Unit details

ANHB2212 Human Structure and Development

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Semester 1	Online	Online Restricted
Semester 1	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Details for undergraduate courses

• Level 2 option in the Anatomy and Human Biology major sequence
• Level 2 elective

Content

The study of human structure and development begins with an overview of early development followed by the low-power examination of serial sections through human embryos and fetuses. The aim of this is not to engage in detailed histological or embryological analysis but to build an understanding of the body plan and how it develops. The anatomy of the vertebral column, articular system and the body wall follow. The systemic and regional anatomy of the thorax, abdomen and the pelvis come next. In each regional study area the embryology is reinforced and the students return to look more closely at each region using embryonic serial sections.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) demonstrate a holistic, functionally relevant understanding of the structural plan of the human body from an anatomical, developmental, comparative and evolutionary perspective; (2) correlate structure, function and development; (3) demonstrate competence in observation and description of anatomical material and in the use of anatomical terminology and language; and (4) recognise and identify anatomical features in specimens, slides, photographs, diagrams and models.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) online assessments; (2) research assignment; and (3) final examination (theory 30% & practical 30%). Further information is available in the unit outline.

For units commencing in May 2022 or later the availability of the supplementary assessment is subject to confirmation.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Except where supplementary assessment is not available in a unit, it will be offered to students in all units who:

• Are in good academic standing overall;
• Have passed over half the units taken in the teaching period concerned, except where they are only enrolled in two or less units in the period;
• Have submitted all assessment items in the unit;
• Have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit; and
• No finding of academic misconduct has been made against them in the unit concerned.

Additionally student may apply for supplementary assessment in any unit which is the final unit required for graduation in there course and where they have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Tom Wilson, Vanessa Hayes, Fiona O'Shea

Unit rules

Prerequisites:

Successful completion of one Unit(s) IMED1001 Form and Function or Unit(s) ANHB1101 Human Biology I: Becoming Human or Unit(s) ANHB1102 Human Biology II: Being Human or Unit(s) BIOL1130 Frontiers in Biology or Unit(s) BIOL1131 Plant and Animal Biology or Unit(s) SCIE1106 Molecular Biology of the Cell or Unit(s) SSEH1101 The Musculoskeletal System and Movement or Unit(s) SSEH1102 Applied Anatomy and Athletic Performance

Co-requisites:

Nil

Advisable prior study:

Completing ANHB1101 and ANHB1102 is strongly recommended or pre-reading of a recommended reading list available on the LMS for students who have not done both ANHB1101 and ANHB1102.

Incompatibility:

Nil

Contact hours

lectures: 2 hours per week; labs: 2 hours per week;

Note

A white laboratory coat is a compulsory requirement in the laboratory.