapter 10. Nervous System

Chapter 11. Sense Organs

References

Index

Product Updates

Authors

  • Headshot of Mohtashem Samsam, MD, PhD

    Mohtashem Samsam, MD, PhD

    Mohtashem Samsam is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Director of research of the AdventHealth University (AHU), Orlando, FL, teaching graduate anatomy, pathophysiology, and research courses. He is the author of “Functionally Oriented Regional Anatomy” book.

    Mohtashem Samsam studied Medicine in English language program of Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University, in Szeged, Hungary (1991- 1996) and received his PhD in Neurosciences from the Dep. of Cell biology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain (1997-1999), and defended his thesis in 2002. He did his post-doc studies in Developmental Neurobiology in the Neurology University Clinic of Wuerzburg University, Germany (1999- 2002).

    Publishing several articles in headache and migraine during his MD and PhD studies he continued his post-doc studies examining the mechanism of neurodegeneration in animal models of inherited peripheral neuropathies and treatment of Charcot-Marie Tooth disorders using gene therapy and alteration of immune response. His research and scholarly activities are in migraine headaches and role of inflammation in neurological and psychiatric disorders. He is the author and coauthor of several books and the Editor in Chief of the Neuro-open journal.

    Prior to joining AHU in 2020, Mohtashem Samsam was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Central Florida (2004-2020), teaching anatomy, clinical neuroanatomy, and clinical neuroscience to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. Dr. Samsam developed several courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels at UCF, co-founded the neuroscience graduate program (2016) and was heavily involved in the curriculum development of the UCF College of Medicine for LCME accreditation in 2006-2007. He received multiple teaching and scholarship awards at the college and university levels. Curriculum alignment between college and university education is one of his areas of expertise and interests and he educated close to thirty thousand undergraduate students at UCF with that curriculum alignment philosophy. His “Functionally Oriented Regional Anatomy” is being adapted at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. General Anatomy

Trunk

Chapter 2. Back

Chapter 3. Thorax

Chapter 4. Abdomen

Chapter 5. Pelvis and Perineum

Extremities

Chapter 6. Upper Limb

Chapter 7. Lower Limb

Head and Neck

Chapter 8. Skull, Bones, Muscles, Nerves, and Vessels

Chapter 9. Oral and Nasal Cavities

Chapter 10. Nervous System

Chapter 11. Sense Organs

References

Index

Product Updates

Functionally Oriented Regional Anatomy book discusses the body by regions rather than systems. In regional anatomy parts of multiple systems are discussed in a specific area of the body. This approach is usually followed in the medical anatomy labs; therefore, this regional anatomy book was developed to align undergraduate education with graduate and professional school education. 

This book aims to teach human anatomy at a more practical and applied level, so that it can be used in advanced undergraduate and graduate levels and professional education. Each region begins with the bones and muscles from superficial to the deep layers, followed by the discussion of the nerves, and vessels. The most important parts are towards the end of most chapters where regional and clinical anatomy is discussed. 

Although it may be difficult to further break the regions into smaller sections in the text, teaching the material depends on the individual instructors. One recommended way of presenting the material might be dividing the book into five blocks and begin teaching both lecture and lab by first discussing a general introduction to anatomy that corresponds to approximately the first forty-fifty pages or of the chapter one briefly, and then move to the back and vertebral column (chapter 2) and lower limb (chapter 7) for the first block, followed by discussion of the upper limb (chapter 6) and head and neck (chapter 8) for block 2, and then the thorax (chapter 3) for block 3. The abdomen, pelvis, and perineum (chapter 4 and 5) would be next block, and finally the brain, oral and nasal cavities, and the sense organs (10, 9, and 11). 

The order corresponds to lab by dissecting the back, vertebral column and spinal cord, and then the posterior aspect of the lower limb, followed by dissection of the anterior aspect of the lower limb, and then moving to the upper limb, head and neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and perineum, followed by studying the gross anatomy of the brain, oral (tongue and pharynx) and nasal cavities (nose and paranasal sinuses), and sense organs. 

One should also find time to discuss the joints after completing the upper and lower limbs, the cell biology and histology possibly together with thorax, and other general topics (when needed) of the Introduction (Chapter 1) of this book in between the blocks.

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