PowerPoint ® Lecture Slide Presentation by Patty Bostwick-Taylor, Florence-Darlington Technical College Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings PART C 5 The Skeletal System
Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings The Fetal Skull The fetal skull is large compared to the infant’s total body length Fontanels—fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones Allow the brain to grow Convert to bone within 24 months after birth
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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings The Vertebral Column Each vertebrae is given a name according to its location There are 24 single vertebral bones separated by intervertebral discs
Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings The Vertebral Column Nine vertebrae fuse to form two composite bones
Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings The Vertebral Column Figure 5.14
Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings The Vertebral Column The spine has a normal curvature Primary curvatures are the spinal curvatures of the thoracic and sacral regions Secondary curvatures are the spinal curvatures of the cervical and lumbar regions
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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings A Typical Vertebrae, Superior View Figure 5.17
Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings Regional Characteristics of Vertebrae Figure 5.18a
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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings Sacrum and Coccyx Sacrum Coccyx
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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings The Bony Thorax Forms a cage to protect major organs Consists of three parts
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