Annapoorana Medical College and Hospitals

ANATOMY DEPARTMENT

VISION

• To render world class education.
• To provide internationally esteemed centre for research and medical teaching in the discipline of anatomy.
• To be a global leader in the field of anatomy through relevant and innovative teaching programs as per competency based medical education.
• To provide the best facilities for learning skills under the guidance of experts.

MISSION:

• To create new generation doctors, trained to highest levels of competence guided by professional ethics to serve the mankind.
• To provide a vibrant environment for learning and research activities.
• To develop aptitude and skills of students to equip them to face the challenges and needs of a fast changing society.

 

DEPARTMENT

• Human anatomy is one of the fundamental basic science of medicine concerned with the study and description of human body structures. Anatomy department is located in a serene environment in the ground floor of college block of Annapoorana medical college & Hospital. The department comprises of divisions like dissection hall, histology laboratory, museum, departmental library, research laboratory and demonstration rooms. All are well equipped with excellent teaching materials and audio visual aids. Dissection hall is a spacious, well ventilated area, equipped with adequate cold storage unit, preservation tanks, cadavers, prosected specimens, disarticulated bones and colored charts for dissection and learning purpose. Histology laboratory is well equipped with microscopes, histology slides and color histology charts. Museum has good number of wet & dry specimens, models, charts, X-rays, X-ray view boxes and articulated skeletons.

COURSES HANDLED:

UNDER GRADUATE COURSE: First Year MBBS.

AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY:

The Tamil Nadu DR.M.G.R Medical University, Chennai.

ACADEMIC CURRICULUM:

Competency Based Medical Education for First MBBS as per MCI guide lines.

 UNDER GRADUATE SEMINARS TOPICS:

• Oogenesis
• Spermatogenesis
• Fertilization
• Trilaminar Germ Disc
• Notochord
• Rectus sheath
• Inguinal canal
• Lesser sac
• Stomach
• Meckel’s diverticulum
• Urinary bladder
• Prostate gland
• Uterus
• Fallopian tube & ovary
• Rectum

RESEARCH CONDUCTED AT AMCH

ONGOING PROJECTS:

• Anatomical study of maxillary sinus and its ostium related to sex and age in south Indian population using retrospective CT images.
• A study on the morphometry of the crania and to estimate the cranial capacity in an adult human skull bones.
• A Cadaveric Study of Variations in the Brachial Artery and Its Branching Pattern with Its Clinical Significance.

PUBLICATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT:

• Shanta Chandrasekaran, Deepti Shastri. Bicondylar angle of femur in South Indian population – An Analytical study. National Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 2011; 1(3): 124-128.
• Shanta Chandrasekaran, Chandrasekaran VP. Anatomical Variations of the Internal Jugular Vein in Relation to Common Carotid Arteryin Lesser Supra Clavicular Fossa –A Colour Doppler Study. International Journal of Basic Medical Sciences.2011;1(5): 235-241.
• Shanta Chandrasekaran, Deepti Shastri. A Study on Metopic Suture In Adult South Indian Skulls. International Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 2011;1(7): 379-382.
• Shanta Chandrasekaran, Sashibha Barman. Ultrasonographic assessment of femoral vein diameter in femoral triangle. National Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2012;1(1): 30-34.
• Vivek Patil R, Gokul Raj, ShantaChandrasekaran. Optic nerve sheath diameter of 5 mm is a sign of raised ICP. Will it be appropriate for Indians? National Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2013;2(3): 49-52.
• Shanta Chandrasekaran, Sudha R. Sexual Dimorphism of bicondylar width of femora in South Indian population. International Journal of Current Research and Review. 2013; 5(8):2196-2231.
• Shanta Chandrasekaran, Shanthi K C. A study on the Nutrient foramina of Adult Humerii. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2013;7(6): 975-977.
• Kavitha S,Shanta Chandrasekaran. Morphometric study of occipital condyles in adult human skulls. International Journal of Current Research and Review.2013;5(15):31-34.
• Hariharasudhan C,Shanta Chandrasekaran. Relationship of femoral vein to femoral artery in femoral triangle in cannulating position – An ultrasound study. National Journal of Emergency Medicine.2013; 2(2): 49-52.
• Sathvika T, Deepti Shastri, Shanta Chandrasekaran. Morphometric analysis of foramen magnum with computer aided digital image. National Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 2013;4(2): 97-100.
• Sathvika T, Shanta Chandrasekaran, Deepti Shastri. Dermatoglyphics related to intelligent quotient level of medical undergraduate students. International Journal of Current Research. 2016; 8(8):37304-37306.
• Sudha R, Sivakumar V,Christilda Felicia Jebakani. Study Of Shape of Placenta and Its Relation to Placental Weight in Normal and Complicated Pregnancies. National Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 2012;02(4): 307- 311.
• Sudha R, Sridevi C, Ezhilarasi M. Anatomical Variations in the Formation of Pterion and Asterion in South Indian Population. International Journal of Current Research and Review.2013;05(09): 92- 101.
• Sudha R, Shanta Chandrasekaran, Aruna N. Study of Morphological Variations in the Shape of Coronoid Process of Mandible in South Indian Population. International Journal of Current Research and Review.2013;05(10): 84 – 92.
• Sudha R. Study of Clavicle: Length and Curvatures in South Indian Population. National Journal of Clinical Anatomy.2014;3(4): 198- 202.
• Sasikala P, Sudha R. Study of Accessory Renal Artery in Cadavers and Computed Angiography. National Journal of Basic Medical Sciences.2017;(3):133-138.
• Sudha R, Sasikala P. The Third Osseus Ambiguous Tubercle – A Study in Indian Population. National Journal of Clinical Anatomy.2018;7(1): 41- 46.
• Perumal A, Sathiya S. Ossified Transverse Acetabular Ligament – an Osteological Study. International Journal of Current Research and Review. 2014;6 (8):37-47
• Sathiya S, Udhaya K. Morphological Study of Greater Palatine Foramen In Adult Human Skull Bones. National Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 2017;7(3):139-144.
• Sathiya S, Sudha R, Udhaya K, Karthikeyan A. Morphological study of mastoid process to determine sex using its dimensions. Applied Physiology and Anatomy Digest. 2020;3(5):5 -12.
• Sowmya, Priya, Meenakshi, Shwetha B. Study of Trophoblast and Histological Changes of Fallopian Tube in Tubal Pregnancy and Anatomical Considerations for Its Early Rupture. International Journal of Anatomy and Research. 2014;2(4):609-613.
• Shwetha B, Pushpa. Study Of Variations in The Course and Level of Termination of Common Peroneal Nerve and Its Clinical Implications - A Cadaveric Study. National Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 2019;10(2):5-10.
• Vijaya Kumari N, Karthikeyan A. Estimation of Stature from Length of Thumb in Salem Population. Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2019;12(2):142-146.
• Shwetha B, Pushpa MS,et al. Study of the variations in the terminal branching pattern of sciatic nerve and its relation with piriformis muscle. National Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 2021;11(3): 219-224.

ICMR Project – Approved

• B. Sibana, I MBBS.

Morphometric study of the suprascapular notch and the incidence of ossification of superior transverse scapular ligament in an adult human scapulae bone.

Student achievements:

• Ms Catherine maria.J II MBBS – Won the Best Oral Presentation Award on presenting “Uterus Didelphys – A case

report” in Pancon – 2019, Anatomy National Conference on Pelvic Anatomy for Obstetricians held at Shree Balaji Medical College & Hospital –Chennai on 19^th & 20^th October 2019.

• Nirmal Kumar.K, II MBBS Student – Won the Best Poster Presentation Award on “ Uterovaginal Prolapse with Cystocele & Rectocele – A case Report” in Pancon – 2019, Anatomy National Conference on Pelvic Anatomy for Obstetricians held at Shree Balaji Medical College & Hospital –Chennai on 19^th & 20^th October 2019.
• R, I MBBS Student – Won the second prize for Gross Anatomy painting competition in Creative Commissure – An Anatomy Colloquy for I MBBS Students in Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Medial College & Hospital held on 28^th of April 2018.
• V, I MBBS Student - Won the second prize for Gross Anatomy Painting Competition in Creative Commissure – An Anatomy Colloquy for I MBBS Students in Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Medial College & Hospital held on 28^th of April 2018.

• Devi Jeyaslakshmi.S,I MBBS Student – Won the First prize for Histology Painting Competition in Creative Commissure – An Anatomy Colloquy for I MBBS Students in Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Medial College & Hospital held on 28^th of April 2018.
• S, I MBBS Student - Won the second prize for Histology Painting Competition in Creative Commissure – An Anatomy Colloquy for I MBBS Students in Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Medial College & Hospital held on 28^th of April 2018.
• Vithu Ranjali.J, I MBBS Student - Won the second prize for Histology Painting competition in Creative Commissure – An Anatomy Colloquy for I MBBS Students in Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Medial College & Hospital held on 28^th of April 2018.
• Jefna Jafar, I MBBS Student –Won the third prize for Model making competition in Creative Commissure – An Anatomy Colloquy for I MBBS Students in Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Medial College & Hospital held on 28^th of April 2018.