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PHE 117 : Human Anatomy And Physiology

NCE1 levelMedical & Health Sciences17 topics

PHE 117 covers 17 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. OBJECTIVES 3 Credits Compulsory
  2. After studying this unit the students should be able to : -
  3. Define Anatomy and Physiology and explain the importance of understanding the relationship
  4. Describe levels of organization of the body and provide characteristic of each level
  5. Identify organs system i.e. skeletal system, types of bones, body cavities, and types of divisions
  6. Identify types of joints and their role in the bod y.
  7. Discuss on muscular, nervous system and sense organs and their role in human body
  8. Organization of the body structure
  9. Life characteristics of the body structure
  10. Skeletal system: types and functions of bones, body cavities, discretional terms; main
  11. Characteristics of joints and the possible movement at the joints; Bones as levers in human body
  12. Posture and postural defect, meaning, kinds, causes of postural defect.
  13. Muscular system, Types and characteristics, muscle tone and muscle contractions.
  14. Nervous systems: structure of nerve cells, structure and functions of sensory Nerves; Central
  15. Organization of the Central Nervous System: the reflex action.
  16. Sense organs: skin, eyes, ears, tongue and nose
  17. NCE I SECOND SEMESTER.

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

OBJECTIVES 3 Credits Compulsory

This topic introduces the objectives of Human Anatomy and Physiology as a compulsory 3-credit course, focusing on what students are expected to know, understand, and apply in the study of the human body. For examination purposes, you must master the scope of the course, the relationship between anatomy and physiology, and the practical value of studying body structure and function in health sciences.

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