Bone Resources
Naming the bones and their features
Skeletal System
Here you will find a collection of photographs of bones labeled with numbers
After you study the pictures you can open another page with a guide to the names of the bony features labeled with numbers in the previous photos
Resource provided by Penn State University Professor James A. Strauss
A video of the skull bones from various angles,
both connected to eachother and exploded into individual bones.
A video of the skull bones with lots of details about the deeper smaller bones.
Your textbook - Chapter 7 - labeling exercises
companion site for chapter 7 (axial skeleton) in the 9th edition of your textbook
Your textbook - Chapter 8 - labeling exercises
companion site for chapter 8 (appendicular skeleton) in the 9th edition of your textbook
Visualizing the skeleton - rotating 3D images
Interactive Skeleton
Using your mouse, you can manipulate the image of the skeleton at this website to make it appear to rotate 360 degrees
Bone microscopic structure,
Bone modeling and remodeling
Introduction to bone biology
beautiful animation by Amgen available at YouTube
Osteoblasts and osteoclasts
beautiful animation by Amgen available at YouTube
Bone remodeling and modeling
beautiful animation by Amgen available at YouTube
Postmenopausal osteoporosis
beautiful animation by Amgen available at YouTube
Anatomy of a fracture as a result of systemic bone loss
beautiful animation by Amgen available at YouTube
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Fast Facts on Osteogenesis Imperfecta
source: Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation website
explains the features of various forms of OI and the genetic causes
such as mutations causing poor quality or quantity of collagen
Scoliosis
2003 Essay on what we know (and mostly don't know) about the cause(s) of scoliosis
source: NSF - National Scoliosis Foundation - website
