1. Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 6

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. 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

6. Anatomy of Bones and Joints

7. Types of Common Fracture

8. Spinal Curvatures

9. The Muscles

10. Architecture of the Three Types of Muscles

11. Body Planes and Cavities

12. Body Movements