Describe the axial and appendicular skeletons.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Axial
• forms the central axis for the whole body and protects many of the internal organs
• skull, vertebrae, rib cage, sternum, sacrum, coccyx, hyoid bone
2. Appendicular
• bones of the limbs and the girdle (bones that attach the limb to the axial skeleton)
• pectoral girdle—clavicle, scapula
• upper extremity—humerus, radius, ulna, carpus, metacarpus, phalanges
• pelvic girdle—ischium, ilium, pubis
• lower extremity—femur, tibia, fibula, tarsus, metatarsus, phalanges, patella
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