Aims & Learning Objectives:
To develop a basic understanding of the human musculo-skeletal system.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Classify and identify skeletal bones and muscles.
Describe the structure and function of the muscular system.
Demonstrate an understanding of muscle actions in human movements.
Content:
Skeletal construction; structure of bone and connective tissue, types of bone: long, thin, flat, irregular. Axial and appendicular skeleton. Names of major bones.
Joint types; immovable, slightly moveable, freely moveable (synovial).
Muscular system: muscle tissue, names of major muscles.
Types of movement; flexion, extension, rotation, adduction, abduction, circumduction.
Relationship of muscular system to skeletal system; identification of major muscle groups, origins, insertions and actions of main muscles. Practical analysis of limb movement. Types of muscular contraction including; isometric, isotonic, isokinetic, concentric, eccentric.
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