ANAT 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cervical Vertebrae, Anatomical Terms Of Location, Ankle

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Anatomy and Cell Biology
• Course: ANAT 215
• Professor: Leslie W Mac Kenzie

Document Summary

Skeleton and articulations (reading material: chapter 6: pages 140-141; chapter 7: pages 181-182; chapter 8: pages. Composed of bones, cartilages and ligaments: come together at joints. Child skeleton has more bones than an adult: fusion (ie. in sacrum) Bone is an active and living and vascularized (compact and spongy bone: supportive, protective, and how it acts as a lever. Divided into two divisions- axial and appendicular skeletons. Axial skeleton: structures found in midline of body, making up anchoring structures of body that limbs are attached to. Forms the long axis of the body and consists of 80 bones of the 206 bones. Includes bones of the skull (22 bones plus 7 associated bones (6 ossicles & hyoid) Vertebral column (24 vertebrae, 1 sacrum, 1 coccyx) rib cage (12 pairs = 24 ribs, 1 sternum) Provides important anchor the appendicular skeleton with muscular attachments. Accounts for the remaining 126 bones in the skeleton.