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Musculoskeletal anatomy (10 cr)

Code: NA00ED61-3001

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020

Timing

26.08.2020 - 31.12.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Naprapathy

Teachers

  • Marja Turkki

Teacher in charge

Marja Turkki

Groups

  • NAKT20SP
    Naprapathy, full-time studies

Objective

You know musculoskeletal anatomy comprehensively both in theory and in practice.

You can apply your knowledge functionally to the human in motion.

You can consider anatomical structures mechanically in motion and how they are connected to each other.

You recognize the most typical anatomical structures that are connected to musculoskeletal disorders, and explain the mechanisms.

You participate in practical anatomy studies by observing an anatomical dissection during the 6th and 8th semesters.

Content

How is the human bone structure generated?

How is the human skeleton generated?

How in the human joint structure generated?

How is the human muscular system generated?

How does the human musculoskeletal system work while moving?

Materials

Susan Standring: Gray's anatomy. 2015. The anatomical basis of clinical practice. Elsevier Health Sciences.
ISBN: 9780702052309

Lecture materials

Teaching methods

Not possible in this course

Exam schedules

Exams are agreed upon at the beginning of the course

Student workload

27 h x 10 op = 270 h

Content scheduling

The implementation is divided into the anatomy of the bones, muscles and joints.

Theoretical knowledge is also illustrated in practice, from the beginning.

Further information

The course includes anatomical autopsy in the third and fourth academic years.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course consists of three sub-exams. The grade of the course is determined by exam grades.