Thursday, September 07, 2006

Skeleton's Parts

The skeleton has two parts:
the Axial skeleton and the Appendicular skeleton.
The axial skeleton includes:

the skull, the hyoid bone, the vertebral column (spine, sacrum, and coccyx), the sternum, and the ribs. Its components are aligned along the long axis of the body.
The appendicular skeleton includes:

the bones of the upper extremities (arms, forearms, and hands), the pectoral (shoulder) girdle, the pelvic (hip) girdle, and the bones of the lower extremities (thigh, knee, leg, and foot). Its components are outside the body main axis.

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