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Bones of the Body
Question | Answer |
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Frontal Bone(AX) | forehead bone |
Temporal bone (left & right)(AX) | sides of the head |
Maxilla(AX) | upper jawbone |
Mandible(AX) | lower jawbone |
Zygomatic bone (left &right)(AX) | cheekbones |
Occipital bone(AX) | back of the head |
Parietal Bone (left & right)(AX) | side of the roof of the skull |
Sphenoid(AX) | behind the eye |
Ethmoid(AX) | inner corner of the eye |
Lacrimal (left & right)(AX) | side of the nose toward the inner corner of the eye |
Nasal (left & right)(AX) | nose |
Manubrium(AX) | upper part for the sternum |
Body(AX) | all of the bones together to make a functioning organism |
Xyphoid Process(AX) | lower end of the sternum |
Radius(AP) | outer bone in the forearm |
Ulna(AP) | inner bone in the forearm |
Sternum(AX) | bone covering heart |
Skull(AX) | head |
Phalanges (singular: phalanx)(AP) | fingers and toes |
Hallux(AP) | big toe joint |
Pollux(AP) | thumb |
Scapula(AP) | shoulder blade |
Tibia(AP) | inner bone int he lower leg |
Fibula(AP) | outer bone in the lower leg |
Pelvis(AP) | supports the spinal cord |
Ilium(AP) | large broad bones int he upper part of each side of the pelvis |
Ischium(AP) | under the spinal chord in the pelvis |
Pubis(AP) | forward facing bone int he pelvis |
Patella(AP) | knee cap |
Humerus(AP) | upper arm |
Rib Cage(AX) | connects to the sternum and wraps around to the vertebral column |
True ribs(AX) | Ribs 1-7 |
False Ribs(AX) | Ribs 8-10 |
Floating Ribs(AX) | Ribs 11-12 |
Vertebral Column(AX) | spine |
Cervical(AX) | Vertebrae C1-C7 |
Thoracic(AX) | Vertebrae T1-T12 |
Lumbar(AX) | Vertebrae L1-L5 |
Sacral(AX) | 4 fused |
Coccyx(AX0 | 3-5 fused |
Carpals(AP) | wrist |
Metacarpals(AP) | in between carpals and phalanges |
Femur(AP) | thigh bone |
Tarsals(AP) | ankle |
Metatarsals(AP) | in between tarsals and phalanges |
Clavicle(AP) | collarbone |
Ligaments | connective tissue that connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint |
Articular Cartilage | white tissue that covers the ends of the bones when they come together to form joints |
Joint | the point of which two parts of the skeleton come together |
Fossa | a shallow depression in the bone surface |
Fovea | a small, oval-shaped dimple on the ball-shaped end of the top of your thigh bone |
Foramen | an opening, hole or passage in a bone |
Tubercle | small rounded point of a bone |
Tuberosity | in the shoulder area that is located laterally on the humerus |
Spinous Process | a bony projection off the posterior (back) of each vertebra. |
Condyle/ Epicondyle | an articular prominence of a bone |
Malleolus | a bone projection |
Trochanter | any of two bony protuberances by which muscles are attached to the upper part of the thigh bone |
Sinus | nose bridge |
Sulcus | a groove, normally related to the surface of the brain |
Diaphysis | central part of a long bone |
Epiphysis | end part of a long bone |