Module PY4890-KP04, PY4890

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Psychology - Cognitive Systems 2027, optional suject, psychology
• Master Psychology - Cognitive Systems 2022, optional suject, psychology
• Master Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2027, optional suject, medicine
• Master Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2022, optional subject, medicine
• Master Psychology 2016, optional subject, psychology
• Master psychology 2013, optional subject, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• Neuroanatomy (lecture, 1 SWS)
• Neuroanatomy (practical course, 1 SWS)

Workload:

• 90 hours private studies
• 30 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Basic introduction to the human development and structural anatomy of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous system and sense organs; Knowledge and understanding of the main functional systems of the brain
• During practical sessions, basic topics like vascular supply, ventricles, cranial nerves, basal ganglia, cerebellum and brainstem are analyzed and dissected
• Working in interdisciplinary teams with medical students

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students gain an understanding of physiology and pathophysiology through macroscopic dissection of human brains.
• Acquiring basic skills in neuroanatomy and neuroimaging
• Students understand physiology and pathophysiology by macroscopic dissection of human brains
• They are familiar with the development and structure of the brain, gyri, sulci, meninges, cerebral arteries, ventricles, brain pathways, prosencephalon, allocortex, isocortex, cerebellum.
• Students have developed in-depth anatomical knowledge using human specimens.
• They know the importance of positional relationships for function.
• Modern methods of structural and functional neuroimaging
• Distinct and common neurological disorders

Grading through:

• as announced by examiner

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. med. Peter König

Teacher:

• Institute of Anatomy
• Prof. Dr. med. Peter König

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

14.11.2025