KIN 2500 Chapter : Axial Skeleton SI Worksheet 1

• School: LSU
• Department: Kinesiology: Professional Courses/Basic Activity Courses
• Course: KIN 2500
• Professor: All

Document Summary

The skeletal system is made up of the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The axial skeleton is composed of the bones along the central axis (skull, vertebrae column, thoracic cage). The appendicular skeleton is composed of bones of the appendages as well as bones that hold limbs of the trunk of the body. Cranial-8 & facial-14: bones of the cranium, the roof of the skull is composed of the frontal, parietal, and occipital, the base of the skull is composed of the ethmoid, sphenoid, temporal & occipital. Parietal bone: forms most of lateral & superior walls of skull, each parietal bone is bordered by four sutures that unite it to the neighboring bone, paired. Si: matthew landry mland84@lsu. edu: forms the posterior part of the skull including most of posterior cranial fossa, selected features, a large circular opening called the foramen magnum helps form the base of the skull.