Skeleton Flashcards
Maxilla
Top part of jaw
Parietal
Bone on top of skull
Mandible
Jaw bone.
Claviscle
Collar bone
Scapula
Shoulder blade. Wings
True ribs
Ribs that are attached to sternum
Humerus
Upper arm bone
Xiphpid process
Tip of sternum
Temporal
Temples
False ribs
Ribs that are not attached to the sternum
Vertebrae
Spinal column
Occipital
Back of skull
Clavicle
Collar bone area. Forms shoulder joint
Ilium
Flaring bone that forms hip bone
Ischium
“Sit down bone.” Inferior part of the coxal bone.
Pubis
Most anterior part of the coxal bone (or hip bone)
Femur
Thigh bone. Only bone in the thigh.
Patella
Kneecap
Talus
“Ankle.” On top of calcaneus
Mandible
Lower jaw. Strongest bone of the face.
Maxilla
Two maxillae or maxillary bones form upper jaw.
Phalanges
Fingers or toes
Tarsals
Posterior half of foot
Fibula
Is along side tibia, in lower leg
Tibia
(Shinbone) a long bone bigger than fibula
Metacarpals
What makes up palm of hand
Carpals
I hand. Proximal than metacarpals.
Ulna
Medial bone of the forearm
Sacrum
Formed by five fused vertebrae. Connects to coccyx
Radius
Connected to ulna. In arm
Xiphoid process
Bottom tip of sternum
False ribs
(Floating ribs) not attached to sternum
Sternum
Medial flat bone of chest
Metatarsals
Bones that form sole of feet
Frontal
Bone that forms the forehead