THE SKELETON

AXIAL SKELETON:

SKULL (ALL FLAT BONES)

MANDIBLE (FLAT)

HYOID BONE (FLAT)

12 PAIRS OF (FLAT) RIBS

STERNUM (FLAT) AND

COSTAL CARTILAGE (hyaline cartilage)

VERTEBRAE (IRREGULAR)

(7-CERVICAL; 12 –THORACIC; 5- LUMBAR)

(INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS - fibrocartilage)

SACRUM (IRREGULAR)

COCCYX (IRREGULAR)

APPENDICULAR SKELETON:

SCAPULA (FLAT) - 2

CLAVICLE (FLAT) -2

HUMERUS (LONG) – 2

RADIUS (LONG) – 2

ULNA (LONG)-2

WRIST (2 X 8 SHORT CARPALS)

HAND (2 X 5 LONG METACARPALS)

FINGERS – (2 X 14 LONG PHALANGES)

COXAL BONES (FLAT)– 2

(SYMPHYSIS PUBIS - fibrocartilage)

FEMUR (LONG) -2

TIBIA (LONG) – 2

FIBULA (LONG) – 2

PATELLA (SESAMOID) – 2

ANKLE (2 X 7 SHORT TARSALS – CALCANEUS AND TALUS)

FOOT (2 X 5 LONG METATARSALS)

TOES (2 X 14 LONG PHALANGES)