Name the 2 parts the skeleton is divided into
Axial
Appendicular
What does the axial skeleton comprise of
The skull, ribs, sternum, spine
What does the axial skeleton comprise of
Upper and lower limbs, plus the bones forming ‘girdles’ which connect the limbs to the axial skeleton
Name the girdles which connect the limbs to the axial skeleton
Pelvic, pectoral
Name the functions of the skeleton
Movement Storage Protection Shape Production
What does bone marrow do
Constantly produces red and white blood cells
Name the sections of the spine in the order of the movements
Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacral Coccyx
What is lordois
An exaggerated inward curvature of the lumbar spine than gives the lower back a hollowed appearance