topic 1

Skull, ribs, sternum, Cervical V 7, Thoracic V 12, Lumbar V 5, Sacral 5 (fused), Coccyx 4 (fused) What the rest of the body is attached to

Protect bones, Store minerals, Attatchment, support and movement

Away from the head

Towards the head

(Reffers only to limbs) Closer to the attatchment of limbs

Further away from the attatchment of limbs

Back of the body

Towards the midline of the body

Away from the midline of the body

Front of the body

Long (Femur Humerous, metacarpals and phalanges), flat (ribs and cranium), irregular ( vertebrae), short (carpals, tarsals)

Where two or more bones articulate

Carpals and tarsals Wrists, ankle: up, down, left, right, diagonal

shoulder, hip: Medial and lateral rotation

Wrists, radioulnar joint, ankle: rotation of a bone around another

elbow, knee: one axis, extension and flexion (no rotation)

Wrists, elbows: flexion, extension

Thumb, Thorax, heel, ear: flexion, extension, abduction, adduction

Lots of movement

No movement (cranium, coccyx

little movement (between lumbar V

Buffer and absorb shock

Connect bones to bones

Connect muscles with bones