Skeletal Anatomy: Osteology & Bone Formation - Video Lesson

Hey, everybody. Welcome to today's lesson on skeletal anatomy, osteology, and bone formation. This essential topic forms the foundation for understanding and identifying bony anatomy on a radiograph. In this video, we'll cover appropriate medical terminology related to osteology, the difference between the axial and appendicular skeletons, and how bones are formed. Let's dive in. As you may recall from the general anatomy lesson, the adult skeletal system is composed of two hundred six separate bones divided into the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. All bones that are situated on or near the central axis of the body are part of the axial skeleton. The adult axial skeleton consists of eighty bones. In the skull, eight cranium bones, fourteen facial bones, and six auditory ossicles, three in each ear. In the neck, one hyoid. In the