Osteology

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• Introduction to anatomical language

  The historical and methodological foundations of anatomy, bodily organization, and the spatial vocabulary used to describe the body unambiguously.

• Skeletal system

  Organisation, shapes, surface markings, structure and development of bones, followed by clinical imaging landmarks.

• The clavicle

  Position, orientation, landmarks, attachments, articulations, and clinical implications of the clavicle.

• Scapula

  Morphology, orientation, landmarks, attachments, and clinical implications of the scapula.

• Humerus

  Complete osteology of the humerus: orientation, surfaces, borders, ends, attachments, relationships, and clinical implications.

• Radius

  Complete descriptive anatomy of the radius, from its role in pronation and supination to its articular, muscular, ligamentous, and clinical relationships.

• Ulna

  Morphology, orientation, relations, attachments, and clinical implications of the ulna.

• Skeleton of the hand

  Spatial organization of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges, palmar architecture, and common clinical implications.

• Hip bone: landmarks, surfaces, and reliefs

  Understand the three-dimensional architecture of the hip bone, its articulations, reliefs, and role in the pelvic girdle.

• The femur

  Descriptive anatomy of the body’s longest bone: shaft, epiphyses, attachments, and clinical landmarks.

• The patella

  Descriptive anatomy of the anterior sesamoid bone of the knee: orientation, surfaces, attachments, and femoral relations.

• The tibia

  Landmarks, reliefs, and articulations of the principal weight-bearing bone of the leg.

• The fibula

  Descriptive anatomy of the posterolateral bone of the leg: orientation, shaft, and articular ends.

• The foot skeleton

  Organisation of the foot's 26 bones, from the hindfoot to the toes, with orientation landmarks relevant to standing, walking and weight distribution.