Hsc 2028: Move and Position Individuals in Accordance with Their Plan of Care

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1.1 Outline the anatomy and physiology of the human body in relation to the importance of correct moving and positioning of individuals. The adult human body contains 206 bones, within the hollows caused by these bones there are organs such as the brain, heart and lungs they also give the body a shape and provide support for the body. There are joins between these bones which allow movement and allow attachments for the muscles, tendons, ligaments and cartilage which control the movement. The back is prone to injury during moving and handling because the movement allowed by the vertebral joints is limited and people often use bad practices during moving and handling. The skeleton can be split into two parts the axial skeleton which is the skull, vertebra, sternum and ribs; and the appendicular skeleton which is made up of the lower libs, the pelvis, the upper limbs, the clavicles and the scapulae. There are 5 types of bones which each have a different function within the body, these are long bones, short bones, irregular bones, flat hones and sesamoid bones. There are 3 types of muscle within the body, skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and smooth muscle. Skeletal muscle is voluntary and controls the movement of joints, cardiac muscle which in involuntary and controls the beating of the heart, finally the smooth muscle is involuntary and can be found in the walls and structures of the other organs around the body. The spine is split into 5 sections, the cervical spine which contains 7 vertebrae, the thoracic spine which contains 12 vertebrae, the lumbar spine which has 5 vertebrae, the scrum which is formed of 5 fused vertebrae and the coccyx which is formed of 4 fused vertebrae. All of the vertebrae are a different shape and size and are held together by intervertebral disc which form a flexible cushion, these change shape when the spine moves. They are also held

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