The human skeleton consists of both fused and individual bones supported and supplemented by ligaments, tendons, muscles and cartilage. It serves as a scaffold which supports organs, anchors muscles, and protects organs such as the brain, lungs and heart. The biggest bone in the body is the femur and the smallest is the stapes bone in the middle ear. In an adult, the skeleton comprises around 14% of the total body weight, and half of this weight is water. Fused bones include those of the pelvis and the cranium. Not all bones are interconnected directly: There are three bones in each middle ear called the ossicles that articulate only with each other. The hyoid bone, which is located in the neck and serves as the point of attachment for the tongue, does not articulate with any other bones in the body, being supported by muscles and ligaments.

Produktinformationen

Titel:

Human Skeleton

Untertitel:

Axial skeleton, Osteoporosis, Bone, Ligament, Tendon, Muscle, Cartilage, Human brain, Lung, Heart, Femur, Middle ear, Pelvis, Skull, Ossicles, Hyoid bone, Tongue, List of bones of the human skeleton

Editor:

Frederic P. Miller

Agnes F. Vandome

John McBrewster

EAN:

9786130274863

ISBN:

978-613-0-27486-3

Format:

Kartonierter Einband

Herausgeber:

Alphascript Publishing