Function and Applications

This half-size skeleton contains 200 bones of an adult human. The skull features movable jaw, removable calvarium. Arms are movable and legs are removable. Ideal for students.

Equipment and Technical Data

• Adult male skeleton, in a standing posture
• Joints of the upper and lower extremities are movable
• Skull: composed of 22 pieces of bones with serrated sutures lines are marked out. Calvarium is transversely cut to show the interior structures of the skull. Mandible is movable
• Vertebral column: composed of 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae and 5 lumbar vertebrae, a piece of sacrum, a piece of coccyx and 23 intervertebral discs. The vertebral column shows four curvatures, i.e. cervical and lumbar curvatures, being convex forward, thoracic and sacral curvature, being convex backward
• Bony thorax: composed of 24 ribs, a piece of costal cartilages and a piece of sternum. It includes 7 pairs (1-7) of true ribs, 3 pairs (8-10) of false ribs and 2 pairs (11 - 12) of floating ribs
• Bony pelvis: composed of sacrum, coccyx and two pieces of hip bones
• Bones of upper extremities: composed of 64 pieces of separable bones. The pectoral girdle (scapula and clavicle) are fixed on the bony thorax. The main joints (shoulder, elbow and wrist) are movable
• Bones of lower extremities: composed of 62 pieces of separable bones. The pelvic girdle (hip bone) is fixed to construct the bony pelvis. The remaining parts of the lower extremities can be disassembled. The main joints (hip, knee and ankle) are movable
• Size: 85 cm tall
• Weight: 2.5 kg