NSC 215 HUMAN ANATOMY I 2Unit
Department of Anatomy, FBMS, College of Health Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University,
Sokoto, Nigeria
Table of Contents Page
Course Guide
General Introduction 4
Course Aims 4
Course Objectives 4
Working through the Course 4
Course Materials 5
Study Units 5
Reference Textbooks 6
Equipment and Software Needed to Access Course 6
Number and Places of Meeting 6
Discussion Forum 7
Course Evaluation 7
Grading Criteria 7
Grading Scale 7
Schedule of Assignments with Dates 7
Course Overview 8
How to get the most from this Course 8
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COURSE GUIDE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Hello, welcome to this course. We are happy to have you doing NSC 215 – Human AnatomyI.
You would have done some anatomy when you were in the basic school of nursing. You are
going to do a little more and have opportunities to have practical sessions to give you more
facts on the structure of the human body. Interestingly, we all learn a lot from been able to look
at our own bodies too. As nurses you must know what the body is made off and how it functions
before you can determine if and when something goes wrong, what goes wrong and what you
can do within your professional responsibility to help clients achieve, maintain, sustain, retain
and adjust to permanent change in the body. You cannot practice safe without sound knowledge
of anatomy. Everything you have to do with the body of a patient requires sound knowledge of
anatomy for the patient to be safe with you in practice. Over a period of three semesters, you
are going to learn about the different organs that make up the human body. This course along
with the others must be learnt with your professional roles and duties in mind at all times for
you to also see how you can apply your new learning to improve your practice.
COURSE AIM.
The aim of this course is to build your foundation in the developmental process and the
structure of the human body as such prepares you to apply your knowledge in planning to meet
the care needs of your body and that of your clients as such may relate to normal and abnormal
changes in the various organs that make up the body.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
i. Use anatomical terminology correctly.
ii. Discuss the levels of organization of the human body.
iii. Discuss the components of the body defense system
iv. Discuss the human embryology from fertilization to birth
v. Discuss the two basic systems that provide support and movement for the human body.
COURSE IMPLEMENTATION – WORKING THROUGH THIS COURSE
The course will be delivered adopting the blended learning mode, 70% of online but interactive
sessions and 30% of face-to-face during laboratory sessions. You are expected to register for
this course online before you can have access to all the materials and have access to the class
sessions online. You will have the hard and soft copies of course materials, you will also have
online interactive sessions, face-to-face sessions with instructors during practical sessions in
the laboratory. The interactive online activities will be available to you on the course link on
the Website of NOUN. There are activities and assignments online for every unit every week.
It is important that you visit the course sites weekly and do all assignments to meet deadlines
and to contribute to the topical issues that would be raised for everyone’s contribution.
You will be expected to read every module along with all assigned readings to prepare you to
have meaningful contributions to all sessions and to complete all activities. It is important that
you attempt all the Self-Assessment Questions (SAQ) at the end of every unit to help your
understanding of the contents and to help you prepare for the in-course tests and the final
examination. You will also be expected to keep a portfolio where you keep all your completed
assignments.
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,NSC 215 HUMAN ANATOMY I 2Unit
COURSE MATERIALS
Course Guide
Course Text in Study Units
Textbooks (Hard and electronic)
Book of Laboratory Practical
Assignment File/Portfolio
STUDY UNITS
This course has three Modules and 13 units. They are structured as presented
Module 1 - Introduction to the Human body
Unit 1 - General Body Organizations
Unit 2 - Anatomical Terminology
Unit 3 - Cells, Tissues, Organs, Systems & Membranes
Unit 4 - Body Tissues
Unit 5 - The Human Defense System
Module 2 - Embryology
Unit 1 - Embryology Terminology
Unit 2 - Garmetogenesis
Unit 3 - Placenta Formation and Functions
Module 3 – Support and Movement
Unit 1 - Integumentary System
Unit 2 - Skeletal System
Unit 3 - Muscular system
Unit 4 - Tendons and Ligaments
Unit 5 - Joints and Bursae
REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS
1. Bruce M. Carlson (2019) Human Embryology & Developmental Biology. 6th edition
2. Kathryn A. Booth, Terri. D. Wyman (2008) Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
for allied health
3. Katherine M. A. Rogers and William N. Scott (2011) Nurses! Test yourself in anatomy
and physiology
4. Kent M. Van De Graff, R.Ward Rhees, Sidney Palmer (2010) Schaum’s Outline of Human
Anatomy and Physiology 3rd edition
5. Keith L Moore, Persuade T.V.N (2016), The Developing Human Clinically Oriented
Embryology 10th Edition Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
6. Philip Tate (2012) Seeley’s Principles of Anatomy & Physiology 2nd edition.
7. Sadler T.W (2019), Langman’s Medical Embryology 14th edition. Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS OF YOU
Attendance of 95% of all interactive sessions, submission of all assignments to meet deadlines;
participation in all CMA, attendance of all laboratory sessions with evidence as provided in the
log book, submission of reports from all laboratory practical sessions and attendance of the
final course examination. You are also expected to:
1. Be versatile in basic computer skills
2. Participate in all laboratory practical up to 90% of the time
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3. Submit personal reports from laboratory practical sessions on schedule
4. Log in to the class online discussion board at least once a week and contribute to ongoing
discussions.
5. Contribute actively to group seminar presentations.
EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE NEEDED TO ACCESS COURSE
You will be expected to have the following tools:
1. A computer (laptop or desktop or a tablet)
2. Internet access, preferably broadband rather than dial-up access
3. MS Office software – Word PROCESSOR, PowerPoint, Spreadsheet
4. Browser – Preferably Internet Explorer, Moxilla Firefox
5. Adobe Acrobat Reader
NUMBER AND PLACES OF MEETING (ONLINE, FACE-TO-FACE,
LABORATORY PRACTICALS)
The details of these will be provided to you at the time of commencement of this course
DISCUSSION FORUM
There will be an online discussion forum and topics for discussion will be available for your
contributions. It is mandatory that you participate in every discussion every week. You
participation link you, your face, your ideas and views to that of every member of the class and
earns you some mark.
COURSE EVALUATION
There are two forms of evaluation of the progress you are making in this course. The first are
the series of activities, assignments and end of unit, computer or tutor marked assignments, and
laboratory practical sessions and report that constitute the continuous assessment that all carry
30% of the total mark. The second is a written examination with multiple choice, short answers
and essay questions that take 70% of the total mark that you will do on completion of the
course.
Students evaluation: The students will be assessed and evaluated based on the following criteria
In-Course Examination:
In-course examination will come up in the middle of the semester. These would come in form
of Computer Marked Assignment. This will be in addition to one compulsory Tutor Marked
Assignment (TMA’s) and three Computer marked Assignment that comes after the modules.
Laboratory practical: Attendance, record of participation and other assignments will be
graded and added to the other scores from other forms of examinations.
Final Examination: The final written examination will come up at the end of the semester
comprising essay and objective questions covering all the contents covered in the course. The
final examination will amount to 60% of the total grade for the course.
Learner-Facilitator evaluation of the course
5
Department of Anatomy, FBMS, College of Health Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University,
Sokoto, Nigeria
Table of Contents Page
Course Guide
General Introduction 4
Course Aims 4
Course Objectives 4
Working through the Course 4
Course Materials 5
Study Units 5
Reference Textbooks 6
Equipment and Software Needed to Access Course 6
Number and Places of Meeting 6
Discussion Forum 7
Course Evaluation 7
Grading Criteria 7
Grading Scale 7
Schedule of Assignments with Dates 7
Course Overview 8
How to get the most from this Course 8
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,NSC 215 HUMAN ANATOMY I 2Unit
COURSE GUIDE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Hello, welcome to this course. We are happy to have you doing NSC 215 – Human AnatomyI.
You would have done some anatomy when you were in the basic school of nursing. You are
going to do a little more and have opportunities to have practical sessions to give you more
facts on the structure of the human body. Interestingly, we all learn a lot from been able to look
at our own bodies too. As nurses you must know what the body is made off and how it functions
before you can determine if and when something goes wrong, what goes wrong and what you
can do within your professional responsibility to help clients achieve, maintain, sustain, retain
and adjust to permanent change in the body. You cannot practice safe without sound knowledge
of anatomy. Everything you have to do with the body of a patient requires sound knowledge of
anatomy for the patient to be safe with you in practice. Over a period of three semesters, you
are going to learn about the different organs that make up the human body. This course along
with the others must be learnt with your professional roles and duties in mind at all times for
you to also see how you can apply your new learning to improve your practice.
COURSE AIM.
The aim of this course is to build your foundation in the developmental process and the
structure of the human body as such prepares you to apply your knowledge in planning to meet
the care needs of your body and that of your clients as such may relate to normal and abnormal
changes in the various organs that make up the body.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
i. Use anatomical terminology correctly.
ii. Discuss the levels of organization of the human body.
iii. Discuss the components of the body defense system
iv. Discuss the human embryology from fertilization to birth
v. Discuss the two basic systems that provide support and movement for the human body.
COURSE IMPLEMENTATION – WORKING THROUGH THIS COURSE
The course will be delivered adopting the blended learning mode, 70% of online but interactive
sessions and 30% of face-to-face during laboratory sessions. You are expected to register for
this course online before you can have access to all the materials and have access to the class
sessions online. You will have the hard and soft copies of course materials, you will also have
online interactive sessions, face-to-face sessions with instructors during practical sessions in
the laboratory. The interactive online activities will be available to you on the course link on
the Website of NOUN. There are activities and assignments online for every unit every week.
It is important that you visit the course sites weekly and do all assignments to meet deadlines
and to contribute to the topical issues that would be raised for everyone’s contribution.
You will be expected to read every module along with all assigned readings to prepare you to
have meaningful contributions to all sessions and to complete all activities. It is important that
you attempt all the Self-Assessment Questions (SAQ) at the end of every unit to help your
understanding of the contents and to help you prepare for the in-course tests and the final
examination. You will also be expected to keep a portfolio where you keep all your completed
assignments.
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,NSC 215 HUMAN ANATOMY I 2Unit
COURSE MATERIALS
Course Guide
Course Text in Study Units
Textbooks (Hard and electronic)
Book of Laboratory Practical
Assignment File/Portfolio
STUDY UNITS
This course has three Modules and 13 units. They are structured as presented
Module 1 - Introduction to the Human body
Unit 1 - General Body Organizations
Unit 2 - Anatomical Terminology
Unit 3 - Cells, Tissues, Organs, Systems & Membranes
Unit 4 - Body Tissues
Unit 5 - The Human Defense System
Module 2 - Embryology
Unit 1 - Embryology Terminology
Unit 2 - Garmetogenesis
Unit 3 - Placenta Formation and Functions
Module 3 – Support and Movement
Unit 1 - Integumentary System
Unit 2 - Skeletal System
Unit 3 - Muscular system
Unit 4 - Tendons and Ligaments
Unit 5 - Joints and Bursae
REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS
1. Bruce M. Carlson (2019) Human Embryology & Developmental Biology. 6th edition
2. Kathryn A. Booth, Terri. D. Wyman (2008) Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
for allied health
3. Katherine M. A. Rogers and William N. Scott (2011) Nurses! Test yourself in anatomy
and physiology
4. Kent M. Van De Graff, R.Ward Rhees, Sidney Palmer (2010) Schaum’s Outline of Human
Anatomy and Physiology 3rd edition
5. Keith L Moore, Persuade T.V.N (2016), The Developing Human Clinically Oriented
Embryology 10th Edition Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
6. Philip Tate (2012) Seeley’s Principles of Anatomy & Physiology 2nd edition.
7. Sadler T.W (2019), Langman’s Medical Embryology 14th edition. Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS OF YOU
Attendance of 95% of all interactive sessions, submission of all assignments to meet deadlines;
participation in all CMA, attendance of all laboratory sessions with evidence as provided in the
log book, submission of reports from all laboratory practical sessions and attendance of the
final course examination. You are also expected to:
1. Be versatile in basic computer skills
2. Participate in all laboratory practical up to 90% of the time
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3. Submit personal reports from laboratory practical sessions on schedule
4. Log in to the class online discussion board at least once a week and contribute to ongoing
discussions.
5. Contribute actively to group seminar presentations.
EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE NEEDED TO ACCESS COURSE
You will be expected to have the following tools:
1. A computer (laptop or desktop or a tablet)
2. Internet access, preferably broadband rather than dial-up access
3. MS Office software – Word PROCESSOR, PowerPoint, Spreadsheet
4. Browser – Preferably Internet Explorer, Moxilla Firefox
5. Adobe Acrobat Reader
NUMBER AND PLACES OF MEETING (ONLINE, FACE-TO-FACE,
LABORATORY PRACTICALS)
The details of these will be provided to you at the time of commencement of this course
DISCUSSION FORUM
There will be an online discussion forum and topics for discussion will be available for your
contributions. It is mandatory that you participate in every discussion every week. You
participation link you, your face, your ideas and views to that of every member of the class and
earns you some mark.
COURSE EVALUATION
There are two forms of evaluation of the progress you are making in this course. The first are
the series of activities, assignments and end of unit, computer or tutor marked assignments, and
laboratory practical sessions and report that constitute the continuous assessment that all carry
30% of the total mark. The second is a written examination with multiple choice, short answers
and essay questions that take 70% of the total mark that you will do on completion of the
course.
Students evaluation: The students will be assessed and evaluated based on the following criteria
In-Course Examination:
In-course examination will come up in the middle of the semester. These would come in form
of Computer Marked Assignment. This will be in addition to one compulsory Tutor Marked
Assignment (TMA’s) and three Computer marked Assignment that comes after the modules.
Laboratory practical: Attendance, record of participation and other assignments will be
graded and added to the other scores from other forms of examinations.
Final Examination: The final written examination will come up at the end of the semester
comprising essay and objective questions covering all the contents covered in the course. The
final examination will amount to 60% of the total grade for the course.
Learner-Facilitator evaluation of the course
5
