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The two major divisions of the skeletal system are?
Axial Skeleton: includes the head, neck, and trunk Appendicular Skeleton: upper and lower limbs
How are the extremities attached to the axial portion of the body?
The upper limbs are attached to the axial skeleton by the pectoral girdle (which consists of the scapula and clavicle)
What are two parts of the skeletal system?
The two parts of the skeletal system are the appendicular skeleton and the axial skeleton. The axial skeleton contains the head, neck and trunk bones.The appendicular skeleton upper limbs with the pectoral girdle and the lower limbs with the pelvic girdle.
What are two main divisions of human skeleton?
Axial Skeleton: forms the axis of the body(Examples: skull, vertebrae, rib cage)Appendicular Skeleton: limb bones and their girdles(Examples: Upper limbs, clavicle, scapula; lower limbs, pelvis)
Important to relate the structures of the axial and appendicular skeleton to one another?
The Skeleton can be divided into Axial and Appendicular portions. The Axial Skeleton, is the head and trunk, and include the bones of the skull, hyoid bone, vertebral column, and thoracic cage. The Appendicular Skeleton, contains the pelvic and pectoral girdles, as well as the upper and lower limbs. The limbs and girdles, of the Appendicular Skeleton, attach to the Axial Skeleton.
What is a bony framework of the body?
The framework of bones that support the body is called the human skeletonThe human skeleton is usually divided into the axial skeleton and the perpendicular skeleton. The axial skeleton is formed by the vertebral column, the rib cage and the skull.The perpendicular skeleton, which is attached to the axial skeleton, is formed by the pectoral girdles, the pelvic girdle and the bones of the upper and lower limbs.
What are the two division of skeletal system?
The axial and appendicular are the two divisions in the skeletal system. The axial skeleton consists of bones that form the axis of the body and support and protect the organs of the head, neck, and trunk the skull, the sternum, the ribs, the vertebral column The appendicular skeleton is composed of bones that anchor the appendages to the axial skeleton. The upper and lower extremities, the shoulder girdle, the pelvic girdle
Which component of the skeletal system is made up of the upper and lower limbs and the pelvic and shoulder girdles?
The appendicular skeleton is what makes up the limbs as well as the shoulder and pelvic girdles.
What is the scientific name for shoulder girdle?
The scientific name for the shoulder girdle is "pectoral girdle." It is the set of bones that connect the upper limbs to the axial skeleton.
Does the pectoral girdle have secure or insecure limb attachments?
The pectoral girdle attach the upper limbs to the axial skeleton and also provides attachment points for several muscles that move the upper limbs. The girdles are very light, therefore, allows upper limbs a greater degree of movement, however, because only the clavicle attaches to the axial skeleton, the scapula move freely across the thorax, allowing the arm to move with it. This arrangement is good for flexibility, but does not provide stability: which causes shoulder dislocation in many instance.....Anatomy & Physiology (pg.198) ..EB
What's the difference between the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton?
The axial skeleton is made up of the skull/cranium, jaw (mandible), sternum, ribs, vertebrae (including sacrum and coccyx). The appendicular skeleton is made of the scapula, humerus, ulna, radius, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges (also known as finger bones), ilium, ischium, pubis, femur, patella, tibia, fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, and some more phalanges (also known as toe bones).
What are the components of ther appendicular skeleton?
The bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body, called axial skeleton. it has 3 main parts , skull, vertebral column and the bony thorax. Appendicular skeleton consists with bones of the limbs and girdles. ( upper limbs, lower limbs, pelvic girdle and shoulder girdles)
