Video+Resources

Use the following quick movie clips to help with your understanding of the skeletal system

Anatomy of the Skeletal System
[|Investigate the detailed anatomy of the skeletal system]

General Information
[|Skeletal System Structure and Function (8.41)] Good narration of overview, functions etc wiith slides. Includes structure and parts of bone to help with the text Introduction to fractures

[|Strength of Bones] Discover Channel Video

[|Skeletal System (2.34)] Number of bones, fetal and adult skull, overview of all major groups of bones

[|Structure of Bone (1.27)] Compact and spongy bone, Haversian system

[|Bone Remodelling (1.35)] Hard body training and how it affects the trabeculae

[|Body's Bony Frame (0.37)] Overview of bones

[|Medical Animation of Walking (0.32)] Gives you an idea of how the skeleton acts during walking

[|Torso Skeleton (1.18)] Test yourself, how many bones can you identify?

Fractures
[|How the Body Works:Repair of Bone (1.13)] How the bones are repaired after fractures

[|Fractures 1 (2.06)] Simple, complete, spiral, compound, comminuted

[|Fractures 2 (1.55)] Open, closed, compression, avulsion, compacted

Vertebral Column
[|Anatomy of Spine (1.42)] Number and types of vertebrae, joints, ligaments, spine curvature

[|Cervical Spine and Disk Anatomy (1.43)] Skull movement and effects on disks, disk anatomy

[|Lower Back Anatomy (4.57)] Lumbar vertebrae, slipped disks, scoliosis, pinced nereves, disk rupture and pain

[|Medical Animation (0.17)] How a nerve gets pinched in the back

[|Back (Lumbar) Fusion Surgery (5.56)] Fusion surgery, degenerative disk disease treatment with pedicle screws

Joint Disorders and Replacement
[|Osteoporesis (0.54)] Osteoblast and osteoclast interaction

[|Osteoarthritis (0.57)] In the knee

[|Hip Replacement Surgery] from EdHead - you do the cutting! Interactice animated surgery

[|Knee Replacement Surgery] from EdHead - you do the cutting! Interactive animated surgery

[|Knee Replacement (1.14)]Overview of degenerative process and how replacement works

[|Hip Replacement (1.26)] Basics of the operation

[|ACL Tear (0.44)] In the knee

[|Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (0.44)] Good animation of how it works