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