The course consists of lectures and laboratory study of human gross anatomy. The material is presented using a regional approach to the human body with particular emphasis on the relationships between the structure and function of the neuromuscular system. In addition, the skeletal and cardiovascular systems are stressed, together with the clinical importance of the structures being studied.
Emphasis is placed on structural and functional relationships within the brain and spinal cord.
Also emphasized is the autonomic nervous system, its origin within the CNS and its distribution to the periphery. The clinical implications of damage to the CNS are also examined. AC101 Basic Body Mechanics Students are introduced to chiropractic terminology and the application of chiropractic therapeutics. These phenomena, occurring at cellular and tissue levels in response to such external agents as radiation, drug therapy or micro-organisms, or to radiations in the internal environment of the body, are discussed in detail. Further lectures discuss the changes which occur in individual organs and systems of the body where these general principles are applied.