KINE 2031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Ischium, Lesser Tubercle, Sesamoid Bone
6 Dec 2016
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The skeletal system : chapter 7 & 8. The word skeleton comes from a greek word meaning dried-up body or mummy . The skeleton is strong yet light, wonderfully adapted for the weight bearing, locomotive, protective, and manipulative functions it performs. The skeleton consists of bones, cartilages, joints & ligaments. joints are also called articulations, are the junctions between skeletal elements. The skeletal system is divided into the : axial skeleton. Skull, vertebral column, and bony thorax: appendicular skeleton. Upper & lower limbs and pelvic & pectoral girdles. 8 cranial bones (held together by immovable joints called sutures") 14 facial bones( form framework for the face) Skull: the skull is the body"s most complex bony structure. It is formed by cranial and facial bones. The cranial bones or cranium, enclose and protect the brain and provide attachment sites for some head and neck muscles.
