Vertebrae #1
These bones make up the spinal column and protect the spinal cord.
What are vertebrae?
The first cervical vertebra is called this and supports the skull.
What is the atlas (C1)?
This bony structure connects the trunk to the lower limbs and supports the body's weight.
What is the pelvis?
This bone is commonly called the "sit bone" because it bears weight when sitting.
What is the ischium?
This bone is known to break due to trauma on the neck.
What is the hyoid bone?
here are this many cervical vertebrae in the human spine.
What are 7?
The second cervical vertebra is called this and allows the head to rotate.
What is the axis (C2)?
This is the large, rounded bone that forms the upper part of the leg and fits into the hip socket.
What is the femur?
This joint connects the two pubic bones at the front of the pelvis.
What is the pubic symphysis?
This large hole sits on the inferior side of the skull and allows the brain stem to go through it.
What is the foramen magnum?
There are this many thoracic vertebrae, and they attach to the ribs.
What are 12?
These vertebrae are located between the cervical and lumbar regions.
What are the thoracic vertebrae?
This cup-shaped depression in the pelvis receives the head of the femur to form the hip joint.
What is the acetabulum?
This bone is located at the base of the spine and connects with the pelvic bones.
What is the sacrum?
These bones are considered the smallest bones in the body.
What are the ear bones (ossicles)?
These five large vertebrae are located in the lower back and support much of the body's weight.
What are the lumbar vertebrae?
This is the small, fused structure at the very bottom of the vertebral column.
What is the coccyx (tailbone)?
The three bones that fuse together to form each hip bone are the ilium, ischium, and this bone.
What is the pubis?
The hip is classified as what type of synovial joint?
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
These lines are formed and resemble a zipper on the skull.
What are sutures?
his fused portion of the vertebral column is located below the lumbar vertebrae and above the coccyx.
What is the sacrum?
Intervertebral discs are located between most vertebrae and primarily provide this function.
What is shock absorption and flexibility?
This is the large, fan-shaped upper portion of the hip bone.
What is the ilium?
This pelvis is wider and more round.
What is the female pelvis?
This term is used for a portion of the long bone in a child, that changes as they grow.
What is the growth plate (epiphyseal disc)?