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This document contains a student's assignment on labeling the bones and structures of the human skeletal system. It includes labeling diagrams of a skeletal system showing the axial and appendicular skeleton, key bones like the cranium, vertebrae, sternum, humerus, carpals and patella. It also classifies the bones by shape, indicates different joint types, illustrates movements at synovial joints, labels parts of the femur bone, describes functions of bone, and illustrates a muscle causing movement at a joint while describing muscle contraction.

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Activity 2

This document contains a student's assignment on labeling the bones and structures of the human skeletal system. It includes labeling diagrams of a skeletal system showing the axial and appendicular skeleton, key bones like the cranium, vertebrae, sternum, humerus, carpals and patella. It also classifies the bones by shape, indicates different joint types, illustrates movements at synovial joints, labels parts of the femur bone, describes functions of bone, and illustrates a muscle causing movement at a joint while describing muscle contraction.

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Name: Lucía Montserrat Chablet Herrera Student Number: 2951209

Course: Human body care Professor name: Viviana Saraí Estrada Hernández

Module: 1 Activity: 2

Date: 05/09/2022

Bibliography: Topic 4. Skeletal Muscular System. (n.d.). Human Body Care. Retrieved September 6,
2022, from https://cursos.tecmilenio.mx/courses/112399/pages/my-
course?module_item_id=400850

• Make an image of a human skeleton in the anatomical position.

• Using two different colors, distinguish between the axial skeleton and the appendicular
skeleton.
• Label the following bones on your skeleton: cranial bones, vertebrae, sternum, humerus,
carpals, and patella.

Cranial bones

Sternum Humerus
Vertebrae

Carpals

Patella

• Classify each bone according to its shape (long, short, flat, irregular, or round).

Bones Shapes
Cranial Flat
Vertebrae Irregular
Sternum Flat
Humerus Long
Carpals Short
Patella Round

• Indicate two synovial joints, two cartilaginous joints, and two fibrous joints on your skeleton.

Synovial joints
Cartilaginous joints
Fibrous joints
• Illustrate six different movements that can occur at the synovial joints.

• Choose one of the long bones on your skeleton and label the following parts of that bone:
diaphysis, epiphyses, medullary cavity, growth plate, articular cartilage.

Growth plate

• Describe four functions of bone.

Support: The skeleton serves as the structural framework for the body by supporting soft tissues
and providing attachment points for the tendons of most skeletal muscles.
Protection: The skeleton protects vital organs from injury. For example, the cranial bones protect
the brain, the vertebrae protect the spinal cord, and the rib cage protects the heart and the
lungs.

Mineral homeostasis: Bone tissue stores several minerals, especially calcium and phosphorous,
which contribute to the strength of bone. When needed, bone releases minerals into blood to
maintain critical mineral balance (homeostasis) and to distribute the minerals to other parts of
the body.

Blood cell production: A connective tissue found in some bones, called red bone marrow
produces blood cells in a process called hemopoiesis. Red bone marrow is present in developing
bones of the fetus and in some adult bones, such as the pelvis, ribs, sternum, vertebrae, skull,
and the ends of the bones of the arm and thigh.

• Choose a skeletal muscle that causes movement at one of the synovial joints that you
previously chose, and illustrate it on your skeleton, showing the tendons attached to the
bones, then describe the mechanism of muscle contraction that allows movement to occur at
the joint.

Muscle contraction occurs because myosin heads attach to and walk along the thin filaments at both
ends of a sarcomere, progressively pulling the thin filaments towards the center of the sarcomere.
As the thin filaments slide inward, the sarcomere shortens even though the filaments remain the
same length. Shortening of the sarcomeres causes shortening of the whole muscle fiber, which leads
to shortening of the entire muscle.

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