Overview
The Department of Anatomy and Embryology was the first department established with the establishment of the faculty of veterinary medicine in 1986 as a department of anatomy and histology. In 1991 the Department of Anatomy and Histology was divided into two departments; the department of Anatomy and Embryology and the Department of Histology and Cytology. Nine master theses were achieved in the department. Six Ph.D. theses were conducted in the department. Two assistant lecturers have completed their Ph.D. theses in China.
The department has one dissection room, five rooms for specimens preservation, six staff offices, embryology lab, teaching classroom, a room for preparation of the animals for dissection and the anatomy and embryology museum.
The anatomy and embryology museum measured 220 m2 surface area. It contains 13 cupboards ( 5 for plastic models, 8 for animal skeletons, one for joints of domestic animals, and the rest containing 84 jars containing fixed specimens. It contains about 50 pictures of the anatomy of different animals' organs. Its contents used for teaching of both under and post graduate students in the department and other department in the faculty. The department staff members are six professors, two lecturers, and three assistant lecturers.
Mission
The department of Anatomy and Embryology seeks to contribute to preparing cognitively and skillfully qualified veterinarians through the development of teaching and learning methods and scientific research as well as keep up the scientific and technological updating in addition to the development of the program and courses of the department in accordance to the plane of the college and university to serve the community and meet its requirements.
Vision
The department of anatomy and embryology looks toward establishing a prominent position among the departments of the college and the corresponding colleges locally and regionally based on their contribution to the development of teaching and learning, scientific research, and community services.
Goals
- Raising the efficiency of the teaching and educational process and developing it in the department.
- Developing the graduate system and supporting scientific research.
- Contribute to community service and work toward community satisfaction.
- Improving the institutional capacity of the department.