The Skeletal System

Axial Skeleton

The axial skeleton forms the central axis of the body. It consists of the skull, the vertebral column, the ribs and the sternum.

Bone Marrow

Bone marrow is the tissue comprising the center of large bones. It is the place where new blood cells are produced.

Carpal Bones

The 8 short bones that make up your wrists

Cartilage

Cartilage is a type of dense connective tissue.

Cartilage is found in the joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks

Clavicle

The clavicle is the collar bone

Coccyx

The coccyx is the bottom tip of the sacrum

Cranium•The brain and surrounding skull

Diaphragm

•a shelf of muscle extending across the bottom of the ribcage.

FemurThis is the

longest bone in your body. It is located on

your upper leg.

FibulaThis is the

smaller bone on your lower leg.

It lays on the outside.

Floating Ribs

The last two sets of ribs on your ribcage. They are not connected to the sternum.

Hard Palate

This bone makes up the roof of your mouth

Hinge Joint

The hinge joint allows bones to move back and forth, and is found in your elbow and knee. It allows bones to move like a hinge in a door

Humerus

This is the bone that makes up

your upper arm.

Joints

The place where two or more bones come together is called a joint

Ligaments

The bones at a joint are held together by strong bands of tissue called ligaments which allow the bones to move

Mandible

The lower part of your

jaw

MetatarsalsThe long bones in your foot.

Ossification

Ossification is the process of bone formation, in which connective tissues, such as cartilage are turned to bone or bone-like tissue

Patella

Your Kneecap

OUCH!!!

That’s a nail

Pelvis

Your Hips

Phalanges

Includes your

fingers and toes

Radius

One of the two bones in your lower arm. This bone is

always found on the thumb side of the arm.

Ribs

Ribs form a protective barrier around your heart

and lungs.

Sacrum

Sits at the bottom of your spinal cord in between the sides of the pelvis.

Scapula

Your Shoulder Blades

SternumThe Sternum connects your ribs together

in the front of the chest.

The bottom tip of the

sternum is called the xyphoid process.

Stirrup BoneThis is the smallest bone in the human body

Tibia

Your Shin bone

Ulna

The other bone in your lower arm.

Opposite the radius.

Vertebrae

Each one of the disks in the spinal column.