The document describes the main components and functions of the human skeletal system. It outlines the various bones grouped into axial (skull, vertebral column, ribs) and appendicular (upper and lower extremities attached by shoulder and pelvic girdles) bones. The bones are composed of cartilage and bone tissue and form through two processes - intramembranous and endochondral ossification. There are differences in male and female pelvic anatomy related to birthing capabilities. The skeletal system provides structure, protection, movement and mineral storage for the body.
The document describes the main components and functions of the human skeletal system. It outlines the various bones grouped into axial (skull, vertebral column, ribs) and appendicular (upper and lower extremities attached by shoulder and pelvic girdles) bones. The bones are composed of cartilage and bone tissue and form through two processes - intramembranous and endochondral ossification. There are differences in male and female pelvic anatomy related to birthing capabilities. The skeletal system provides structure, protection, movement and mineral storage for the body.
The document describes the main components and functions of the human skeletal system. It outlines the various bones grouped into axial (skull, vertebral column, ribs) and appendicular (upper and lower extremities attached by shoulder and pelvic girdles) bones. The bones are composed of cartilage and bone tissue and form through two processes - intramembranous and endochondral ossification. There are differences in male and female pelvic anatomy related to birthing capabilities. The skeletal system provides structure, protection, movement and mineral storage for the body.
The document describes the main components and functions of the human skeletal system. It outlines the various bones grouped into axial (skull, vertebral column, ribs) and appendicular (upper and lower extremities attached by shoulder and pelvic girdles) bones. The bones are composed of cartilage and bone tissue and form through two processes - intramembranous and endochondral ossification. There are differences in male and female pelvic anatomy related to birthing capabilities. The skeletal system provides structure, protection, movement and mineral storage for the body.
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Lower Extremity Bones Upper Extremity Bones
Vertebral Column Sacrum
Pectoral Girdle: Scapula Pectoral Girdle: Clavicle Skeletal System
A. FUNCTIONS Clavicle: Colar Bone
Scapula: Shoulder Blades It provides supporting frameworks of body It protects some viscera, brain, spinal cord, sense APPENDICULAR: Upper Extremities organs, and the hemopoeitic system Humerus, Radius, Ulna It provides lever for muscle Carpals, Metacarpals, Phalanges It is Hemopoesis It has storage of mineral like calcium and phosphorus APPENDICULAR: Pelvic Girdle (Coxae) B. COMPOSITION: Cartilage & Bone Ilium, Ilia Crest, Ischum, Pubis, Accetabulum FORMATION: APPENDICULAR: Lower Extremities 1. Intramembranous ossification Femur: Longest Bone fibrous membranes of some part of fetal skeleton are Patella: Knee Cap converted to bone. Tibia: Thicker Fibula: Thinner Ex. Some skull bone, clavicle, and lower jaw Tarsals, Metatarsals, Phalanges 2. Endochondral ossification D. JOINTS - conversion of cartilage into bone. E. COMPARISON OF MALE AND FEMALE SKELETON Ex. Most bones of the skeletal system 1. The male skeleton is larger and heavier than female C. DIVISIONS skeleton 2. The male pelvis is deep and funnel shaped with narrow AXIAL: Hyoid Bone public arch; female with wider and flaring pubic arch, AXIAL: Skull female pelvis is shallow and broad.
Cranial Bones: Temporal, Parietal, Occipital, Frontal, F. GAIT – manner of walking
Ethmoid, Sphenoid G. TYPES OF BONES Facial Bones: Zygomatic Bone, Nasal Bone, Maxilla, Mandible Short: Short bones are designated as those bones that are as wide as they are long. Their primary AXIAL: Vertebral Column function is to provide support and stability with little Cervical: C1-Atlas & C2-Axis to no movement (Carpals & Tarsals). Thoracic: Th1-Th12 Long: Long bones are hard, dense bones that provide Lumbar: L1-L5 strength, structure, and mobility. Sacrum Flat: These bones are expanded into broad, flat Coccyx: Tail Bone plates, as in the cranium (skull), the ilium (pelvis), sternum and the rib cage, Scapula. AXIAL: Ribs Irregular: Varies in shape & structure (Atlas, Axis, Sternum: Breast Bone Hyoid, Zygomatic). True Ribs: R1-R7 Sesamoid: A small independent bone or bony nodule False Ribs: R8-R12 (Attached to sternum by Coastal developed in a tendon where it passes over an Cartilage) angular structure, typically in the hands and feet. The Floating Ribs: R11-R12 kneecap is a particularly large sesamoid bone.