All Outputs (6)

The vertebral artery blood supply to the brain and its relationship with cognition across the taxonomic classes: Mammalia and Aves (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Lunn, A., Winder, I. C., & Shaw, V. (2021, July). The vertebral artery blood supply to the brain and its relationship with cognition across the taxonomic classes: Mammalia and Aves. Poster presented at Anatomical Society Summer Meeting 2021: Cutting Edge Anatomy, Glasgow

Human brains require the most energy per unit of mass of any animal and also have the largest cortical neuron count, which is afforded by having the largest primate brain and abiding by economic scaling rules. Cortical neuron count is one of the most... Read More about The vertebral artery blood supply to the brain and its relationship with cognition across the taxonomic classes: Mammalia and Aves.

The Virtual Dissection Room: Live-streamed Demonstrations to Complement Recorded Lectures (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Shaw, V., & Winder, I. C. (2021, January). The Virtual Dissection Room: Live-streamed Demonstrations to Complement Recorded Lectures. Presented at Anatomical Society Virtual Winter Meeting: Vision and Visualisation, Newcastle

Complying with the constraints on class size created by social distancing meant that in Bangor, it was not possible to have in-person cadaveric teaching this year. This had the biggest impact on the second-year Medical Sciences students, and the firs... Read More about The Virtual Dissection Room: Live-streamed Demonstrations to Complement Recorded Lectures.

The sternalis – more common than we believe? A cadaveric study (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Krishnan, J. V., Brittain, J., Gabriel, J., Murphy, T., Reid, M. D., Shaw, V., & Smith, C. F. (2016, December). The sternalis – more common than we believe? A cadaveric study. Presented at Anatomical Society Winter meeting. King's College London, 2016. Understanding Anatomy Through Embryology, London, UK

Introduction The sternalis is a normal anatomical variant that is typically poorly understood and not taught at undergraduate level. It is a thin, para‐sternal strap muscle that originates from the upper sternum and infra‐clavicular region with vari... Read More about The sternalis – more common than we believe? A cadaveric study.

The Anatomical Accuracy of the Robber King Ou Xi Fan (and his 56 dissected gang members) (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Shaw, V. (2014, December). The Anatomical Accuracy of the Robber King Ou Xi Fan (and his 56 dissected gang members). Poster presented at Joint Meeting of the Anatomical Society and the Primate Society of Great Britain: Primate Ecomorpholgy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Anatomical drawings have formed the cornerstone of anatomical education in the West for centuries before the arrival of photography, the internet and virtual resources. The images in Vesalius’ On the Fabric of the Human Body and later in Gray’s Anato... Read More about The Anatomical Accuracy of the Robber King Ou Xi Fan (and his 56 dissected gang members).

A previously undescribed dorsal branch of the anterior interosseous nerve (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Shaw, V., & Morris, J. (2014, July). A previously undescribed dorsal branch of the anterior interosseous nerve. Poster presented at Anatomical Society Summer Meeting: Skin and Bones, Bradford, UK

The path of the anterior interosseous nerve is commonly described as passing along the deep compartment of the volar aspect of the forearm where it innervates the muscles in that compartment including pronator quadratus. Previous electromyographi... Read More about A previously undescribed dorsal branch of the anterior interosseous nerve.

Chong Acupuncture Meridian, An Ancient Chinese Description of the Vascular System? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Shaw, V. (2013, December). Chong Acupuncture Meridian, An Ancient Chinese Description of the Vascular System?. Presented at Anatomical Society Winter Meeting 2013: Assessment Within Medical Education & Sense Organs, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

The positioning of the acupuncture points in acupuncture is based upon a particular anatomical map known as the jıng luo經絡(meridian network system) which has no obvious correlate in modern anatomy. The generally accepted scholarly opinion is that t... Read More about Chong Acupuncture Meridian, An Ancient Chinese Description of the Vascular System?.