ILOs:

• Identify the types of joints within the vertebral column and the movements possible at each
• Appreciate that knowing the attachments and fibre orientation of a muscle can help you learn and understand its actions.
• Appreciate that muscles that cross a joint(s) will act on the joint.
• Understand the difference between normal and abnormal curvatures of the spine

Anatomy Lecture: Introduction to the Musculoskeletal System

• Vertebral column
• Intrinsic muscles of the back
• Curvatures of the spine