Anatomy and Physiology (5N0749)

Category: QQI

Anatomy and Physiology (5N0749) QQI Level 5

This course is suitable for people working in healthcare support, community care, beauty therapy, or in nursing. It will help you to understand the structure and function of the human body and the interrelationship between its systems.

Course Content:

Differences between Anatomy and Physiology
Structure and function of a typical animal cell and its organelles
Tissue groups; epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous tissue, identifying the different tissues within each classification
Benign and malignant tumours
Composition of bone, including the functions of the skeleton, the main bones of the appendicular and axial skeleton and the structure of a typical long bone
Major categories and functions of joints, differentiating between the four types of synovial joints
Main muscles of the body, differentiating between the three types of muscle and the interconnections between the skeletal and muscular systems in body movement

Tutor: Margaret O'Connor