Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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anatomy 19, The unique features of living organisms reside in the organization of protoplasm into functional systems ranging from subcellular patterns in spatial arrangements of protein molecules within the cytoplasm, nuclei and membranes of cells, to the intricate interactions of the body's control mechanisms in the higher centers of the central nervous system. Anatomy is that discipline of human biology which studies and describes this structural organization of the body. Anatomists have explored and defined the parts of the body, the architecture of cells and tissues, and the embryological processes leading to the formation of the adult organism. In recent years, emphasis has shifted from definition and description of structural details to specific studies of protoplasmic organization, in particular to eluci- dation of the functional cytoarchitecture of cells and the properties and arrangements of the components of the nervous system, cf-fr it 5 in Y BERWIND N. KAUFMAN, M.D Professor and Chairman

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To cover the vast field of medicine in four years is an impossible task The training of the medical school gives a man his direction, points him the way, and furnishes him with a chart fairly incomplete for the voyage, but nothing more. SIR WILLIAM OSLER COURSES

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.,- a -. ' I 11? ' 1.1 ft... 4.'.'. 'av - V ', 1:45 -.WI l J? X I A I 2 f- 1 . . X' l ' 1 VK- 51. , 2. I'-S'-..g X , ' ' '71 T 'f. f - Vi ,' .Io -l .-IX ,, , :na 3., O ' 11 , :felt-3:4 Q 1 1 f I I I H. I. PERLMUTTER, PH.D. il ,I fj w. CALLAHAN, PH.D. Il in 4 'I Never heard of the 'Wump Syndrome'l l Sub-divisions of anatomy have a historical origin but primarily reflect different technical approaches. The anatomy of organs and systems is studied through gross dissection. The organization and specialization of cells into tissues is studied through low powered light microscopy and special staining and chemical procedures. Subcellular structures are examined using high powered light microscopy, electron microscopy, and biochemical, bio-physical, and immunologi- cal analysis of cellular components. The Anatomy Department provides formal instruction for all medical students in the anatomy and dissection of the body lGross Anatomyl, the arrangements, specializations, and origins of cells lHistology and Embryologyl, the organi- zation of the nervous system lNeuroanatomyl, the organiza- tion and transmission of cell regulatory systems lMedical Genetics and Cell Biologyl. Elective courses and research opportunities are available in each of the above areas for interested medical students. Opportunities for graduate study and research in all of the 'above areas and in clinical genetics are as well offered by the Department of Anatomy. BERWIND N. KAUFMAN, M.D. Professor and Chairman P. S. AMENTA, PH.D. 0 ,if 4 -41. Now to test this at the next full moon.' - I ' A v - e .7 - R. C. TRUEX, PH.D. ln the remaining 15 minutes we'II tie the course together