THE SKELETAL  SYSTEM ( Bone for Bsc nursing 1st sem and GNM 1st year)

Our body structure and shape  formed due to bone .

All human skeleton is made up of 206 bones

TYPES OF BONES

1-Long bone

2-Short bone

3- Flat bone

4- Irregular bone

5-Sesamoid bone

LONG BONE

The long bone shape is cylinder like and it is loger than wide

THE NAME OF THE LONG BONE IN  OUR BODY

1-Clavicle

The clavicle is also called collar bone and it is a long bones connecting the arm to the body.

2- Humerus

The humerus bone located in the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow joint .

3- Radius 

In our hand between elbow and wrist in fore arm

on the thumb side one long bone that is called radius.

radius present both side of the hand ( each hand 1)

4-Ulna

It is present between the elbow and the wrist.

 

5- Metacarpals

Metacarpals present between the wrist bone (carpals)and the phalanges (Phalenges)

6- Phalenges of hands

These are the small bone present at the end of the hands and feets .Each finger has 3 phalenges except thumb .

In thumb there is 2 phalanges.

7- Femur

 

 

8-Tibia

9- Fibula

10- Metatarsal

11- phalenges of leg

THE NAME OF SHORT BONE 

1- Carpals

2- Tarsals

NAME OF FLAT BONE

1- Sternum

2-Ribs

3- scapula

4- Cranial bones

SESAMOID BONE 

1-Patellae ( knee cap)