OSTEOLOGY OF UPPER LIMB

In this eLearning module, you will learn about introduction to Osteology. The framework of the body is built upon a series of bones, supplemented in certain regions by cartilage; the bony part of the framework constitutes the skeleton. In the skeleton of the adult, there are 206 distinct bones. Bones are divisible into four classes, long, short, flat, and irregular.

In this eLearning module, you will learn about the clavicle. The clavicle also referred to as the collar bone, is an elongated, S-shaped bone that sits between the shoulder and sternum at the top of the ribcage. The clavicle lies above several important nerves and blood vessels. The clavicle joins the scapula or shoulder blade, and sternum to form two joints on either end of the bone.

In this eLearning module, you will learn about the Scapula. The scapula is also known as the shoulder blade, either of two large bones of the shoulder girdle in vertebrates. It is a flat triangular-shaped bone placed on the postero-lateral aspect of the thoracic cage. A scapula’s posterior surface is crossed obliquely by a prominent ridge, the spine, which divides the bone into two concave areas, the supraspinous and infraspinous fossae.