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Median: divides the body into right and
left sides
 Sagittal: divides the body into right and
left parts – parallel to the
median plan
(the “doing plane”)
 Coronal (frontal): divides the body into
front and back
 Transverse: divides the body in half at the
waist
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Anterior: Front or In Front
Posterior: Back or Behind
Medial: Towards the mid-line of the body
Lateral: Away from the mid-line of the body
Proximal: closer to the median plane or root
of the limb
Distal: furthest from center
Superior: higher than the body – closer to
the head
Inferior: Closer to the feet
Superficial: external
Vertical Axis: through the head down to
the feet (horizontal plane)
 Horizontal Axis: goes through the hips
(sagittal plane)
 Sagittal Axis: goes through the belly into
the back (vertical plane)
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Definition:
Living substance mostly
made of calcium phosphate
and mineral salts
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Functions:
To provide a structure for the
body to provide attachments
for muscles, to serve as a
reservoir for minerals salts,
protect vital organs, and to
manufacture red blood cells
The body is composed of 206 bones
 The skeleton supports the entire weight of the
body
 26 bones in each foot
 27 bones in each hand
 24 ribs
 33 vertebrae in the spine
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A.K.A the head
 Provides a thick, protective layer over
the soft brain tissue that controls the
eyes, nose, mouth, and ears
 Protects the place where delicate
functions of thinking and learning take
place (i.e. the brain)
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Barrel shaped
 Protects vital organs such as the heart
and lungs
 Made up of 12 pairs of ribs
 Top 7 attach to the breast bone or
sternum
 Next 3 are attached to cartilage
 Remaining 2 pairs are unattached or
called “floating ribs”
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Has 2 wide parts called girdles (hip and
shoulder)
 Each shoulder girdle has a clavicle and
scapula
 The pelvis (hip) girdle is shaped like a
bowl
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