Skeletal System

The Skeletal System is a key system to the human body.  It has several functions which include:

• Support
• Protection
• Leverage for Movement
• Storage of Minerals
• Blood Cell Production

The Skeletal System has 206 bones and can be grouped into the Axial and Appendicular divisions.

The bones have 5 important tissues or layers to them.  Working from outside to in, they are:

• Periosteum
• Compact Bone
• Spongy (Trabecular) Bone
• Endosteum
• Medullary Cavity

There are 3 regions to the bone:

• Epiphysis
• Metaphysis
• Diaphysis

Introduction

This is a page designed with my students in mind.  Over the next several pages you will find images, videos and other tools to help you learn and/or review the subjects of anatomy, physiology and kinesiology.