Functional and Applied Anatomy

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

Upon completion of this subject, students should have an appreciation of:

• the tissues and structures that comprise the musculoskeletal system - connective tissues, muscle, fascia and tendon, ligament and nerve and their response to normal and abnormal stress and strain;

• the functional and applied anatomy of the body's major joint complexes; including the joints of the vertebral column, shoulder, elbow complex, wrist and hand, pelvis, hip, knee, ankle and foot;

• a description of motion, including an examination of the forces acting on the body's motion segments in normal activities and the principles underlying gait and locomotion;

• anatomical changes that accompany growth and development, skeletal traits important in the identification of age, sex, stature and race.

The subject provides detailed information on connective tissues, muscle, tendon, ligament and nerve, and their response to normal and abnormal stress and strain; the forces acting across synovial joints and methods of measuring these forces; the applied anatomy of vision, hearing, taste and vocalisation and the cranial nerve pathways involved, the applied anatomy of the mandible and temporomandibular joint; normal and abnormal movement patterns, and the principles underlying gait and locomotion; anthropometric techniques; skeletal traits important in human identification; and dissection of selected joint structures.