1. The appendicular Skeleton
Chapter 8
The Skeletal System:
The appendicular Skeleton

2. Appendicular Skeleton
Girdles
Pectoral or shoulder
Pelvic
Upper Limbs
Arm
Forearm
Wrist
Hand
Lower Limbs
Thigh
Leg
Foot

3. Pectoral Girdle Scapula (2) Clavicle (2) Acromion process
Forms protective cover
Attachment for clavicle
Attachment for muscles
Coracoid process
Glenoid cavity
Articulates with humerus
Clavicle (2)

4. Arm Humerus Head Neck Tubercles Intertubercular groove
Anatomic and surgical
Neck
Tubercles
Greater and lesser
Intertubercular groove
Deltoid tuberosity
Capitulum
Articulates with radius
Trochlea
Articulates with ulna
Epicondyles

5. Forearm Radius Ulna Thumb side
Most commonly fractured bone in 50+ years people
Ulna
Little finger side
Trochlear notch
Olecranon process
Coronoid process

6. Wrist and Hand Wrist Hand 8 carpal bones 5 metacarpals (palm of hand)
Phalanges

7. Pelvis Coxae: Right and Left Acetabulum Obturator foramen Sacrum Ilium
Ischium
Sit down bone
Pubis
Pubic symphysis
Acetabulum
Obturator foramen
Sacrum

8. Male and Female Pelvis

9. Thigh Femur Patella or kneecap Head Neck Trochanters Condyles
Greater and lesser
Condyles
Medial and lateral
Epicondyles
Patella or kneecap

10. Leg Tibia Fibula Larger and supports most of weight Tibial tuberosity
Condyles
Medial malleolus
Fibula
Articulates with tibia not femur
Lateral malleolus

11. Foot
Tarsals (7)
Metatarsals (5)
Phalanges

12. Arches of the Foot Function Three major arches
Distribute weight of body between heel and ball of foot
Three major arches
Transverse arch
Longitudinal arches: Medial and lateral