Anatomy: Know Your Abdomen

University of Leeds via FutureLearn

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Provider

FutureLearn
Pricing

Free Online Course (Audit)
Languages

English
Certificate

$109.00 Certificate Available
Duration & workload

2 weeks, 2 hours a week
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Beginner

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This course will help you identify the positions of organs within the abdomen and will introduce you to common anatomical terminology.

You will look at the anterior (front) abdominal wall, exploring how the ‘abs’ are considered in relation to health and beauty. You’ll then move on to look at the composition of the gastrointestinal tract. Focussing on common problems that can occur in this tract, you’ll hear from an abdominal surgeon about the work he does to treat and cure such problems.

This course has been ranked as one of the best online courses of all time by online course aggregator class central.

This course is part of the Going to University collection which has been specifically designed for students at schools and colleges. They provide a taster of undergraduate study at the University of Leeds and help students to decide which subject to study at university.

Completion of the courses will also enhance students’ university applications.

The courses can also be used as a teachers’ classroom enrichment resource.

Courses in this collection are also great for people that want an introduction in the specific subjects discussed in each course.

Syllabus

Get in touch with your abs

Welcome
Locating the organs of the abdomen
Anatomical terminology
The abdominal wall
Summary

Ready to digest something new?

About Week 2
From top to bottom
Treating gastrointestinal problems
What next?

Taught by

James Pickering

Reviews

4.4 rating, based on 130 Class Central reviews

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Sonal P Patel @sonal

This class is a real treat for any curious learner. It is an inspiration to learn more about human physiology and biological sciences.

I loved the class, which is very short, but still, covers important detail about human anatomy in simple language. Activities are interesting and most importantly, learners taking this class are amazingly curious! I truly enjoyed this class and would recommend it to anyone curious enough to learn about human anatomy! Great to start with learning about the abdomen and our GI tract. Truly an excellent class for everyone!
Pat Bowden @pat

Interesting short course about the abdomen and digestive system that also discusses some common disorders and their treatment.
ARRA

trés souvent les phrases se répétent-temps limite pour tout apprendre avec les croquis-cela aurait était bien d'avoir un systeme de traduction pour et regarder la vidéo et lire en dessous-on aurait mieux compris
Uruak-Awasi Irvine Obot

For an aspiring medic, or if you wish to take a course in the field of health sciences, then look no further because this is a very reliable stepping stone to prep you for your future ambition. The course Anatomy: Knowing your abdomen is a very broa…

For an aspiring medic, or if you wish to take a course in the field of health sciences, then look no further because this is a very reliable stepping stone to prep you for your future ambition. The course Anatomy: Knowing your abdomen is a very broad one but on this platform, it has been crashed into a very simple and comprehensive two-weeks-long session with videos, transcripts, quizzes to check your understanding, glossaries, professors and experts to guide you through the whole journey; with which you stand a chance on completion of the course, to earn a digital certificate of the course with your name on it. I recommend this for everyone, you might not really need this for your line of course or ambition, but being informed is pretty quintessential as a human in this century. I have learnt a great deal, you should too.
Anonymous

I took this MOOC as I want to go into radiology.
Anatomy was something I wanted to understand better, getting used to the positions of each organ and their functions which corresponded with the anatomical language used throughout.
This was an eye-opening course that kept my interest all the way through from each video and research tasks set for us to do. The comment section was particularly my favourite as it allowed me to share my thoughts and research to everyone else taking the course.
Anonymous

This course has really helped me a lot. The lecturers are very precise. Lectures were so simplified and easy to understand. I wish I can give more than 5 stars.
Anonymous

This is a good cause if you’re not sure of the anatomy of the abdominal area. The lecturer explained things well and I love the video presentation. I found week 2 very interesting.
SEMIU KAREEM

The course Anatomy: Know your Abdomen is the best course that can teach you about the internal organs of your Abdomen whether you are a Medical student or not.

The course explains a lot from:
● identifications of organs,
● functions of each organs,
● diseases associated with each organs,
● symptoms, effects and preventions of the diseases.
Beverley Inis Watson

Pages difficult to navigate. No clear buttons for submit, previous, next. Audio video dull, video with transcript would have been engaging and much better. No way of doing the end quiz to check for understanding unless payment for course was made.…

Pages difficult to navigate. No clear buttons for submit, previous, next.
Audio video dull, video with transcript would have been engaging and much better.
No way of doing the end quiz to check for understanding unless payment for course was made.
Other MOOCs I have done had a quiz for each section, computer marked instantly THEN if the course is of value and a certificate is wanted , payment can be made.
Select an audited free course, a computer generated progress chart is a great feature.
UTAS have free courses on understanding and preventing dementia AND a free certificate to download and print. An enhanced certificate for $50 is worth having with details of everything covered, if the knowledge is applicable to further studies.
Anonymous

I throughly enjoyed this course. It is well designed for easy learning. Loved the used of the plastic body within which organs could be removed to see anterior and posterior body parts.
The vocabulary used is simple yet informative. I came away with a very good understanding of the abdomen, its parts and its function..
Kokafox

Very interesting and easy to understand course! It includes and succinct and precise understanding of the gastrointestinal system with data and tests that help you to improve.
Anonymous

The course was really easy to follow. I did think it was going to cover the entire adominal cavity, hence the reason I gave it a four star rating. Had I known it would not included e.g. positions of all the organs, connections between the organs, that is, if I'd been prepared for its limited information, I would have given it a five. It was very well presented. I particularly liked the video at the start where people on the street were asked where they thought the organs were in the abdomen and the way they were shown where they actually were. It was not condescending, but informative. The quizzes were good too.
Wish they'd had a female dummy as I've never seen one used in anatomy classes.
Sophie Dierckx

This is not an elaborate course but it covers pretty much all the basics. It's a great start for people who don't really know anything. It's very well explained and it is very visual, you always get to see a human itself for the anatomy terms or a 'puppet' for the internal organs.

The only this I disliked is that we had to research a topic, but they didn't give us any guidelines to do so. When you're searching on Google it's hard to find trustworthy papers, so some recommandations would have been great. Maybe they could also integrate extra readings on the topics.
Kelvin Juh Seng Loh

interesting to learn and good video .knowing the position and function of our internal organ , also the length of our small intestine and colon intestines .Some surgical info and procedure on colon and rectal removal .Partial of colon rectal is removed and using stapled or stitch to securely connecting both cutting end .Laparoscopic instrument is used for minor surgical procedure for less time on surgery and rapid healing .

thank you
Anonymous

I entered this course wanting to know a bit more about the anatomy , and it exceeded my expectations and i know know lots of important facts and ideas that i can now apply to my subjects such as biology to have that little bit of extra knowledge to contribute to my studies , i still don’t know the anatomy off by heart but i have a way better understanding, thank you !
Anonymous

A short and easy to follow course to explain about the organs in the abdomen and a brief look at colorectal cancer.
Great just for interest or as an introduction to further study. Only takes a couple of hours.
Carlene Corbin

This Course is very great is say super great
there were things i did not know and even understand clearly with this i have a level of understanding and can carry my career a step further thanks to all
Anonymous

This Course is very great is say super great
there were things i did not know and even understand clearly with this i have a level of understanding and can carry my career a step further thanks to all
Mary Bresnahan

Expected much more, learned nothing. A very, very basic and superficial course that is appropriate only for someone who knows absolutely nothing about anatomy.
Anonymous

The course was very good,an extremely good speaker made it very interesting.Very disappointed in myself for not getting full marks,I had understood everything he said just made the wrong choice on the test