 |
The skeleton is the whole of the bones which
constitute the solid frame of the body. Its weight is 5 to 6 kgs
at a 25/30 year old man. It consists of 198 to 206 bones,
according to those which one considers. The bones are supported
and supported by the tendons, the muscles, the ligaments and the
cartilages. |
The skeleton is made of three great sets :
- the cephalic skeleton, or cranium,
- the axial skeleton, or spinal column,
- the appendicular skeleton, formed by the members.
A : face |
B : profile |
C : back |
- 1. frontal,
- 2. clean bone of the nose,
- 3. zygomatic bone, or bone malaire,
- 4. jawbone,
- 5. mandible,
- 6. cervical vertebrae,
- 7. clavicle,
- 8. shoulder blade,
- 9. manubrium sternal, or presternum,
- 10. bodies of the sternum,
- 11. appendix xiphoïde,
- 12. coasts,
- 13. costaux cartilages,
- 14. humerus,
- 15. radius,
- 16. ulna,
- 17. bone of the carpus,
- 18. metacarpus,
- 19. phalanx,
- 20. phalangeal,
- 21. ungual phalanx,
- 22. dorsal vertebrae (11),
- 23. lumbar vertebrae (5),
- 24. sacrum (welding of the 5 crowned vertebrae),
- 25. coccyges,
- 26. iliaque bone,
- 27. femur,
- 28. kneecap,
- 29. tibia,
- 30. fibula,
- 31. bone of the tarse,
- 32. metatarsus,
- 33. parietal,
- 34. occipital,
- 35. temporal,
- 36. phalanx of the foot, or toes,
- 37. atlas.
| Download this file in pdf : |  |
Return to the documents