Many jobs in aged care require workers to have a broad overview of healthy functioning of the human body and practical aspects of disease management.

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This topic describes the skills and knowledge of anatomy and physiology required to recognise body systems and their components and to identify and refer to alterations associated with the functioning of the human body in the context of health care work, specifically in the disability sector. In this topic you will learn accepted health terminology to describe the normal structure, function and location of the major body systems.