BIOL 110

LAB ASSIGNMENT - THE SKELETAL SYSTEM

NAMES:

Refer to your exercise 7 in the lab manual to answer the following questions:

Q1. What is the function of the skeletal system?

a. What is the function of the axial skeleton?

b. What is the function of the appendicular skeleton?

Activity 1
View the powerpoint presentation file on Canvas and on the skeleton model identify the
following bones:

(Use figure 7.1 on page 68 in your lab manual to identify the bones)

a. ______________________________________

b. ______________________________________

c. ______________________________________

d. ______________________________________

e. ______________________________________

f. ______________________________________

g. ______________________________________

h. ______________________________________

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(Modified version of LS Spring 2019)
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i. ______________________________________

Activity 2
• Refer to Activity 5, page 72 in your lab manual.
Visit the virtual microscope link (http://www.ncbionetwork.org/iet/microscope/) and click
on explore. Click on the ? on the grey slide box. Select human and then compact bone.
View at 10x magnification. Use figure 7.3, page 72 in your lab manual as a guide.

Learn to identify the lacuna, lamella, central canal and canaliculi under the microscope.

• View the powerpoint presentation file for lab 6 on Canvas and identify the central
canal, osteon, and lamellae on the bone model

Activity 3
Refer to exercise 8, page 88 in the lab manual and read about the thoracic cage.
• View the powerpoint presentation file on Canvas and identify the true ribs, false
ribs, costal cartilage, intercostal spaces and parts of the sternum on the thoracic
cage model.

Activity 4
Refer to activity 4 (exercise 9, page 101) in your lab manual
• View the powerpoint presentation file on Canvas and identify which pelvic model
is male and which is female. Explain the distinguishing features that identify the
pelvic bones as male or female.

A. ___________________________________

B. ___________________________________

Watch the following videos on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Qm7d4cCt8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5L1PoZTjoA

AS Spring 2020
(Modified version of LS Spring 2019)