Open Stax: Divisions of the Skeletal System

This site helps you understand the human skeletal system, a body system composed of bones and cartilage that performs critical functions for the human body.

All of the organ systems of your body are interdependent, and the skeletal system is no exception. The food you take in via your digestive system and the hormones secreted by your endocrine system affect your bones. Even using your...

This site provides a plethora of information regarding calcium homeostatis and interactions of the skeletal system. Disorders such as hypocalemia and hypercalcemia are discussed.

The axial skeleton begins to form during early embryonic development. However, growth, remodeling, and ossification continue for several decades after birth before the adult skeleton is fully formed. Knowledge of the developmental...

After studying this article, students will be able to identify the functions and structure of bones, types of bones, bone development, parts of bones, types of joints, and bone disorders.

In this module, learn about the components that generate the sympathetic and parasympathetic responses of the autonomic nervous system.

Learn here about the basic structure and function of the nervous system.

Students can learn about the homeostatic regulation of the vascular system, and find out how exercise affects it.

Students learn about the classes of pharmaceuticals that interact with the autonomic nervous system, and then relate the consequences of nicotine abuse with respect to autonomic control of the cardiovascular system.

Students learn and apply understanding of the structure and function of the components of the human lymphatic and immune systems.