To this author, the skeletal system deserves to be discussed in two chapters.
It provides a balance in the relative length of the chapters. Appendicular skeleton
encompasses the “appendages” of the skeletal system, but they are not appendages in
the meaning ascribed to the human appendix. The appendicular skeleton is more or less
the “branches” of a tree. Since the stem and roots are important, they cannot fulfill their
overall purpose without these branches. The appendicular system receives its
empowerment from the axial skeleton and cannot survive without it; the axial skeleton
is potent only to a certain level without the appendicular system. This component is
described in this chapter.
Keywords: Calcaneus, Fracture of femur, Greenstick fracture, Humerus, Hip joint, Knee, Lower limbs, Osteoarthritis, Phalanges, Radius, Shoulder joint, Shoulder dislocation, Tibial fracture, Talus, Upper limbs, Ulna.
