Schedule of Lectures and Practical Classes

Lectures:  

  • Anatomy: Mondays 12.15 - 13.45 & Thursdays 12:15–13:45 (1.LF- Institute of Anatomy, Great Lecture hall, address: U Nemocnice 3) 

*Additional lectures in Anatomy are available in a prerecorded format. Access to the 1.LF/2.LF combined lectures records is via MOODLE application (access code will be distributed privately), and 2.LF Anatomy Official YouTube Channel. 

  • Histology and Embryology: Tuesdays 13:30–15:10  in A303.
  • Additional lectures in Histology and Embryology are available in a prerecorded format on Moodle (key word will be published in the first practical class)
Practical classes:
  • Anatomy:
    • Mondays 14:45 (Groups AP3, AP4)
    • Mondays 16:00 (Groups AP1, AP2)
    • Tuesdays 16:00 (Groups AP7, AP8) 
    • Thursdays16:00 (Groups AP5, AP6) 
  • Histology:
    • Tuesdays 8:00 (Groups AP5, AP6)  
    • Tuesdays 10:45 (Groups AP1, AP4) 
    • Tuesdays 15:20 (Groups AP2, AP3)
    • Fridays 12:00 (Groups AP7, AP8)

Tests time – written: Mondays 8:00 in A303 - Plzeňská (Žížala).

Tests time – oral examination: at the beginning of the practical sessions or by prior announcement.

Dissections:  Full week per semester 14:00–18:00. Dissection Exam: Friday (last day of dissection week).

*Schedule is updated each academic year by semester (below)!

Winter semester 

Program of Lectures and Practical Classes for Students

of General Medicine in Winter Semester 2026/2027

Syllabus of lectures and practicals – AHE winter semester 2026/2027 in pdf 

       
Program of Lectures and Practical Classes for Students of General Medicine in Winter Semester 2026/2027
Week 2026/2027 Lectures A - practicals H - practicals
1 Locomotor system and Tissues

28.9. - 2.10.
Monday - bank holidays Orientation on the body and body planes, Bones of the upper extremity I Introduction, work with microscope
Introduction to histology
Introduction to the study of anatomy. Anatomical terminology. Development of organ systems. General anatomy of bones and joints.
2 5.10. - 9.10. The limb and joint development. The joints of the upper limb, joint movements. (Kachlík)                                                                                                                   Bones of the upper extremity  II., Bones of the lower extremity Cytology
Connective tissue
 
3 12.10. - 16.10. The pelvis, joints of the lower limb, joint movements. (Kachlík)                            Joints of upper and lower limb. Pelvis as a whole

1. Oral Examination: General anatomy of bones, upper & lower extremities bones
Connective tissue
Muscle tissue
 
4 19.10. - 23.10. General anatomy of the muscle, its blood supply and innervation. General angiology. Structure of the spinal nerve. Muscles of the upper limb, osteofascial compartments, vessels and nerves I.                                                   Muscles of upper extremitiy, and its main vessels & nerves

2. TEST: General anatomy of joints, upper & lower extremities joints 
Muscle tissue
Nerve tissue
 
 
5 26.10. - 30.10. Muscles of the upper limb, osteofascial compartments, vessels and nerves II. Muscles of the lower limb, osteofascial compartments, vessels and nerves I.                                                                              Muscles of lower extremity, and its main vessels & nerves Nervous tissue
Epithelial tissue
 
6 2.11. - 6.11. Muscles of the lower limb, osteofascial compartments, the survey of the vessels and nerves II. The limb development.  Vertebrae, ribs, sternum. Connections on the vertebral column and thorax. Development of the axial skeleton.                                                        Axial skeleton. Joints of axial skeleton.

3. TEST: Muscles of the extremities  
Epithelial tissue
Blood
Haemopoiesis
 
7 9.11. - 13.11. Muscles of the thorax. Muscles of the abdomen, inguinal canal. Surgical approaches to the abdominal cavity. Vessels and nerves of abdominal wall. Muscle groups of the back. Development of the diaphragm.                 Muscles of trunk, inguinal canal  Repetition of tissues

4. TEST: Tissues

5. Oral Examination: Tissues
Embryology 1st week
 
8 16.11. - 20.11. The skull: principles of development and structure. The neurocranium and splanchnocranium bones.                                                                     Bones of the skull, skull base, tempromandibular joint

6. TEST: Trunk - axial skeleton and trunk muscles
Blood and haemopoiesis
Tuesday - bank holidays
Embryology 2nd and 3rd week
 
9 23.11. - 27.11. Connections on the skull bones, parts and spaces of the skull. The skull of newborn. Masticatory muscles, mimic muscles, their innervation.        Skull as a whole, spaces, newborn skull Development of embryo from fertilization to gastrulation
Development of skeleton, limbs, muscles
 
10 30.11. - 4.12. Muscles of the neck; their innervation. Osteofascial compartments of the neck. Carotid arteries, internal jugular vein. Subclavian artery.                      Muscles of head & neck, and its main vessels & nerves

8. Oral Examination: Skull and its joints + Head and neck muscles
Development of skeleton including ossification,

muscles and limbs
Circulatory system
Development of heart and vessels
 
11 Dissection week

7.12. - 11.12.
Heart – microscopic and macroscopic anatomy: cavities and wall, conduction system, blood vessels, nerves and lymphatics. Pericardium. Heart: topography and projection.                                                                                                   Dissection Week 1 (14.00-18.00)

7. Oral Examination: DISSECTION 1 (Friday)
Dissection Week 1 - no histology class 
No lecture (dissections)
 
12 Circulatory system

14.12. - 18.12.
Development of the heart, heart defects. Vascular development, fetal circulation. General anatomy and development of lymphatic system, main lymphatic ducts. Structure of lympatic node and central lymphatic organs. Lymphatics of GIT, MALT Spleen.                                                                                                        Heart

9. TEST: Skull + Head and neck muscles, early embryology 
Circulatory system and its development
Lymphoid system
 
 
13 4.1. - 8.1. General anatomy and development of the gastrointestinal system. Oral cavity, the tongue, salivary glands, pharynx; their vessels and innervation. The teeth, palate, facial clefts.                                                                                Blood vessels, Lymph nodes & Lymphatic vessels

10. Oral Examination: Heart
Lymphatic system
General structure of GIT, oral cavity, tongue, teeth, oesophagus, head and neck development
 
14 Digestive system

11.1. - 15.1.
Macro- and microscopic anatomy of oesophagus. Stomach, small and large intestine, rectum and anus. The pancreas, liver, biliary ducts; their vessels and innervation.                                                                                            Teeth, tongue, oral cavity, salivary glands, pharynx

11. TEST: Circulatory and lymphatic system + Blood
Digestive system 1 (oral cavity, teeth, esophagus)
Stomach + intestine 
 
  from 18.1. Winter exam period   12. Oral Examination: Circulatory and lymphatic system + Blood
         
    Lectures:    
    In black - Mondays 12.15 - 13.45 & Thursdays 12:15–13:45 (1.LF- Institute of Anatomy, Great Lecture hall, address: U Nemocnice 3, Prague 2)
    In green - Tuesdays 13.30 - 15.10, A303 in Žížala, Plzeňská 311, Prague 5 Motol  
    In Blue - Wednesdays in time of Nursing, 15.40 - 17.20, A303 in Žížala, Plzeňská 311, Prague 5 Motol  
         
    Tests will také place in A303 in Žížala, Plzeňská 311, Prague 5 Motol    
Summer semester 
 

Program of Lectures and Practical Classes for Students of General Medicine in Summer Semester 2025/2026

Syllabus of lectures and practicals – AHE summer semester 2023/2024

*Note- Anatomy lecture are combined in cooperation between 1.LF and 2.LF anatomy departments. Refer to the 1.LF anatomy website for the actual schedule.

Below is the assigned topic to be covered as study material. Additional 2.LF recordings are found on our YouTube Channel. Corresponding PDFs are under Study materials.

Week

Date

Topic assignment - Lecture

 Anatomy- Practicals

 Histology - Practicals

 

1

Digestive system

23.2.-27.2

A- Digestive system 

 

Digestive system 2- Oesophagus, Stomach, Intestine

 

Digestive system 2 (Stomach and intestines)

 

 

H- Liver + pancreas + salivary gl.

 
 

2

Respiratory System

Urogenital system

2.3 - 6.3

A- Respiratory system 

 

Digestive system 3- Peritoneum, liver, bile system, pancreas

 

Digestive system 3 (liver, pancreas, salivary glands)

 
 

H- Respiratory system

 
 

3

 

9.3 - 13.3

A-  Urinary system

  Male genital system I.

 

Respiratory system

 

 

13. TEST: Digestive system

 

Respiratory system

 

 

H- Urinary system

 
 

4

 

16.3.- 20.3

A- Female genital system

Retroperitoneal space, pelvic floor and perineum

 

 

 

Urinary system and male genital system

 

 

14. TEST: Respiratory system

 

 

 

Urinary system

 

 

H- Male genital system

 
 

5

Neuroanatomy

23.3 - 27.3.

A- Principles of structure of nervous system

Spinal nerves and pathways  

Autonomic nervous system

 

Female genital system, pelvic and urogenital floor

 

 

Male genital system

 

 
 

H- Female genital system + placenta

 
 

6

30.3. - 3.4.

Easter Friday

A- Cranial nerves and their pathways

 

Peripheral nervous system (PNS) – spinal nerves and spinal autonomic system

 

 

 Female genital system + Placenta

 

 

H- Dev. of urinary and genital systems - (Wednesday 27.3 8am instead of nursing)

 

7

 

6.4. -10.4.

Easter Monday

A- Spinal cord: structure, tracts, meninges, blood vessels

Peripheral nervous system (PNS) – cranial nerves and brain autonomic system

15. TEST: Urogenital system - Tue 7.4. at 7.15 am

Repetition

16. Oral Examination: Digestive, Respiratory, and Urogenital systems

 

 

H- Nervous system + development 

 
 

8

13.4 - 17.4.

 

A- Brain stem

 

Central nervous system (CNS) – spinal cord, meninges, blood vessels

 

17. TEST: PNS 

 

 

Nervous system

 

 
H- Endocrine system

Introductory lecture for the summer dissections course (Time will be announced)

 
 

9

Dissection 2

 

20.4. -24.4.

 

A- Cerebellum

Diencephalon

Dissection Week 2 (14:00-18.00)

 20. Oral Examination: Dissection II

 

 

 

H- Free lecture

 

 

10

Sensory systems

27.4 - 1.5.

A- Basal nuclei 

Brain cortex and cortical areas

 

Central nervous system (CNS) – Cerebellum and brainstem

 

 

Endocrine system

 

 

H- Skin

 

11

4.5.- 8.5.

State holiday 1.5.

Central nervous system – Diencephalon, basal ganglia, internal capsule, ventricles, brain sections

 18. TEST: CNS 



Skin 

 

A- Brain ventricles. Cerebrospinal fluid. 

Blood vessels of brain

Neurotransmitters, chemical systems 

Limbic system

 

H- Sensory organs 1

 

12

11.5. - 15.5.

State holiday 8.5.

Central nervous system – Hemispheres, lobes, gyri functional cortical areas

 

19. TEST: Endocrine system and skin 

 

Senses 1

 

A- Skin and endocrine system

 

H- Sensory organs 2

 
Seminar on Brain MRIs (Time will be announced)  

13

18.5.- 22.5.

A- Eye 

Ear 

 

21. TEST: CNS 2

22. Oral Examination: CNS 3

 

Senses 2

 

 

H- Special histological techniques

 
 

14

25.5. - 29.5

A- Olfactory apparatus 

Gustatory apparatus 

Sensory pathways

 

Senses 

24. Oral Examination Nervous system, Endocrine system, Senses, and Skin

 

 

H- Final lecture

 

 

 

Summer semester exam period

 

 

 

 

23. TEST: Senses (written test) 

 

 
 

 

 

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