Major bones of the skeleton
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- Created on: 24-03-17 10:41
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- Sport Major Bones of the Skeletal System
- Cranium
- Consists of interlinking segments of bone which are fused together
- Contains and Protects the brain
- Clavicles
- Known as the collar bones
- Long and slim bones- form the shoulder shoulder girdle
- Provides strong attachment for the arms
- Ribs
- 12 pairs of ribs
- First 7 are pairs are attached to the sternum
- Known as true ribs
- Other 5 are not attached to the sternum
- Known as false ribs
- First 7 are pairs are attached to the sternum
- Form part of the thoracic cage
- Long and flat bones
- 12 pairs of ribs
- Sternum
- Elongated, flat bone
- Runs down the centre of the chest
- Forms the front of the thoracic cage
- Scapula
- Known as the shoulder blades
- Large, flat bones
- Form the posterior part of the shoulder girdle
- Humerus
- Long bone of the upper arm
- Largest bone of the upper limbs
- Head of the humerus joins (Articulates) with the scapula to form the shoulder joint.
- Distal end articulates with the radius and ulna to form the elbow joint
- Radius and Ulna
- Ulna is the longer bone
- The ulna and radius articulate with the wrist
- Carpals
- 8 small bones that make the wrist
- Irregular small bones arranged in 2 rows of four
- Fit closely together
- Kept in place by ligaments
- Cranium
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