516-304 Functional and Applied Anatomy

One of anatomy 516-204, 516-207, 516-303.

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

• the structure and function of connective tissues and their response to normal and abnormal loading, the forces acting across joint complexes and how they may be measured;

• 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;

• the factors responsible for normal and abnormal gait and locomotion;

• the use of anthropometric techniques in the determination of normal and abnormal postures; and

• the use and application of anthropological techniques to determine, age, sex, stature and racial affinity.

The subject provides detailed information on connective tissues, muscle and 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; 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.

Generic skills include capacity for independent study, rational inquiry and self-directed learning, ability to analyse problems; oral and written communication skills; time management skills; teamwork in interpretation and analysis of new information.

30-minute multiple choice quiz (20%); dissection project (30%); 2-hour written examination (50%).

• M Nordin and V H Frankel, Basic Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System. 2nd edn, Lea and Febiger, 1989.