Functional Anatomy of the Locomotor and Nervous System

The aims of the course are:
- to describe in detail the anatomical components of the musculoskeletal system and of the central and peripheral nervous system;
- to describe the microscopic structure and the main metabolic processes of the tissues constituting the locomotor apparatus and of the nervous system;
- to indicate the biomechanical principles of joint and muscle functioning and link them with the morphology of the structures;
- to describe the principles of nerve impulse transmission and the main anatomical pathways of transmission;
- to describe the main mechanisms of regulation and integration of the afferent and nervous efferences;
- to describe the various components at the base of body movement and its regulation mechanisms.

The student will be able to: a) describe the macroscopic and structure and the physiological processes of the various anatomical components of the musculoskeletal system and of the central and peripheral nervous system; b) to describe the articular biomechanics generally and particularly of the principal joints a and muscles c) to describe the principles of nerve impulse transmission and the main anatomical pathways of transmission; d) to describe the main mechanisms of regulation and integration of the afferent and nervous efferences; e) to describe the various components at the base of body movement and its regulation mechanisms.