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This course is the second applied anatomy course for occupational therapy and physiotherapy students and is tailored to meet external accreditation requirements. It follows ANA1101, which is studied in Semester 1 of first year. In this second semester course, students will learn more about the human nervous system, brain and musculoskeletal system. They will learn how the nervous and musculoskeletal systems are integrated in ways that are critical for human functioning. The course covers this integration in a detailed manner that is not available in existing BIO courses. The course provides an understanding of human movement and function to the level required by external accrediting bodies. These skills are critical for developing occupational therapy and physiotherapy knowledge for practice.

This course will be comprised of two modules. In the first module, students will learn about the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The second module will guide students in applying knowledge about the musculoskeletal system to analyse, evaluate and rehabilitate human movement. Students will retrieve and recall detailed knowledge about the musculoskeletal system and the neural structures involved in sensation, movement, perception, and human cognition. They will use that knowledge in discipline-specific ways that lead to development of core competencies in surface anatomy, movement analysis and intervention approaches. Students will demonstrate their understanding through a range of authentic assessments. Students need to pass all competency assessments in a course. Competency Assessment Items are identified in the course specification.

This course also directly addresses the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (OTBA)'s competency standards 1 to 4. Comprehensive mapping to these competency standards is essential for External Accreditation of the Occupation Therapy program but the content remains important to all students in all programs.

On completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Identify cranial and peripheral nerves and describe their areas of innervation/sensory reception.
2. Describe how the anatomical organisation and function of the central nervous system contributes to human function, including reflexes and voluntary movement.
3. Locate, using palpation key anatomical structures on the living human body.
4. Identify specific muscles and describe their attachments, actions, innervation, and functions.
5. Conduct analysis of human movement based on their understanding of the integration of neurological and musculoskeletal systems.