Upper Body Bones
The bone that protects our brain.
What is the cranium?
This is the outer layer of bone.
What is the periosteum?
This vitamin is needed for strong bones.
What is Vitamin D?
This is the upper arm bone.
What is the humerus?
This is the name for both the fingers & the toes.
What are the phalanges?
This bone is also called the collar bone.
What is the clavicle?
This layer of bone has a network of pores & tunnels interconnected.
What is Spongy Bone?
This is the tough fiber in the compact bone.
What is collagen?
What is the tibia?
This bone connects the tarsals to the phalanges.
What are the metatarsals?
These bones protect the heart & lungs.
This is the middle layer of the bone.
What is Compact Bone?
This is a "shock absorber" for the body.
What is cartilage?
The lower arm bone that lines up with your pinky finger.
What is the ulna?
Another name for the wrist bones.
What are the carpals?
These bones are also called the shoulder blades.
What is the scapula?
This is the bone layer you see when you look at a skeleton.
What is Compact Bone?
These bone cells eat away at the spongy bone to widen the cavity inside the bone as the bone gets wider.
What are Osteoclasts?
The lower, outer, and thinner of the two leg bones.
What is the fibula?
These bones connect the carpals to the phalanges.
What are the metacarpals?
This bone helps us open & close our mouth.
What is the mandible?
This bone layer is filled with nerves & blood vessels.
What is the periosteum?
These bone cells lay down/make/build new layers of bone.
What are Osteoblasts?
The largest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
Another name for the ankle bone.
What is the talus?