COMPARATIVE PRIMATE ANATOMY

Anthropology 345/346
Monday 3:30 - 6:10
Professor:

Office Hours: Monday

1:30 3:30 or by Appointment
Phone: 645-0425 (O)
Office: Spaulding 134
745-9610 (H)
E-Mail:
jsiriann@buffalo.edu;
jsirianni1@aol.com

Dr. J. E. Sirianni

DATE

LECTURE TOPICS

READING
ASSIGNMENT

January 25,
2016

Basic Anatomical Terms;

Development of the Skeletal System

Lab Manual pp. 2-7

February 1

Skeletal System and Joints; Muscular

System
Development of the Nervous System;
Peripheral Nervous System

Lab Manual pp. 15-21

Langdon chapter 3
Lab Manual pp. 22-23

February 15

Primate Classification and Phylogeny;

Locomotor Classification of Primates

Langdon chapters 1,2

February 22

Evolution of the Higher Primates;

Comparative Anatomy of the Shoulder
and Arm

Langdon chapter 7

February 29

Descriptive and Comparative Functional

Anatomy of the Forearm, Wrist and Hand

March

WRITTEN AND LABORATORY EXAMS

March

14

Spring Recess

March

21

Evolution of Bipedalism; Lumbosacral

Plexus; Comparative and Functional
Anatomy of the Hip

February 8

March

28

April

April
April
April

Langdon chapters 8,
9

Descriptive and Comparative Functional

Anatomy of the Lower Limb
Anatomy of the Back; Anatomy of the
Thoracic Cage and Abdominal Wall

Langdon chapter 6

11

Thoracic Cavity; Abdominal Cavity;

Development of the Gut and Perineum

Langdon chapters
15,16, 19, 20

18

Development of the Head, Evolution of

the Primate Brain; Cranial Nerves

Langdon chapters
4,10, 11

Evolution and Anatomy of the Primate

Senses; Muscles of Facial Expression

Langdon chapters 12,

13

25

May

Muscles of Mastication and Oral Cavity

FINAL EXAM FOR APY345/346

Wednesday, May 11th 3:30pm

Landon chapters 5,
14
MFAC 170/ Laboratory