UPCOMING CLASSES

Weekend February 18th & 19th from 9a-5:30p at the Acupressure Institute Mondays April 30th & May 1st from 9a-5:30p at the Acupressure Institute

This class prepares students for the practical anatomy series' regional classes. It reviews basic anatomical terminology and the systems of the body as well as introduces functional anatomy.

Palpation skills are refined through practice exercises and the exploration of the tactile differences of structures that make up the body.

Students are introduced to the layout of, and resources found in Andrew Biel's Trail Guide to the Body.

• Anatomy and Physiology or equivalent
• It is recommended that students have taken Histology prior to this class.

• Required- Trail Guide to the Body: How to locate muscles, bones and more (3rd Ed or later); Biel, Andrew R.
• Recommended- The Atlas of Human Anatomy (3rd Ed); Netter, Frank H. or equivalent

• Handouts
• Learning Props
• DVD- The Integral Anatomy Series (Vol. 1-3); Gil Hedley

• To refine and develop one's proficiency with anatomical and movement terminology
• To learn basic kinesiology concepts
• To refine and develop one's palpation skills
• To prepare for the Practical Anatomy Series' <a class="body" href="classAnatomy2.html">regional classes</a></li></ul>

• Review of basic anatomical terms for the regions of the body, planes of movement, directions and positions.

• Review of Palpation Techniques
• Palpation Practice I - warm-up
• Exploring related structures and their textural differences
• Palpation Practice II- application
• Review of the anatomical organization at the systemic level of the body
• Introduction to kinesiology
• Palpation Practice III- refinement
• Introduction and orientation to the Trail Guide to the Body
• Preparing for the regional classes