What is the longest bone in the human body?
femur
What’s the heaviest part of the body?
liver
What are the 10 major systems?
Ten major systems include the skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and the reproductive system. Body functions are the physiological or psychological functions of body systems.
What are the 20 main bones?
Terms in this set (20)
- Cranium.
- Mandible.
- Clavical.
- Sternum.
- Humerus.
- rib cage.
- vertebrae.
- pelvis.
What does skeleton mean?
1 : a firm structure or framework of a living thing that in vertebrates (as fish, birds, or humans) is typically made of bone and supports the soft tissues of the body and protects the internal organs. 2 : framework the steel skeleton of a building. skeleton.
What does skeleton emoji mean?
Skull and Crossbones Emoji
What does axial skeleton mean?
The axial skeleton includes all the bones along the body’s long axis. The axial skeleton includes the bones that form the skull, laryngeal skeleton, vertebral column, and thoracic cage. The bones of the appendicular skeleton (the limbs and girdles) “append” to the axial skeleton.
Where is the axial skeleton?
The axial skeleton forms the central axis of the body and includes the bones of the skull, ossicles of the middle ear, hyoid bone of the throat, vertebral column, and the thoracic cage (ribcage) (Figure 1).
What are the 7 axial bones?
Skull (28)
- Parietal (2)
- Temporal (2)
- Frontal (1)
- Occipital (1)
- Ethmoid (1)
- Sphenoid (1)
What is a Axial?
1 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an axis. 2a : situated around, in the direction of, on, or along an axis. b : extending in a direction essentially perpendicular to the plane of a cyclic structure (as of cyclohexane) axial hydrogens — compare equatorial.