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30 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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cranium
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skull
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mandible
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lower jaw bone
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maxilla
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upper jaw bone
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clavicle
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collar bone
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scapula
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shoulder bone
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cervical
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upper vertabrae
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thoracic
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center vertabrae
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lumbar
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lower vertabrae
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manubrium
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superior part of the sternum
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sternum
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wall of the ribs
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xiphoid process
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lower part of the sternum
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ribs
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ribs
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humoreous
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superior arm bone
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radius
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left lower arm bone
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ulna
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right lower arm bone
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pelvis
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proximal hip bone
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sacrum
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triangular bone above the coccyx
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coccyx
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tailbone
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carples
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top palm bones
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metacarples
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middle finger bones
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phalanges
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bottom finger bones and bottom foot bones
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femur
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superior leg bone (largest bone in the body)
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patella
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knee cap
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tibia
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right lower leg bone (larger than the fibula)
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fibula
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left lower leg bone
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calcaneus
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heel bone
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tarsels
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top feet bones
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meta tarsels
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middle feet bones
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functions of the skeleton
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1. support
2. protect (organs) 3. movement 4. storage of minerals (eg. calcium) 5. blood cell formation |
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types of joints
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1. hinge-back and forth (eg. elbow)
2. ball and socket-free movement (eg. shoulder) 3. pivot-one bone moves around another (eg. neck) 4. saddle-one bone glides over another (eg. thumb) |
