| CODE | MDS1008 | |||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Musculoskeletal and Integumentary System | |||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Medicine and Surgery | |||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit highlights the inter-relationships among bones, joints, the muscles and nerves to form functional units centred around the movements of the body. It is subdivided into trunk and limbs. The study unit examines the musculo-skeletal structures using prosected specimens, radiology and other types of imaging and clinical examination in living individuals intended to form a sound basis for clinical practice. In addition to lectures, students will be exposed to practical hands-on physiology and anatomy demonstrations in the physiology, clinical anatomy, dissection, histology, imaging, pathology and computer laboratories. During these sessions students are stimulated to perform specified tasks and guided as to what is expected of them through worksheets. Observation visits to a variety of clinical and/or laboratory sites will be offered as appropriate. Students will also be required to participate in regular online (Moodle) case-based group discussions followed by in-depth analysis of the underlying scientific basis of common clinical conditions through facilitated Critical Thinking Sessions. These are based on carefully selected clinical cases that are intended to stimulate the student to think and discuss critically the presented problems and to formulate basic scientific and clinical concepts as well as ethical, behavioural and professional principles. The study-unit will also include Seminars wherein clinicians together with experts in various disciplines will discuss common clinical conditions and supplement the clinical information presented in the Critical Thinking Sessions. The common features of these learning sessions is that they involve active participation, are student centered and conducive to independent learning as a prelude to continuing life-long education. Study-unit Aims To provide a foundation for the development of the skills of clinical examination of movements of the limb and trunk, interpretation of the muscles, nerves and joints involved and interpretation of medical radiographs and other types of imaging. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Describe the structure and inter-relations of the bones, joints, muscles, nerves and blood vessels. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Describe the structure, functions and variations of the skin and its appendages 2. Outline the ultrastructure and molecular mechanisms mediating muscle contraction 3. Discuss muscle energy metabolism during rest and disease 4. Identify on radiographs, CT scans and MRIs the bones and joints of the upper and lower limbs, chest, trunk, back and head and neck 5. Identify on prosected specimens the muscles of the body as well as those of the tongue, pharynx, larynx and orbit and the nerves and blood vessels supplying them 6. Map out the positions of the superficial and deep inguinal rings and list the contents and coverings of the inguinal ring and spermatic cords 7. Name, demonstrate and examine on individuals the muscles and movements of the joints of the body, and the nerves supplying them 8. Perform a clinical examination of the joints of the body 9. Map out the distribution of dermatomes and myotomes of the head, trunk upper and lower limbs, external genitalia and perineum 10. Interpret the motor and sensory consequences of damage or injury to the nerves of the upper and lower limb 11. Palpate the pulses of the main arteries of the body and name the consequences of ischaemia due to obstruction Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Main Texts for Anatomy Clinical Anatomy by Regions, Richard. S. Snell, 8th Edition January 2007, Lipincott ISBN-10: 0-7817-6404-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-6404-9 Clinical Anatomy by Systems, Richard. S. Snell, April 2006 ISBN-10: 0-7817-9164-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-9164-9 Imaging Atlas of Human Anatomy, Weir, Jamie and Abrahams, Peter, 3rd Edittion, 2003. ISBN-13: 978-0-7234-3211-1; ISBN-10: 0-7234-3211-2 Young Lowe, Stevens, Heath and Deakin Wheater's functional Histology. A text and colour atlas. 5th Edition, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06850-8 ISBN-10: 0-443-06850-X. Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lect, Independent Study, Grp Teaching & Dissection | |||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Tonio P. Agius Jean Calleja Agius Marie Therese Camilleri Podesta' Kevin Cassar Ruben Cauchi Sarah Cuschieri Nikolai Pace Cristoforo Pomara (Co-ord.) |
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