Swansea University Medical School: Anatomy and Embryology

We've had a bit of a break while we've been writing a book, but consultant opthalmologist Mr Mike Austin asked if he could record a podcast about the anatomy of the eye in preparation for his teaching week. We talk about the importance of the eye clinically, and relate the anatomy of the eye to loss of vision and other pathology.

Sam broke his foot so decided to talk about some important aspects of the anatomy of the lower limb. Sam and Rhi talk about the bones of the foot and ankle, the knee, the sciatic nerve, veins and compartments of the thigh and leg. This episode includes a number of annotated images of plastic models and Sam's leg.

Sam and Rhi finish talking about some key pelvic anatomy by talking about the ducting of the vas deferens into the urethra, what the os is, the relationships of organs within the female pelvis and their ligaments, and the sensory innervation from the external genitalia.

We pick 10 key anatomical things that we think are particularly worth knowing, this time in the pelvis. This is the first part and we talk about levator ani, the sciatic nerve, anastomoses in the female pelvis, the ureters, and the autonomic nervous system in the male pelvis.

Rhi and Sam change format to talk about anatomy and cover 10 key areas of the gastrointestinal system that you should know about if you're a medical student.

We talk about the development of the ear and its different parts.

We spend half an hour talking about how the eye forms from the developing brain and overlying ectoderm.

Rhiannon and Sam draw together the idea of germ layers that we spoke about in the early podcasts with the development of the systems that we've talked about since.

Sam draws a quick diagram of the parts of the brachial plexus that you often see laid out in textbooks.

Rhiannon records her last pocast before moving back to England.