Overcoming Barriers in a Traditional Medical Education System by the Stepwise, Evidence-Based Introduction of a Modern Learning Technology.

Introduction: Histology teaching in India and in other developing countries has not changed much over the past decades and has not joined the global movement of using virtual microscopy (VM). Many factors may have contributed to this academic inertia-including curricular requirements for traditional microscopy (TM) skills, assessments that are heavily based on TM, and unfamiliarity with modern technology among faculty, as well as infrastructural shortcomings. This study is aimed at overcoming these roadblocks by using a blended approach combining VM with TM in a tradition-centered curricular setting.

An unusual origin and course of the thyroidea ima artery, with absence of inferior thyroid artery bilaterally.

We report an unusual origin and course of the thyroidea ima artery in a male cadaver. The ima artery originated from the right subclavian artery very close to origin of the right vertebral artery. The artery coursed anteriorly between the common carotid artery medially and internal jugular vein laterally.

Can the angle between optic nerves indicate whether optic chiasm is prefixed, normofixed or postfixed? An anatomical study with radiologic and neurosurgical implications.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to measure the angle (Interneural angle, INA) between intracranial segments of optic nerves (ISON), and to look for any relation between it and the relative anteroposterior location (RAPL) of the optic chiasm (OC)-viz. prefixed, normofixed and postfixed.

Methods: The sample comprised of 100 autopsy specimens from South Indian population.

A Morphometric Study of the Foramen of Diaphragma Sellae and Delineation of Its Relation to Optic Neural Pathways through Computer Aided Superimposition.

The diaphragma sellae (DS) is a fold of dura that forms a partial roof over the pituitary gland. The foramen of the diaphragma sellae (FDS) is thereby a pathway for suprasellar extension of pituitary tumors. The purpose of this study was to describe the anatomical dimensions of the DS and FDS and to understand the relationship of FDS with the overlying optic chiasma.