Skeletal System PowerPoint
Skeletal System PowerPoint
Skeletal System PowerPoint
What is
the
skeletal
system?
► Ulna on Bottom
Carpals or (Wrist Bones)
Metacarpals (Top of Hands)
Phalanges (Little Fingers)
Rib Cage
Sternum (Breastbone)
Pelvis
Femur
(Largest Bone in the Body)
The Tibia and Fibula
Tarsals
Metatarsals
Phalanges
What are • A joint is a place
where two bones
Joints? come together.
A synarthrosis
(sĭn ahrTHROW siss)
is a joint that
allows no
movement. An
example would be
a cranial suture.
A amphiarthrosis
(am fee ahr THROW siss) is Joints…
a joint that allows slight
movement. An example
would be a vertebra.
Flexion:
Abduction: moving a body bending a limb
part away from the middle. Extension:
Adduction: moving a body straightening a
part toward the middle. flexed limb
Types of body movements at
diarthrotic joints…
Dorsiflexion:
Protraction: moving a body
bending a body
forward.
part backwards.
Retraction: moving a body
part backward.
Types of body movements at
diarthrotic joints…
Rotation:
Inversion: turning inward. moving a body
Eversion: turning outward. part around a
central axis
Types of body movements at
diarthrotic joints…
Trendelenburg
Lateral
Fowler’s position: sitting recumbent:
straight up or reclining slightly; lying on your left
legs straight or bent. or right side
Trendelenburg position:
(TREN duh len burg) lying
supine with head lower than feet.
► Connects bone to
What is a bone.
Ligament?
► Attaches
What is a muscles to
Tendon? bones.