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Musculoskeletal Anatomy (4 cr)

Code: TH00CL16-3006

General information


Enrollment

14.03.2025 - 25.05.2025

Timing

15.05.2025 - 31.07.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

5 - 20

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Physiotherapy

Teachers

  • Pirjo Pennanen

Objective

The student is in physiotherapy process able to
• explain the principles of the structures and functions of the musculoskeletal system,
• describe join structure and function in general as well as identify special structures in individual joints
• explain muscle where muscles attach and how they work

Content

Terminology of anatomy, tissues, directions and levels of movements, bony structures, joints, passive supportstructures in joints. Muscle origins, insertions and functions.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

No preceding knowledge required