SKELETAL-MUSCLE SYSTEM , ANTHROPOMETRY AND POSTURAL ASSESSMENT-PART B
cod. 1005366

Academic year 2012/13
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Anatomia umana (BIO/16)
Field
Biologico
Type of training activity
Characterising
7 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: HUMAN ANATOMY, ANTROPOMETRY, POSTURAL ASSESSMENT

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge of the anatomy of
the musculoskeletal system, focusing on the axial component.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Muscolo-skeletal System:
Classification of bones, joints and muscles.
Axial and Appendicular components of the skeletal system:
Axial components:
Bones of the skull, Temporo-mandibular joint, muscles of the head and neck and their innervation.
Spine; Anatomy of vertebrae, intervertebral Joints; muscles of the spine, thoracic cage; Ribs and costal cartilages; Sternum; costo-vertebral Joints; respiratory muscles.
Appendicular Component:
Pectoral Girdle: Clavicle; Scapula; sterno-clavicular articulation; shoulder girdle muscles and their innervation.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Trattato di Anatomia Umana, Apparato Locomotore (Anastasi et al.) Ed. Edi-Ermes
Anatomia Umana (Martini et al.) 5° ed, EdiSES

Teaching methods

oral lessons and laboratory

Assessment methods and criteria

written and oral examination

Other information

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