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Anatomy of the back: surface and gross anatomy

Part 1 of 2
Published on November 30, 2025   48 min

Other Talks in the Series: Introduction to Gross Anatomy for Medicine

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Hello, I'm Joanna Matthan. I work at the University of Newcastle in the dental department, the School of Dental Sciences. I'm a senior lecturer and director of academic studies. In this talk, which has been divided into two parts, I'm going to talk about the relevance of the back, some surface anatomy, some gross anatomy, which relates to the large structures within the back and give you some clinically relevant examples. In the first part of my talk, I'm going to talk mainly about the relevance, the surface anatomy and some parts of the gross anatomy, mainly those that relate to the osteology. In the second part of the talk, I'll be introducing the back muscles, the spinal cord and give you some clinically relevant examples.
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Here's an overview of the lecture that I'm going to do today. I'm going to start off with the relevance of learning about the back, and then I'm going to move to some surface anatomy. Surface anatomy is really important for clinicians. Basically, what it is is using your fingers or your eyesight to find clues from the body's surface of the anatomy that underlies it. After the surface anatomy, I'm going to go into the main topic of today and that's gross anatomy. I've organised that into the general organisation of the back and a little bit about bones and the spinal column, individual vertebrae and then moving on to the spinal cord and the back muscles. After that, I'm going to give some clinical examples about the back, and give you an anatomy trivia example at the end of the talk.

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