Bones Flashcards
frontal
front of head
parietal
top of head
temporal
sides/ears of head
occipital
back/low down of head
maxilla
top jaw bone
mandible
bottom jaw bone
zygomatic
cheek bones
skull =
cranium + mandible
cusps
bumpy part of teeth
ribs
c-shape
sternum
flat part between ribs
vertebrae: cervical
happy to see you face (when looking at flat side)
vertebrae: thoracic
giraffe shape
vertebrae: lumbar
moose shape
vertebrae: sacral/sacrum
curved flat part; triangle shape
vertebrae: coccyx/caudal
tiny vertebrae/flatish
clavicle
shaped like S
scapula
looks like wing, flat
humerus
ball at end, makes fist shape at other end
radius
circle at end, below thumb, smaller
ulna
U shape at end, below pinky, larger
carpals
wrist, 8-9 (humans have 8)
metacarpals
palm, 5
phalanges
fingers, 3 for each finger except thumb has 2 = 14
innominates
flat, not wing shape, 2 together makes hip girdle
femur
big, ball at one end, NO FIST at other
tibia
leg bone, can draw T in it, long
fibula
leg bone, CAN’T draw T here, long
patella
knee cap, triangle
tarsals
7, under ankle bones
metatarsals
5, long part of foot
phalanges (feet)
each digit has 3, except for the big toe,
which has 2 = 14, toes