The Skeletal System

Learning Goals:

• The role, structure, and composition of the human skeletal system
• Five types of human bones, including the anatomy of a long bone
• The names and locations of the key bones of the human body
• The concept of bone landmarks/insertions, and key landmark/insertion sites throughout the body
• The process of ossification, bone formation, and bone remodelling
• Epiphyseal plates and lines
• Bone fractures and how bones heal
• Bone disease, and the effects of aging on the skeleton system

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