2. Functions of bone
• Support of the body
• Shape
• Protection of soft organs
• Movement due to attached skeletal
muscles
• Storage of minerals and fats
• Blood cell formation
3. The Skeletal System
Divided into two divisions:
1. Axial skeleton (skull, ribs and
vertebra)
2. Appendicular skeleton (pelvis,
extremities)
4. Axial skeleton
Head - The head contains 28
bones. There are 8 cranial bones,
14 facial bones and 6 auditory
ossicles bones in the middle ear.
5. Axial skeleton
Cranial bones (8)
•Occipital bone (1)
•Parietal bones (2)
•Frontal bone (1)
•Temporal bones (2)
•Sphenoid bone (1)
•Ethmoid bone (1)
6.
7. Axial skeleton
Facial bones (14)
•Mandible (1)
•Maxillae (upper jaw) (2)
•Lacrimal bone (2)
•Zygomatic bone (2)
•Palatine bone (2)
•Inferior nasal concha (2)
•Vomer (1)
•Nasal bones (2)
10. Axial skeleton
Spine (vertebral column)
Adult have 26 bones in the spine, whereas
a child can have 33.
•Cervical vertebrae (7 bones)
•Thoracic vertebrae (12 bones)
•Lumbar vertebrae (5 bones)
•Sacral vertebrae (5 bones at birth, fused
into one after adolescence)
•Coccygeal vertebrae (set of 4 bones at
birth; some or all fuse together is 1)
11.
12. Axial skeleton
Chest (thorax)
There are usually 26 bones in the chest
•Hyoid (1)
•Sternum (1) – Manubrium, body and
xiphoid process.
•Ribs (24, in 12 pairs)
17. Appendicular skeleton
Carpals (8)
•Lunate bone (1)
•Capitate bone (1)
•Hamate bone (1)
•Trapezium (1)
•Trapezoid bone (1)
•Scaphoid bone (1)
•Triquetral bone (1)
•Pisiform bone (1)
23. Appendicular skeleton
Tarsals (7)
•Calcaneus or heel bone (1)
•Talus (1)
•Navicular bone (1)
•Medial cuneiform bone (1)
•Intermediate cuneiform bone (1)
•Lateral cuneiform bone (1)
•Cuboid bone (1)