Bone
, Learning Outcomes
• Describe the main functions of bone
• Describe the composition of bone
• Describe the location of the appendicular and axial skeleton
• Compare and contrast the composition, location and function of synovial,
cartilaginous and fibrous joints
• Describe skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle and explain the differences
between them
• Explain the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction
, Axial Skeleton
• Gives vertical axis
• Bones of:
• Head
• Skull
• Formed of at lead 24 bones
• Neck
• Hyoid bone & cervical vertebrae
• Trunk
• Ribs, sternum, thoracic, lumbar
vertebrae, sacrum
• Intervertebral disks between each
vertebrae absorb shock
, Learning Outcomes
• Describe the main functions of bone
• Describe the composition of bone
• Describe the location of the appendicular and axial skeleton
• Compare and contrast the composition, location and function of synovial,
cartilaginous and fibrous joints
• Describe skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle and explain the differences
between them
• Explain the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction
, Axial Skeleton
• Gives vertical axis
• Bones of:
• Head
• Skull
• Formed of at lead 24 bones
• Neck
• Hyoid bone & cervical vertebrae
• Trunk
• Ribs, sternum, thoracic, lumbar
vertebrae, sacrum
• Intervertebral disks between each
vertebrae absorb shock
