Overview
This unit will offer the students an introduction to human anatomy and physiology, including human body structure and function. There will be a focus on the fundamentals of skeletal, muscular, and neural structures, on how the various structures are linked, and on how this relates to function.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Condition: This unit is for students from these courses only: CB66 - Bachelor of Health Science (Allied Health), CK21 - Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, CB84 - Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), CK22 - Bachelor of Physiotherapy, CB85 - Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours), CK23 - Bachelor of Podiatry Practice, CB86 - Bachelor of Podiatry (Honours), CK24 - Bachelor of Speech Pathology, CB87 - Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours)
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback from course evaluations
Allow very minor spelling mistakes on online quizzes.
Adopt a policy of allowing very minor spelling mistakes on online quizzes. The reasoning behind this change is to give credit to students who clearly understand the concept being assessed but who accidentally mistyped their answer.
This policy was instituted immediately.
- Identify anatomical structures of the skeletal, muscular and nervous systems for the spine and lower quadrant.
- Describe the different functions of human anatomy.
- Explain the individual variations of human anatomy.
- Explain how anatomy and function are interrelated.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 50% | ||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 50% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Gray’s Anatomy for Students
Edition: 3rd (2014)
Authors: Richard Drake, A. Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell
Elsevier Health Sciences
United Kingdom
ISBN: 9780702051319
Binding: Paperback
McMinn and Abrahams' Clinical Atlas of Human Anatomy
Edition: 7th (2013)
Authors: Peter H. Abrahams, Jonathan D. Spratt, Marios Loukas, Albert-Neels van Schoor
Elsevier Health Sciences
United Kingdom
ISBN: 9780723436973
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.serafin@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction, Cells & Tissues.
Musculoskeletal System 1: Bone.
Chapter
Ch 1 - The Body
Martini Ch 4 - The Tissue Level of Organisation (pp 109-134)
Martini Ch 6 - Osseous Tissue & Bone Structure (pp 170-193)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Musculoskeletal System 2: Muscle.
Musculoskeletal System 3: Joints.
Chapter
Martini Ch 4 - The Tissue Level of Organisation (pp 134-136)
Martini Ch 10 - Muscle Tissue (pp 280-285, 302-305, 313-315)
Martini Ch 11 - The Muscular System (pp 323-327)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Cardiovascular & Lymphatic Systems.
Chapter
Ch 3 - Thorax (read section on middle mediastinum)
Martini Ch 22 - Lymphatics (pp 765-766)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 1
Module/Topic
Respiratory & Gastrointestinal Systems.
Chapter
Ch 3 - Thorax (read section on pleural cavities)
Ch 4 - Abdomen (read 'organs' section on abdominal viscera)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Nervous & Endocrine Systems.
Chapter
Ch 1 - The Body (read section on nervous system)
Ch 2 - Back (read section on spinal cord)
Ch 8 - Head & Neck (read sections on meninges and brain and its blood supply)
Martini Ch 4 - The Tissue Level of Organisation (pp 137-139)
Martini Ch 12 - Neural Tissue (pp 375-380, 386-404)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Urinary & Reproductive Systems.
Chapter
Ch 4 - Abdomen (read section on posterior abdominal region viscera)
Ch 5 - Pelvis & Perineum (read section on pelvic viscera)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Pelvis & Perineum.
Chapter
Ch 5 - Pelvis & Perineum (read remainder of chapter)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 2
Module/Topic
Hip & Gluteal Region.
Chapter
Ch 6 - Lower Limb (read from beginning up until regional anatomy of thigh)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Thigh.
Chapter
Ch 6 - Lower Limb (read section on regional anatomy of thigh up until knee)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Knee & Leg.
Chapter
Ch 6 - Lower Limb (read sections on regional anatomy of knee and leg)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Ankle & Foot.
Chapter
Ch 6 - Lower Limb (read section on regional anatomy of foot)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 3
Module/Topic
Residential School & Practical Assessment.
Chapter
Mixed Mode Students: Compulsory residential school in ROK.
All Students: Practical Assessment.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practical Assessment
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Online Quiz(zes)
There will be 3 online quizzes:
- Quiz 1 in Week 3 - covering all content from weeks 1-3
- Quiz 2 in Week 7 - covering all content from weeks 4-7
- Quiz 3 in Week 11 - covering all content from weeks 8-11
Students will be able to access the quizzes at specified time periods (check Moodle for details), and will have an allocated time limit to complete each quiz. A fast internet connection is required for students who undertake the quizzes from off campus. Questions will be randomly generated from a question bank, so that the quizzes will appear different for each student.
The 3 quizzes together count for 50% of the overall course mark:
- Quiz 1 is worth 10% of the overall course mark
- Quiz 2 is worth 20% of the overall course mark
- Quiz 3 is worth 20% of the overall course mark
3
See 'Task description' above.
Within 2 weeks of submission.
- Multiple choice questions
- Fill in the missing word(-s) questions
- Questions relating to multimedia material (e.g. images, videos)
- Short answer questions
- Identify anatomical structures of the skeletal, muscular and nervous systems for the spine and lower quadrant.
- Describe the different functions of human anatomy.
- Explain the individual variations of human anatomy.
- Explain how anatomy and function are interrelated.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Practical Assessment
This is a practical assessment where students will identify and describe anatomical structures on human plastinated specimens, bones and anatomical models at question stations set up around the room. All students will take the practical assessment in Week 12; the exact day and time, however, will differ for each campus. See Moodle for details.
See 'Task description' above.
Within 2 weeks of assessment date
Anatomical structures will be tagged on human plastinated specimens, bones and anatomical models. Questions will cover the structure and function of muscles, bones, joints, nerves, blood vessels and organs. A percentage grading will be used.
- Identify anatomical structures of the skeletal, muscular and nervous systems for the spine and lower quadrant.
- Describe the different functions of human anatomy.
- Explain the individual variations of human anatomy.
- Explain how anatomy and function are interrelated.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
