Chapter 8, Problem 4CRCAQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

Similarity and difference between the upper and the lower limb bones. 

Introduction:

Bone is the hardest structure of the body and 206 bones connect together to form the skeleton of a human body. The skeleton is categorized in axial and appendicular skeleton. The appendicular skeleton forms the upper and the lower limbs whereas, the axial skeleton comprises the skull and the vertebral column and the vertebral column originates from the brainstem.