Anatomy of the Human Body Book II – Osteology [NOOK Book]

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Anatomy of the Human Body Book II – Osteology

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Overview

THE GENERAL framework of the body is built up mainly of a series of bones, supplemented, however, in certain regions by pieces of cartilage; the bony part of the framework constitutes the skeleton.

In the skeleton of the adult there are 206 distinct bones, as follows:—

Vertebral Column: 26

Axial Skeleton:
Skull: 22
Hyoid bone: 1
Ribs and sternum: 25

Appendicular Skeleton:
Upper extremities: 64
Lower extremities: 62
Auditory ossicles: 6

TOTAL: 206


The patellæ are included in this enumeration, but the smaller sesamoid bones are not reckoned.

Bones are divisible into four classes: Long, Short, Flat, and Irregular.

Long Bones.—The long bones are found in the limbs, and each consists of a body or shaft and two extremities. The body, or diaphysis is cylindrical, with a central cavity termed the medullary canal; the wall consists of dense, compact tissue of considerable thickness in the middle part of the body, but becoming thinner toward the extremities; within the medullary canal is some cancellous tissue, scanty in the middle of the body but greater in amount toward the ends. The extremities are generally expanded, for the purposes of articulation and to afford broad surfaces for muscular attachment. They are usually developed from separate centers of ossification termed epiphyses, and consist of cancellous tissue surrounded by thin compact bone. The medullary canal and the spaces in the cancellous tissue are filled with marrow. The long bones are not straight, but curved, the curve generally taking place in two planes, thus affording greater strength to the bone. The bones belonging to this class are: the clavicle, humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia, fibula, metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges.

Short Bones.—Where a part of the skeleton is intended for strength and compactness combined with limited movement, it is constructed of a number of short bones, as in the carpus and tarsus. These consist of cancellous tissue covered by a thin crust of compact substance. The patellæ, together with the other sesamoid bones, are by some regarded as short bones....
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940012517753
  • Publisher: Nabi Books
  • Publication date: 4/30/2011
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 394,222
  • File size: 8 MB

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    The human body

    The human body is amasing Henry Gray did a good job.

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