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Skeletal muscles are attached to the bones of the appendicular skeleton in opposing pairs called?
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flexors and extensors
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What are the divisions of the skeletal system?
the axial and appendicular skeleton
What skeleton type are the bones of the limbs and griddles that are attached to the axial skeleton?
The appendicular skeleton is attached to the axial skeleton.
What is the adjective for skeleton?
Skeletal is an adjective related to the word skeleton. Adjectives describing a skeleton include bony, axial, appendicular, and grinning.
Does the axial skeleton include all the bones of the skull spine and pelvic girdle?
Nope, it's part of the appendicular skeleton.
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.
The two major divisions of the skeletal system are?
Axial Skeleton: includes the head, neck, and trunk Appendicular Skeleton: upper and lower limbs
How do skeletal muscles attached to the skeleton?
Well, Skeletal Muscles attach to the skeleton by cartilage. Just imagine Cartilage as the glue to an art project.
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 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)
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
Is ilium in the appendicular skeleton?
Yes, the pelvis is part of the appendicular skeleton.
What are skeletal muscles?
Skeletal muscles are attached to the skeleton and help your bones move.
