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Unit of Study HBIO2001 - Musculoskeletal Functional Anatomy (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

      Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time.

Unit description

In this unit students will deepen their foundational knowledge of musculoskeletal anatomy, in the context of healthy function, with added perspectives on disease, injury and ageing. They will gain a working knowledge of key tissues, combined with muscle and joint function and be able to use this knowledge to understand musculoskeletal contributions to human movement.

Unit content

  1. Tissue mechanics
  2. Upper limb function
  3. Head, neck and trunk
  4. Lower limb function
  5. Musculoskeletal movement analyses 1
  6. Musculoskeletal movement analyses 2

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term4
Term4
Gold Coast
Term4
Term4
Lismore
Term4
Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate an applied understanding of the mechanical properties of musculoskeletal tissues in the context of exercise, immobilisation, ageing and injury

identify musculoskeletal structures using a range of methods and detail their function in the context of human movement, exercise and injury

apply knowledge of muscle actions and musculoskeletal synergies to conduct basic musculoskeletal movement and postural analyses

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