SOC 12 - Skeletal System Flashcards
Clavicle
Joins shoulders and ribcage
Humerus
Joins elbow and shoulder
Sternum
Midline in the body
Rib
Protects your lungs
Pelvis
Between abdomen and thighs
Radius
One of the two bones in your forearm
Ulna
One of the two bones that make up your forearm
Femur
Upper bone of the leg
Patella
Forms part of the knee joint
Tarsals
Part of a bone that makes up the ankle
Metatarsals
Long bone found in your foot/toe
Phalanges
Tips of the bones in your hands and feet
Cranium
What protects your brain?
Vertebrae
The individual bones of the spine
Scapula
Large bone that lies in the upper back
Carpals
Bones that connect hand and forearm
Metacarpals
Middle bone in the fingers
Tibia
Large bone on the inside of your leg
Fibula
Smaller bone on the outside