The CFES
Personal Trainer Course
Chapter 3
Anatomy of the Skeletal
System: Bones, Articulations,
and Connective Tissue
In this chapter you will learn about:
1 Joints or Articulations
k Types of Joints
k Anatomical Planes of Movement
k Connective Tissue: Tendons and Ligaments
k The Axial Skeleton
• Vertebral Body
• Cervical Spine
• Thoracic Spine
• Lumbar Spine
• Sacrum and Coccyx
• Thorax
k The Appendicular Skeleton
• Shoulder Girdle
• Glenohumeral Joint (shoulder)
• Elbow Joint
• Wrist Joint
• Coxal Bones, Pelvic Girdle, and Pelvis
• Coxal Joint (hip)
• Genual Joint (knee)
• Subtalar Joint (ankle)Chapter 3 Anatomy Physiology