MPAS 5401 Clinical Anatomy 1

4 SCH. This course facilitates the study of human anatomical structures, their function, and their relationship to selected disease processes with emphasis on the application of this knowledge to PA and PT practice. Learning strategies utilized include lectures, group activities, team-based learning activities, laboratory-based studies, anatomical models, plastinated specimens, prosected cadavers, and anatomy software. Regional and topographical findings are correlated with the underlying structures. This course focuses on neurological, muscular, skeletal, and head/neck anatomy and relationships and how these relationships inform and influence diagnosis and therapy. Assessments are done using computer-based, written, and lab practical methods.