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1. Skeleton: AxialExercise: 10Page:123 Lab 4

2. Classification of Bones • Human body consists in 206 bones. They are divided in two groups: • Axial skeleton (form the long axis of the body) includes – bones of the skull, vertebral column, and rib cage. Functions:protecting, supporting or carry other body parts. • Appendicular skeleton – bones of the upper and lower limbs, shoulder, and hip. Function:locomotion and manipulation of our enviroment

5. Classification of Bones: By Shape Bones come in many sizes and shapes. For most part , bones are classified by their shape as: long, short flat and irregular • Long bones – longer than they are wide (e.g., humerus) • Has a shaft plus two ends Ex: All limb bones except patella and wrist and ankle bones are long bone Figure 6.2a

6. Classification of Bones: By Shape • Short bones • Cube-shaped bones of the wrist and ankle • Sesamoid bones “shaped like a sesame seed” that form within tendons (e.g., patella). They vary in size and number in different individual. Some sesamoid bones act to atter the direction of pull of a tendon Figure 6.2b

7. Classification of Bones: By Shape • Flat bones – thin, flattened, and a bit curved (e.g., sternum, and most skull bones) Figure 6.2c

8. Classification of Bones: By Shape • Irregularbones – bones with complicated shapes (e.g., vertebrae and hip bones) Figure 6.2d

9. Function of Bones • Support – form the framework that supports the body and cradles soft organs. Ex: Lower limb • Protection – provide a protective case for: the brain (bones of skull), spinal cord (vertebrae), and vital organs (rib cage) • Movement – provide levers for muscles • Mineral storage – bone is a reservoir for minerals, especially calcium and phosphorus • Blood cell formation – hematopoiesis occurs within the marrow cavities of bones

10. Bone Markings: Projections – Sites of Muscle and Ligament Attachment • Tuberosity – rounded projection • Crest – narrow, prominent ridge of bone • Trochanter – large, blunt, irregular surface • Line – narrow ridge of bone

11. Bone Markings: Projections – Sites of Muscle and Ligament Attachment • Tubercle – small rounded projection • Epicondyle – raised area above a condyle • Spine – sharp, slender projection • Process – any bony prominence

12. Chemical Composition of Bone: Organic • Bone has both organic and inorganic components. • Organic components: • 1.-Cells: • Osteoblasts – bone-forming cells • Osteocytes – mature bone cells • Osteoclasts – large cells that resorb or break down bone matrix • 2.- Osteoid – unmineralized bone matrix composed of proteoglycans, glycoproteins, and collagen

13. The Skeleton • The skeleton (“dried up body” or mummy) • It is strong, yet light, and almost perfectly adapted for the protective, locomotor and manipulative functions it perform • Composed of bones, cartilages, joints and ligaments, accounts for about 20% of body mass. • The skeleton is divided into Axial and Appendicular

14. The Axial Skeleton • This part of skeleton supports the head, neck and trunk and it protects the brain, spinal cord and the organs in the thorax • Eighty bones segregated into three regions • 1.-Skull • 2.-Vertebral column • 3.-Bony thorax

15. The Skull • The skull, the body’s most complex bony structure, is formed by the cranium and facial bones • Cranium – protects the brain and is the site of attachment for head and neck muscles • Facial bones • Supply the framework of the face, the sense organs, and the teeth • Provide openings for the passage of air and food • Anchor the facial muscles of expression

17. Anatomy of the Cranium • The cranium can be divided in : • 1.- cranial vault (calvaria) • 2.- cranial base (floor) • Eight cranial bones – two parietal, two temporal, frontal, occipital, sphenoid, and ethmoid

18. Frontal Bone • Forms the anterior portion of the cranium • Articulates posteriorly with the parietal bones via the coronal suture • The most anterior part of the frontal bone is the vertical frontal squama, commonly called the forehead • Major markings include the supraorbital margins, the anterior cranial fossa, and the frontal sinuses (internal and lateral to the glabella)

19. Skull: Anterior View Figure 7.2a

20. Skull: Posterior View Figure 7.2b

21. Parietal Bones and Major Associated Sutures • They are curved, rectangular bones. Form most of the superior and lateral aspects of the skull Figure 7.3a

22. Occipital Bone and Its Major Markings • It articulates anteriorly with the paired parietal and temporal bones via the lambdoid and occipitomastoid sutures. • It also joins with the sphenoid bone in the cranial floor via a plate called the pharingeal tubercule. • Forms most of skull’s posterior wall and base • Major markings include the posterior cranial fossa, foramen magnum, occipital condyles, and the hypoglossal canal Figure 7.2b

23. Temporal Bones • Between the styloid and mastoid processes exist the stylomastoid foramen that allow cranial nerve VII to leave the skull. • The mastoid region of the temporal bone exhibits the conspicuous mastoid process, an anchoring site for some neck muscles Figure 7.5

24. Sphenoid Bone Figure 7.6a, b

25. Ethmoid Bone Allow the olfatory nerves to pass from the smell receptors in the nasal cavites to the brain Figure 7.7

26. Mandible and Its Markings Figure 7.8a

27. Maxillary Bone The anterior nasal spine allows the infraorbital nerve and artery to reach the face Figure 7.8b

28. Vertebral Column & Ribs

29. Vertebral Column • Formed from26 irregular bones (vertebrae) connected in such a way that a flexible curved structure results • Cervical vertebrae – 7 bones of the neck • Thoracic vertebrae – 12 bones of the torso • Lumbarvertebrae – 5 bones of the lower back • Sacrum – bone inferior to the lumbar vertebrae that articulates with the hip bones

30. Vertebral Column: Curvatures • Posteriorly concave curvatures – cervical and lumbar • Posteriorly convex curvatures – thoracic and sacral • Abnormal spine curvatures include scoliosis (abnormal lateral curve), kyphosis (hunchback), and lordosis (swayback)

31. Vertebral Column: Ligaments • Anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments – continuous bands down the front and back of the spine from the neck to the sacrum • Short ligaments connect adjoining vertebrae together

32. Vertebral Column: Ligaments Figure 7.14a

33. Vertebral Column: Intervertebral Discs • Cushionlike pad composed of two parts • Nucleus pulposus – inner gelatinous nucleus that gives the disc its elasticity and compressibility • Annulus fibrosus – surrounds the nucleus pulposus with a collar composed of collagen and fibrocartilage

34. Vertebral Column: Intervertebral Discs Figure 7.14b

35. General Structure of Vertebrae • Body or centrum – disc-shaped, weight-bearing region • Vertebral arch – composed of pedicles and laminae that, along with the centrum, enclose the vertebral foramen • Vertebral foramina – make up the vertebral canal through which the spinal cord passes

36. General Structure of Vertebrae • Spinous processes project posteriorly, and transverse processes project laterally • Superior and inferior articular processes – protrude superiorly and inferiorly from the pedicle-lamina junctions • Intervertebral foramina – lateral openings formed from notched areas on the superior and inferior borders of adjacent pedicles

37. General Structure of Vertebrae Figure 7.15

38. Cervical Vertebrae • Seven vertebrae (C1-C7) are the smallest, lightest vertebrae • C3-C7 are distinguished with an oval body, short spinous processes, and large, triangular vertebral foramina • Each transverse process contains a transverse foramen

39. Cervical Vertebrae Table 7.2

40. Cervical Vertebrae: The Atlas (C1) • The atlas has no body and no spinous process • It consists of anterior and posterior arches, and two lateral masses • The superior surfaces of lateral masses articulate with the occipital condyles

41. Cervical Vertebrae: The Atlas (C1) Figure 7.16a, b

42. Cervical Vertebrae: The Axis (C2) • The axis has a body, spine, and vertebral arches as do other cervical vertebrae • Unique to the axis is the dens, or odontoid process, which projects superiorly from the body and is cradled in the anterior arch of the atlas • The dens is a pivot for the rotation of the atlas

43. Cervical Vertebrae: The Axis (C2) Figure 7.16c

44. Cervical Vertebrae: The Atlas (C2) Figure 7.17a

45. Thoracic Vertebrae • There are twelve vertebrae (T1-T12) all of which articulate with ribs • Major markings include two facets and two demifacets on the heart-shaped body, the circular vertebral foramen, transverse processes, and a long spinous process • The location of the articulate facets prevents flexion and extension, but allows rotation of this area of the spine

46. Thoracic Vertebrae Figure 7.17b

47. Lumbar Vertebrae • The five lumbar vertebrae (L1-L5) are located in the small of the back and have an enhanced weight-bearing function • They have short, thick pedicles and laminae, flat hatchet-shaped spinous processes, and a triangular-shaped vertebral foramen • Orientation of articular facets locks the lumbar vertebrae together to provide stability

48. Lumbar Vertebrae Figure 7.17c

49. Sacrum • Sacrum • Consists of five fused vertebrae (S1-S5), which shape the posterior wall of the pelvis • It articulates with L5 superiorly, and with the auricular surfaces of the hip bones • Major markings include the sacral promontory, transverse lines, alae, dorsal sacral foramina, sacral canal, and sacral hiatus

50. Coccyx • Coccyx (Tailbone) • The coccyx is made up of four (in some cases three to five) fused vertebrae that articulate superiorly with the sacrum