ABSTRACT

Any person who is or has been a medical student knows that anatomy consists of gross human anatomy, microanatomy (also known as histology), neuroanatomy, and sometimes embryology as well. The total instruction time required for all of them can require as much as 390 h. Of that, the time required for each can be approximately divided into 180 h for gross anatomy, 120 h for microanatomy, 60 h for neuroanatomy, and 30 h for embryology. Equipping an adequate facility for teaching these courses is extremely expensive. As far as the author is aware, dental and medical schools are the only educational institutions where such an opportunity could possibly be available. Chiropractic schools might be included, but certainly not oriental and acupuncture colleges. If oriental and acupuncture colleges do teach gross anatomy and microanatomy, the said teaching is most likely limited to didactic oral presentation, without practical dissection of cadavers and microscopic examination of tissue mountings on slides.