Standard terminology →
- Standard anatomical position
➔ Forward facing with palms facing backward
- Superior
➔ Above
- Inferior
➔ Below
- Anterior
➔ Forwards
- Posterior
➔ Backwards
- Medial
➔ Something towards the middle
- Lateral
➔ Towards the side
- Proximal
➔ How close
- Distal
➔ How far
The musculoskeletal system includes bony and soft tissue
- Ligaments are tough connective tissues that connect bone to bone
- Cartilage is like the padding or protection from bone to bone, and structure to parts
of the body
- Tendons are bundles that connect muscle to bones
Bones connect or “articulate” with each other through different types of joints
- Synovial joints refer to a capsule or sack between the bones filled with synovial fluids,
lubricant for bone-to-bone
● Hinge
● Sella (saddle-shaped)
● Spheroidal
- Cartilaginous/Synchrondroses
- Fibrous
● Sutures
Human skeleton
- 206 bones in adults
- There are about 405 “ossification centers” at birth
- Skull
● 28 bones, many paired
- Postcranium
● Everything from the neck down
Bone biology
- Epiphysis head
● Articular cartilage
● Cancellous bone
- Standard anatomical position
➔ Forward facing with palms facing backward
- Superior
➔ Above
- Inferior
➔ Below
- Anterior
➔ Forwards
- Posterior
➔ Backwards
- Medial
➔ Something towards the middle
- Lateral
➔ Towards the side
- Proximal
➔ How close
- Distal
➔ How far
The musculoskeletal system includes bony and soft tissue
- Ligaments are tough connective tissues that connect bone to bone
- Cartilage is like the padding or protection from bone to bone, and structure to parts
of the body
- Tendons are bundles that connect muscle to bones
Bones connect or “articulate” with each other through different types of joints
- Synovial joints refer to a capsule or sack between the bones filled with synovial fluids,
lubricant for bone-to-bone
● Hinge
● Sella (saddle-shaped)
● Spheroidal
- Cartilaginous/Synchrondroses
- Fibrous
● Sutures
Human skeleton
- 206 bones in adults
- There are about 405 “ossification centers” at birth
- Skull
● 28 bones, many paired
- Postcranium
● Everything from the neck down
Bone biology
- Epiphysis head
● Articular cartilage
● Cancellous bone
