BONES Flashcards
Skull SUTURES: Coronal
headband
Saggital
goes down middle of skull
Lambdoidal
back of skull line
Squamosal
around ear line
SKULL: Frontal
forehead
Parietal
middle/back of head
Temporal
by ear
Temporal: Mastoid process
bump at back of jaw
styloid process
pointy stylus of jaw
external auditory meatus
ear hole
zygomatic arch
by cheek bone
Occipital
back of skull
Occipital: foramen magnum
big hole in bottom of skull
occipital condyles
knobs on both sides of the foramen magnum
Sphenoid
by palate of mouth
Sphenoid: sella turcica
where pituitary gland sits
Ethmoid
bones of the nose
Ethmoid: Cribiform plate
area around the crista galli
crista galli
pointy part of nose
nasal conchea
little nose bone
Maxillary
upper jaw above teeth/mouth
Palatine
back of hard palate in mouth
Zygomatic
cheek bone
Lacrimal
where you produce tears
Nasal
make up nose
Vomer
inside nose by nasal septum
Mandible
lower jaw
Mandible: ramus
corner of jaw, flat
mandibular condyle
top, back of jaw
U shaped
coronoid process
front part of jaw
U shaped
mental foramen
tiny front holes in jaw
Hyoid
little bone in front of neck
Vertebra
bones of spine
Vertebra: body
biggest part, flat
vertebral foramen
hole where spinal chord goes
spinous process
sticks out the back of each vertebrae
transverse process
sticks out the sides of each vertebrae
Cervical vertebrae
smaller, has 3 holes
7 of them
Cervical vertebrae: Atlas
top one
Axis
bottom one
Axis: dens
part sticking up on axis that fits into the atlas
Thoracic vertebrae
medium, giraffe
12 of them
Lumbar vertebrae
larger, moose
5 of them
Sacrum
in hips
5 fused vertebrae
Sacrum: sacral hiatus
opening at bottom of sacrum
Coccyx
small tail bone
Sternum
middle of chest
Sternum: manubrium
top part
part 1 of 3
body
middle part of sternum
part 2 of 3
xiphoid process
bottom pointy part of sternum
part 3 of 3
Ribs: True
attaches to the sternum
7 ish
False
doesn’t directly attach to sternum
5 ish
Floating
doesn’t attach at sternum at all
2-3 ish
Clavicle
collar bone
Scapula
back wing of shoulder
Scapula: spine
line kinda coming off where the ball of the shoulder would fit
acromion process
comes off the spine of the shoulder
coracoid process
comes off the glenoid cavity
glenoid cavity
where the humerus connects to the shoulder
Humerus
funny bone
upper arm
Humerus: head
smooth, round, top ball of upper arm
coronoid fossa
little hole/ indentation at bottom of humerus
capitulum
whole bead, bottom of humerus
bigger
trochlea
half bead, bottom of humerus
middle kinda
deltoid tuberosity
bump on middle of humerus
Radius
spins around the Ulna
top, lower arm bone when thumb is on top
Radius: head
round
where Ulna fits in
radial styloid process
point of the Radius
bottom
Ulna
bottom lower arm bone
ice cream scooper
Ulna: coronoid process
bottom lip of scooper
olecranon process
top lip of scooper
trochlear notch
middle of the scooper
styloid process
bottom of Ulna, POINTY
Carpal bones
2 rows of 4
Some lovers try positions that they can’t handle.
scaphoid, lunate, triquetrium, pisiform, trapezoid, trapezium, capitate, hamate
start 3 across and 4 in knob in back of hand
Metacarpals
5
thumb= 1, pinky= 5
Phalanges
14
proximal, middle, distal (tip)
Coxal bones
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Ilium
hip bones
mickey ears
Ilium: iliac crest
outside/top of mickey ears
anterior superior iliac spine
first bump, on top of the hip, from the front
anterior inferior iliac spine
second bump, on the bottom of hip, from the front
posterior superior iliac spine
bump by butt, top, from back view
posterior inferior iliac spine
smallest bump, on bottom, from back view
acetabulum
cup shape, lower hip, socket for leg joint
ischial spine
point on outside SIDE of hip
Pubis
pubic bone
Pubis: obtorator foramen
sunglasses
pubic symphysis
where the hips come together in the front
Femur
thigh bone
Femur: head
top ball of thigh bone
neck
right below the head
greater trochanter
bump of top across from the neck
fovea capitus
small indentation in the head (ball) of thigh bone
Patella
knee cap
Tibia
shin bone
Tibia: tibial plateau
top of shin bone
tibial tuberosity
bump in front middle of thigh bone
medial malleolus
bump on bottom
ankle bump
Fibula
thinner shin bone
Fibula: lateral malleolus
ankle bone, outer part
Tarsal Bones
ankle
7 of them
Tarsal: calcaneous
heel bone
talus
rounded bone below calcaneous
navicular
looks like a ring, inner ankle
cuboid
top bone of outer ankle
medial cuneiform
bone by big toe (before the metatarsal), 1st bone
intermediate cuneiform
next to the medial going towards little toe, 2nd bone out
lateral cuneiform
third bone out from the big toe
Metatarsals
5 of them
big toe= 1
Phalanges
toes
14 bones
proximal, middle, distal phalanx
