CHAPTER 7 – SKELETAL SYSTEM: GROSS ANATOMY

I. SKELETON – LEARN IN LAB!  206 BONES

                        2 DIVISIONS – KNOW Tab. 7.1 p. 201

A.   AXIAL – 80, RED MARROW

1. SKULL – 28   8 cranium, 14 facial, 6 ear

2. VERTEBRAL COLUMN – 26  C7, T12, S5, S1, Cx1

3. RIBS – 24

4. HYOID – 1

5. STERNUM – 1

B.   APPENDICULAR – 126, YELLOW MARROW

1. PECTORAL GIRDLE – 4      2 clavicles, 2 scapula

2. UPPER EXTREMITIES – 60    28 phal, 16 carp, 10 meta, 3 prs

3. PELVIC GIRDLE – 2   coxa

4. LOWER EXTREMITIES – 60   28 phal, 14 tars, 10 meta, 4 prs

II. TERMINOLOGY

A.   GENERAL TERMS: KNOW Tab 7.2 p. 203, go over a few

B.   FORAMINA, FISSURES & CANALS: EXPLAIN Tab 7.6, p. 212

C.   LAB BOOK AS GUIDE, TEXT TO AID

D.   SESAMOID = “sesame”, floating bone

-          formed due to stress placed on a tendon

1.    BALL OF FOOT

2.    ANGLE OF THUMB

3.    PATELLA