Module 6

Role of the axial skeleton

Protects organs
Basis for movment

Role of the appendicular skeleton

Locomotion
A wider range of motion

distal insertion points

Spinous process

Attachment point for muscles and ligaments

Transverse process

Sites for muscle attachment

Which curving region is this from

Cervical (7)

Which curving region is this from

Thorasic (12)

Which curving region is this from

Lumbar (5)

Transverse process

A hole for arteries and veins

C1 (Atlas)

Holds head joint (Yes movement)
No spinous process
Larger arch

C2 (Axis)

Heads pivot point (“No” movment)

T1-T8

Articulare with 2 pairs of ribs

T9-T11

Articulate with one pair of ribs

Sacrum

5 fused vertebra
attaches the axial skeleton tho the pelvis

Leg muscles anchor

coccyx

4 fused vertebra

Attachment for ligaments and muscles related to anal movment

Vertebral Arch Articular process

Pedicle Laminae

Vertebral body

Nasal bone

Lacrimal bone

Vomer

Zygomatic bone

Maxilla 

Mandible

Maxilla

Upper jaw bone, supports upper teeth

Palatine bone

Forms the hard palate

Hyoid bone

Dosen’t articulate with other bones

Supports larynxO

Ossicles

Malleus, incus and stapes

Ear bones