Upper Extremity
These two bones make up the forearm.
What are ulna and radius?
This word describes bones found in both the foot and hand.
What are phalanges?
This is the number of each type of vertebrae.
What is 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar?
This bone is known as the shoulder blade.
What is the scapula?
This is the name for a freely moving, or synovial, joint.
What is diarthrotic (or diarthrosis)?
These eight bones make up the wrist.
What are the carpal bones?
This lateral bone of the lower leg is named for the Greek word "brooch".
What is fibula?
This is the only floating bone in the body.
What is the hyoid?
This is the most commonly broken bone in the body.
What is the clavicle?
This is the word for two bones moving against each other.
What is articulation?
This word describes the forearm and arm.
What is brachium?
This is the strongest and heaviest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
This is the word for the transverse bony protrusion which extends out from the vertebrae and form the attachment for many muscles.
What is a process?
This is the cartilaginous joint which divides the two sides of the pelvis and separates during childbirth.
What is the pubic symphysis?
This is the name for small sacs, found at joints, which provide cushion.
What are bursae?
When the radius crosses over the ulna, this motion occurs.
What is pronation?
This sesamoid bone makes up the kneecap.
What is the patella?
This is the bone which is named for the Greek word meaning "cuckoo".
What is the coccyx?
These three bones form the pelvis.
What are ilium, ischium, and pubis?
This cavity, in which vinegar was stored, forms the socket for the hip joint.
What is the acetabulum?
This is the name of the process at the head of the ulna, which makes up the elbow.
What is the olecranon process?
These two bones are the weight bearing bones of the lower extremity.
This bone makes up the sides and roof of the cranium.
What are the parietal bones?
These rounded, bony protrusions form the distal projection of the tibia and fibula, found on both sides of the ankle.
What are the medial and lateral malleolus?
This cavity forms the socket for the shoulder joint.
What is the glenoid cavity?