1. Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 6
Musculoskeletal System

2. Musculoskeletal System Overview
Provides support and gives shape to the body
Skeleton:
Consists of bones and cartilage
Provides framework to support body
Stores calcium and other minerals
Produces certain blood cells within the bone marrow
Muscles
Cover the bones where they hinge
Supply forces that make movement possible
Provide protective covering for internal organs
Produce body heat

3. Skeleton Appendicular skeleton: Axial skeleton: shoulder pelvis
upper and lower extremities
Axial skeleton:
skull
vertebral column
chest
hyoid bone

4. The Skeleton

5. Anatomy of Bones and Joints

6. The Skull

7. The Vertebrae

8. The Muscles

9. Architecture of the Three Types of Muscles

10. Classification of Bones
Long bones
bones of arms and legs
Short bones
bones of wrists and ankles
Flat bones
bones of ribs, shoulder blades, pelvis and skull
Irregular bones
bones of vertebrae and face
Sesamoid bones
round bones found near joints

11. Body Planes and Cavities

12. Body Movements

13. Types of Common Fracture

14. Spinal Curvatures