Ex. 4: Overview of Skeletal System

The Lab Report
(Click on the link to open the document into your word processor to submit electronically to your instructor).

Slides and Diagrams: 

• Hyaline Cartilage
• Elastic Cartilage
• Fibrocartilage
• Compact Bone
• Classification of Bones
• Skeleton Classification Review

Relevant Web Sites:

• Biomechanics of Bone Tissue : This is a good tutorial on bone tissue structure and function.
• Bone Tissue Engineering : Fascinating site on how bone tissue is being created artificially.
• Cartilage Repair: This site has an animation on how cartilage is repaired surgically.
• The Axial Skeleton: From UW-L, this site has multiple images and views of the bones that compose the axial skeleton. Very nice.
• The Appendicular Skeleton: More from UW-L, this site has multiple images and views of the bones that compose the appendicular skeleton. Quite nice.
• Histology of cartilage and bone : Some nice images from UW-L.
• Tutorial Site on Skull Anatomy: Awesome! Really helpful. From GatewayCommunity College.
• Tutorial on Hand Anatomy : Another really good tutorial.
• eSkeletons : Site has bone pictures that can be rotated in most directions. Probably the closest thing to actually holding them in your hand.
• Good Site from Penn State : Lots of decent pictures that you can quiz yourself with.
• Interactive 3D Skull : Decent site for skull study
• “Anatomy and Physiology Links - A CRLA Project by Mary Sharon - http://tomball.lonestar.edu/40144/”