Skeletal System

The skeleton is divided into to major portions, the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeletion. The axial skeleton consists of the bony and cartilaginous parts that support and protect the organs of the head, neck, and trunk. Parts included: Skull, Hyoid bone, Vertebral column, and Thoracic cage. The appendicular skeleton consists of the bones of the upper and lower limbs and the bones that anchor the limbs to the axial skeleton. Parts included: Pectoral girdle, Upper limbs, Pelvic girdle, and lower limbs.

Disorders

• Spina Bifida (a gap or split left in the lumbar spine)
• Osteoporosis (a reduced amount of bone tissue, which in turn causes the bones to become fragile and brittle and more easily to break)
• Paget's Disease ( A chronic disorder in which bones breakdown and new thicker and brittler bone replaces it
• Osteoma (A tumor composed of bone tissue)
• Osteomyelitis (Bone inflammation caused by the body's reaction to bacterial or fungal infection)
• Scoliosis (As any curvature of the spine greater than 11 degrees)
• Achondroplasia (A disorder in which the arms or legs fail to grow to normal size causing a dect of the bone and cartilage)