Getting Started in Anatomy & Physiology


Are you about to start a course in massage, sports massage, physiotherapy, chiropractic, osteopathy, or fitness instruction? Do you want to get a head start with anatomy and physiology? Then this fully interactive workshop is for you! This is not a lecture-style workshop. Instead, with student-centred activities you will get to grips with all of the common terminology relating to anatomy and physiology as well as learning about the skeletal system. This is an ideal workshop for anyone wanting to go on to Mad About Muscles, also for beginners of anatomy and physiology. No prior knowledge of anatomy or physiology is required. We feel confident you will love this day and will be astounded at what you have absorbed in just 7 hours!

On this one-day workshop you will learn

A. Common terminology including: Location terminology:
- anterior/posterior, medial/lateral, superior/inferior, proximal/distal, deep/superficial, prone/supine.

Movement terminology:
- flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, medial and lateral rotation, circumduction, elevation/depression, supination/pronation, lateral flexion
compression, traction, hyperextension,dorsiflexion/plantarflexion,inversion/eversion


B. The skeletal system
Everything you ever wanted to know about the structure and function of the
skeletal system!

After this workshop you will be able to answer the following questions:
1) List the "groups" of vertebrae.
2) What kind of joint do C1 and C2 form?
3) What are the three MAIN types of joint?
4) Of these three main types of joint, in which category would you put the
C1/C2 joint?

5) How many ribs are there?
6) What is the name of the cartilage covering the ends of long bones?
7) List three vessels passing into the periosteum of a bone.
8) What kind of joints are the elbow and knee?
9) What kind of joints are the shoulder and hip?
10) What substance joins the ribs to the sternum?
11) What kind of bone is the sternum?
12) What kind of bone are carpals and tarsals?
13) List two functions of flat bones.
14) The mandible and maxilla are found..........?
15) The jagged line running down the centre of the cranium (from front to
back) is formed by the meeting of two bones. What are they called?
16) Where are Haversian canals found?
17) What is an "epiphysis"?
18) What does yellow bone marrow store?
19) Name three minerals stored in bone tissue.
20) Which of these is commonly referred to as "brittle bones" :
osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis?
21) Which of these is an Auto-immune disorder, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis,
rheumatoid arthritis?

22) Where is the ischium bone?
23) How many phalanges are there?
24) There are only two saddle joints in the entire body (ie one on the left
side and one on the right side). Where are they?
25) Which of these is an inward curvature of the spine, lordosis, kyphosis
or scoliosis?
26) Name the two types of bone tissue.
27) What is the correct name for a red blood cell and why is it related to
the skeletal system?
28) List five functions of the skeleton without looking them up!
29) What is the correct name for a "slipped" disc?
30) What kind of material is the disc made from?
31) What kind of joints are most vertebrae?
32) Which bones are found in the feet, the metacarpals or the metatarsals?
33) Which is the weight-bearing bone, the tibia or the fibula?
34) What is the top part of the sternum called? M........
35) Where do you find the three cuneiform bones?
36) What is the difference between a fossa, a tubercle and a trochanter?
37) Where is the linea aspera?

Cost £65.00, Date: 18th July 2008  Tutor Jane Johnson.