Select ONE of the following questions and post your response in the forum itself. Be sure to identify which question you are answering in your post.

Option 1:

How many cervical vertebrae are there? Describe the differences between C1, C2, and C7, and relate them to their function.

Option 2:

What vital organs have direct protection from the skeletal system? List the organs and the skeletal structures that protect them.

Option 3:

What type of bone fracture represents the greatest risk of infection? Why? 

Muscles

Assume there is a child with a genetic mutation in which the muscles in her right arm act like smooth muscle. How would this be expressed in how she controlled her muscles? Would the muscles look different? What if there was a different mutation where the smooth muscle found in your colon was skeletal muscle? How would function be different?