Chapter 7 The Axial Skeleton
Axial Appendicular
Divisions of the Skeletal System
Types of Bones-Shapes
Anterior view of the Skull
Right lateral view of the Skull
Midsaggital view of Skull
Posterior view of Skull
Inferior view of Skull
Base of the Skull-Sphenoid bone
Anterior view of Sphenoid bone
Base of the Skull-Ethmoid bone
Ethmoid Bone-different views
Ethmoid Bone-position in the skull
The Nasal Septum 1. Perpendicular plate of ethmoid 2. Vomer 3. Septal cartilage
The orbit-eyesocket
The paranasal sinuses
Cranial development-Fontanels-”soft spots”
Mandible-lower jawbone
Hyoid Bone Supports the tongue Does not articulate with any other bone Provides attachment points for tongue muscles, neck and pharynx muscles Often fractured by strangulation
The Vertibral Column
Developmental curves in the Vertibral Column
Intervertibral Disks
Vertibral Structure-Thoracic
Cervical Vertibrae
The Atlas-Cervical 1
The Axis-Cervical 2
Typical Cervical Vertibrae
Thoracic Vertibrae
Thoracic Vertibrae
Thoracic Vertibrae
Lumbar Vertibrae
Lumbar Vertibrae
Lumbar Vertibrae
Sacrum and Coccyx
The Thorax
The Ribs
The Ribs
The Ribs-vertibral articulation
Herniated Disk
END of Chapter 7