Functional Human Anatomy

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This course is designed to provide students a didactic and laboratory experience in functional human anatomy. Upon course completion, students should be able to comprehend and apply standard anatomical nomenclature pertaining to human movement science; comprehend structure and function of the musculoskeletal, systems pertaining to human movements science; comprehend the classification, structure and function of human anatomical articulations (joints) pertaining to human movement science; and comprehend the classification, structure, and function of human biological tissues (epithelium, connective, muscle and nervous) pertaining to human movement science. In the laboratory portion of the course students will learn to identify bone and capsuloligamentous tissues as well as their respective landmarks pertaining to human movement science; identify origins, insertions, actions and innervations of skeletal muscles pertaining to human movement science; and identify biomechanical characteristics and neuromuscular activity of human anatomy during the execution of active, passive as well as resistive movements. The laboratory portion of this course will use three-dimensional bone models, joint models, ligament models and cadaveric models to apply concepts covered in lecture.