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Osteology - ✔✔Study of bones
Axial Skeleton - ✔✔Includes bones of head, neck and trunk
Appendicular Skeleton - ✔✔Includes bones of extremities and appendages
Bones in Skull - ✔✔- Cranium (8 Bones)
- Face (14 Bones)
- Auditory ossieles (6 Bones)
- Thyroid (throat) (1 Bone)
How many vertebrae in Axial Skeleton? - ✔✔26
Bones in Thorax - ✔✔- Sternum (1 Bone)
- Ribs (24)
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,Total number of bones in Axial Skeleton - ✔✔80
Bones in Upper Appendicular Skeleton - ✔✔- Shoulder Girlde (4 bones)
- Arms and Hands (60 Bones)
Bones in Lower Appendicular Skeleton - ✔✔- Pelvic Girdle (2 bones)
- Legs and Feet (60 Bones)
Total bones in Appendicular Skeleton - ✔✔126
Total Number of Bones in Body - ✔✔206
Vertebral Column - ✔✔Provides flexible support for the trunk and protects
the spinal column.
Sections of Vertebral Column - ✔✔- 7 cervical vertebrae
- 12 thoracic vertebrae.
- 5 lumbar vertebrae.
- 5 sacral vertebrae.
- 4 coccygeal vertebrae.
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, Total: 33 Vertebrae (actually 26 because coccygeal vertebrae are fused
together)
Scoliosis - ✔✔An abnormal lateral curvature of the vertebral column.
Kyphosis - ✔✔Sometimes called "hump back" because it creates an
exaggerated posterior thoracic curve.
Lordosis - ✔✔Sometimes called "sway back" because it creates an
exaggerated anterior lumbar curve.
Vertebrae - ✔✔Separated into 2 parts: vertebral body, and the neural arch.
Vertebral Body - ✔✔Bears most of the weight
Neutral Arch - ✔✔forms part of the wall of the vertebral canal housing the
spinal cord
Synovial Joint - ✔✔The vertebrae articulate with one another by means of
facets on the processes of the neural arches
Cartilaginous Joint - ✔✔Intervertebral discs between the vertebral bodies
Cervical Curve - ✔✔
Thoracic Curve - ✔✔
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