HLTAAP001 Recognise Healthy Body Systems Assessment

ASSESSMENT

How long should my answers be?

The length of your answers will be guided by the description in each assessment, for example:

How should I reference the sources of information I use in my assessments?

Include a reference list at the end of your work on a separate page. You should reference the sources you have used in your assessments in the Harvard Style. For example:

Website Name – Page or Document Name, Retrieved insert the date. Webpage link.

For a book: Author surname, author initial Year of publication, Title of book, Publisher, City, State

WRITTEN ACTIVITY

For this assessment, you will need to perform the following tasks. These tasks will need to be completed and submitted in a professional, word processed, format. Each task must be 500 words minimum in length.

1. List the major body systems and then, using the correct terminology; describe the normal structure, function and location and interrelationships of each of the major body systems. Also evaluate how the relationships between different body systems affect and support healthy functioning. This should include:
1. Body regulation including:
1. Maintenance of body temperature
2. Fluid and electrolyte (including PH) balance
3. Elimination of wastes from the body
4. Maintenance of blood pressure
2. Protection from infection
3. Physical activity – active and passive
2. Create a “Healthy Body Maintenance” fact sheet or handout that would be appropriate to put in the waiting room at a local health service. This fact sheet/handout should be a minimum single sided, or maximum a double sided A4 information sheet. It should include information on:
3. Body regulation
4. Protection from infection
5. Active and passive exercise (the benefits of both)

WRITTEN QUESTIONS

The following questions may be answered verbally with your assessor or you may write down your answers. Please discuss this with your assessor before you commence. These answers should be written as a brief report of 500 words = 1 page typed report, or 50 lines of handwritten text = 1^1⁄2 foolscap handwritten pages.

Your assessor will take down dot points as a minimum if you choose to answer them verbally.

Answer the following questions either verbally with your assessor or in writing.

1. Why is it necessary for health workers to use and understand accepted health terminology to describe the normal structure, function and location of the major body systems?
2. What are the 10 human body systems and what do they include?
3. What are 8 things that should be considered in maintaining a healthy body?
4. What are the 3 functions of the cardiovascular system?
5. Discuss four ways to keep healthy.
6. How do the Skeletal, Muscular, Cardiovascular and Respiratory system cooperate to allow the body to function properly and enable movement?