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Skeleton SystemWhat is it? T'here are 2 different divisions [206
Skeleton system includes joint’s and bones in bones]:
Red bone marrow produce
body; acts as a scaffold by providing support Axial Skeleton (80 bones): , auditory
new blood cells→ body
and protection for soft tissues that make up
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ossicles, ribs, sternum and vertebra
warehouse for iron, - and
the rest of the body. They also provide column
energy (form of fat).
attachments points for musclesto allow Appendicular skeleton (126 bones):
movement. upper limbs, pelvic girdle
Axial Skeleton Frontal (1)
Parietal (2)
Sphenoid (1) Temporal (2)
Skull
Ethmoid (1)
Cranial bones [ 8 ] and Facial Skeleton bones [14].
22 in total [except mandibles]. Mandible is the only Occipital (1)
movable joint with temporal bone
Cranial bones
Hyoid
U-shaped bone f-ound just inferior to mandible - floating bone
Function is to help keep trachea open and to form Nasal (8)
bony connection for tongue muscles Hyoid:
Lacrimal (2)
Auditory ossicles Palatine (2)
Includes malleus, incus and stapes → smallest bone Audiotary ossides Inferior nasal
concha (2)
found inside small carry inside of temporal bone→
Malleus Incus Zygomatic (2)
transmit and amplify sound from cardrun to inner ear Maxilla (2)
Stapes
Mandible (1)
Vertebrae Vomer (1)
Exception of singular coccyx, each vertebrae is neared after Facial skeleton bones
Manubrium
the first letter of its region and its position along superior
-inferior axis [T12 and T1) Body
7 cervical vertebrae
Ribs and sternum Xiphoid process
Sternum/ breast bone is a thin knife shaped bone along the middle of anterior Sternum 12 thoracic vertebrae
side of thoracic region of skeleton → the sternum connects to the ribcage →
costal cartilage True ribs
5 lumbar vertebrae
Sacrum (S1-S5)
False ribs Coccyx ( Co1-Co5)
Ribcage Sternum
Floating ribs
Vertebral column
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