Overview
The unit examines the human body from a three-dimensional perspective. Each major anatomical structure is studied in terms of its spatial characteristics, both internally and relative to its surroundings, body planes and external landmarks. Relational anatomy knowledge is then applied to identification of those structures on medical images of a variety of modalities.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prereq: BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1 and Coreq: BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2
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 2 - 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).
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 emails and unit evaluation
Structure of tutorials with pop-quizzes assisted understanding and revision
Maintain structure of tutorials. Investigate how to encourage attendance at tutorials
Feedback from Coordinator reflection, student emails and unit evaluation
Written assessment is a useful tool, but more guidance needed as to requirements
Maintain type of assessment but reconsider specific requirements and marking rubric
Feedback from Coordinator observation, student comments
More focus needed on terminology
Reassess weekly learning goals to stress terminology and relational aspects of content
- Describe the typical shape, size, orientation and location of each major anatomical structure.
- Express using correct terminology the spatial orientation of each major anatomical structure relative to its neighbouring structures, surface landmarks and body planes.
- Identify major anatomical structures on anatomical drawings, anatomical sections and medical images.
- Orient sectional images relative to orthogonal body planes and body regions.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 3 - Examination - 60% | ||||
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) - 10% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals
Edition: 3rd edn. (2013)
Authors: Lorrie L. Kelley and Connie M. Petersen
Mosby, Elsevier
St. Louis St. Louis , Missouri , USA
Binding: Hardcover
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Zoom, Speakers
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
k.finlay@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Week 1:
Introduction to Sectional Anatomy.
The Spine.
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 1 (pg 1-7) & 4 (pg 172-249).
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Week 2: The Brain/ Cranium
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 2 (pp 15-49) & 3 (pg 89-156)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Week 3: The Neck/Facial Bones
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 2 (pp 51-77) & 5 (pg 250-306).
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Week 4: The Thorax
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 6 (307-322, 389-392)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Week 5: The Thorax
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 6 (331-386)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz one opens
Module/Topic
Break Week - Self directed revision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Week 6: The Abdomen-Introduction/ Large Structures/ Vasculature
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 7 (pg 397-411, 468-488, 490-493)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Week 7: The Abdomen- Liver/Biliary & Spleen/Pancreas
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 7 (pg 412-436, 437-441)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Week 8: The Abdomen-Urinary Tract/Digestive Tract
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 7 (pg 442-473)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz Two opens
Module/Topic
Week 9: The Pelvis
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 8 (pg 495-503, 505-515, 550-560)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Week 10: Upper Limb
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Week 11: The Lower Limb.
Chapter
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals Kelley & Petersen Chapter 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Week 12: Revision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Your time for revision and preparation for exams. Check your exam timetable via your myCQU student portal
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
The coordinator for this unit is: Karen Finlay
During the term I may be teaching or be off campus. For this reason the preferred method of first contact is via email on: k.finlay@cqu.edu.au. My office number is 07 4940 7818
1 Online Quiz(zes)
This assessment task is designed to test your knowledge and understanding of the unit content .
There will be two online quizzes, each worth 5% of the total unit grading. Each quiz will take the form of multiple choice, true or false, fill in the gap or short answer questions. Quiz 1 addresses unit content from weeks 1 to 4. Quiz 2 focuses on content from weeks 5 to 8 but may also draw on concepts from earlier in the term.
Each quiz will be available to students for a period of 7 days. Students are allowed one attempt, each of 45 minutes duration at each quiz.
Each quiz must be completed by the specified date and time. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after this date and a score of zero will be assigned for that quiz.
2
Quiz One will open on Monday of Week 5 (7-Aug-2017) at 8am and close on Sunday Week 5 (13-AUG-2017) 11:00 PM AEST. Quiz Two will open on Monday of Week 8 (4-Sept-2017) at 8am and close on Sunday Week 8 (10-SEPT-2017) 11:00 PM AEST.
Within 2 weeks of the quiz closing
Quiz responses are scored on factual correctness, relevance of content to the question asked and on correct use and spelling of positional and anatomical terminology.
- Describe the typical shape, size, orientation and location of each major anatomical structure.
- Express using correct terminology the spatial orientation of each major anatomical structure relative to its neighbouring structures, surface landmarks and body planes.
- Identify major anatomical structures on anatomical drawings, anatomical sections and medical images.
- Orient sectional images relative to orthogonal body planes and body regions.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
2 Written Assessment
As imaging professionals, it is important that we understand not only the shape and size of anatomic structures, but also their orientation to the orthogonal planes and their position relative to surrounding structures.
Task:
From options listed below, you must choose one of the spinal levels given and research this. Develop an illustrated written presentation that is a "guided tour" of the structures indicated for your chosen spinal level. Determine the surface landmarks used to find your chosen spinal level. Describe the required structures in terms of their size and shape, their orientation relative to the orthogonal planes, their position relative to surrounding structures and any other useful surface landmarks. Consider what is special about the chosen spinal level in terms of what in particular may be found there, including any specific structures within or part of organs. Sectional images from all of the orthogonal planes must be included in your submission. These may be Computed Tomography, Ultrasound or Magnetic Resonance images and you must use the images to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the position and orientation of anatomical structures in relation to orthogonal planes, surrounding structures and surface landmarks. You must label the orthogonal planes correctly.
You should aim for approximately 2000-3000 words for this assessment piece.
The word limit given is for guidance only. No marks will be deducted if your essay does not fall within these boundaries.
Images and diagrams may be used to illustrate specific points and must be correctly referenced. Images with large file sizes may render your essay too large to upload, so save images as lower resolution in order to reduce the file size.
A reference list must be provided at the end of the essay.
Options
1. Level of T7. Required structures:
Heart, lungs, mediastinal structures, vertebra, ribs, sternum
2. Level of L1. Required structures:
Kidneys, liver/gall-bladder, pancreas, aorta and inferior vena cava (IVC), vertebra, stomach
3. Level of L4. Required structures:
Aorta, inferior vena cava (IVC), abdominal and major spinal muscles, vertebra
Week 10 Friday (22 Sept 2017) 4:00 pm AEST
Week 12 Friday (6 Oct 2017)
Assessed upon:
- Correct and complete description of each structure's shape, size, orientation and position
- Correct use of anatomical and positional terminology
- Correct spelling of anatomical and positional terminology
- Correct correlation of spatial orientation and location of anatomical structures relative to orthogonal planes and sectional images used
- Referencing
A detailed marking rubric will be available on the unit Moodle site.
- Describe the typical shape, size, orientation and location of each major anatomical structure.
- Express using correct terminology the spatial orientation of each major anatomical structure relative to its neighbouring structures, surface landmarks and body planes.
- Identify major anatomical structures on anatomical drawings, anatomical sections and medical images.
- Orient sectional images relative to orthogonal body planes and body regions.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
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Why is academic integrity important?
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