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ANATOMY OF MOVEMENT AND ANTHROPOMETRY
ANATOMIA DEL MOVIMENTO ED ANTROPOMETRIA

A.Y. Credits
2024/2025 6
Lecturer Email Office hours for students
Michela Battistelli Thursday from 14.00 to 16.00 or after lessons, by appointment after send an e.mail at: michela.battistelli@uniurb.it.
Teaching in foreign languages
Course with optional materials in a foreign language English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language.

Assigned to the Degree Course

Sport, Health and Physical Exercise (L-22)
Curriculum: PERCORSO COMUNE
Date Time Classroom / Location
Date Time Classroom / Location

Learning Objectives

The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge of the anatomy of motor control systems . The course is also designed to give the student the knowledge of the fundamental anthropometry.

Program

Biology elements: notes on the structural organization of the eukaryotic cell.

Connective tissue: extracellular matrix organization and cellular components.   Bone and cartilaginous  tissue

Classification and anatomy of the joints. Types of movement. Amplitude of movements.

Muscle tissue: skeletal muscle tissue.  Morphological aspects of the contraction.  The concept of motor unit, muscle shortening velocity, strength, flexibility, muscle spindles, muscle tone and its applications.
Theory of muscles, one, two and polyarticular muscles, the role of muscle fixation, external load and internal load. Notes on smooth muscle tissue

Nervous tissue: neuron and glial cells.  Electrical and chemical synapses.  Membrane potential and action potential. Neurotransmitters. Neuromuscular junction.

Lymphatic system

Nervous system: Spinal cord. Brain (brain stem, cerebellum, midbrain, cerebrum, the main areas of the brain). Major nerve pathways.  Anatomical bases of reflexes.

Anthropometry: Anthropometry definition. Anthropometry applied to physical activities and sports. Anthropometric measures in adults and in children, based on age and gender.  Reference values. The body composition (fat mass and fat free mass); anthropometric techniques.

Bridging Courses

There are no prerequisites.

Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)

The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge of the anatomy of motor control systems . The course is also designed to give the student the knowledge of the fundamental anthropometry.

Teaching Material

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Supporting Activities

Anatomia umana. Martini, EdiSES

Anatomia Umana con istituzioni di istologia. Barbatelli G, Edi-ermes


Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment

Teaching

Students will attend lectures which will be enriched with material in English and films in Italian and / or English.

Attendance

Attendance is strongly recommended, but not compulsory.

Course books

Anatomia umana. Martini, EdiSES

Anatomia Umana con istituzioni di istologia. Barbatelli G, Edi-ermes

Assessment

Oral exam, the student will be asked two or three questions on the entire program. The appropriateness of language and the degree of knowledge of the topics covered will be assessed.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Additional Information for Non-Attending Students

Teaching

Students will attend lectures which will be enriched with material in English and films in Italian and / or English.

Attendance

Attendance is strongly recommended, but not compulsory.

Course books

Anatomia umana. Martini, EdiSES

Anatomia Umana con istituzioni di istologia. Barbatelli G, Edi-ermes

Assessment

Oral exam, the student will be asked two or three questions on the entire program. The appropriateness of language and the degree of knowledge of the topics covered will be assessed.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

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