Lower Limb
This bone makes up the upper leg (a.k.a. the thigh).
What is the femur?
Tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges are located in this part of the body.
What is the foot?
An example of a long bone.
What is the femur, tibia, fibula, humerus, radius, ulna?
The lower back consists of these vertebrae.
What are lumbar vertebrae?
The scientific name for the jawbone.
What is the mandible?
These two bones make up the lower leg.
What are the tibia and fibula?
This bone protects the knee joint.
What is the patella?
These ribs are not actually attached to the sternum or other ribs are called this.
What are floating ribs?
The sacral and coccyx regions of the vertebral column fuse in adolescence. This is the everyday name for this part of the body.
What is the tailbone?
The two parts of the skull.
What are the cranium and facial bones?
Of the greater trochanter and the lesser trochanter, this process is superior and lateral to the other.
What is the greater trochanter?
This bone of the leg does not enter the knee joint.
What is the epiphyseal plate?
The neck contains this type of vertebrae.
What are the cervical vertebrae?
The first seven pairs of ribs are attached to the sternum and are called this.
What are true ribs?
A joint or junction between bones and cartilage. (Not a joint)
What is an articulation?
The lateral and medial condyles of the femur articulate with these two bones.
What are the tibia and fibula?
The scapula is this type of bone.
What is a flat bone?
The hip is this type of joint.
What is a ball and socket joint?
The long bone that connects the elbow to the shoulder is called this.
What is the humerus?
The two large processes of the femur.
What is the greater trochanter and the lesser trochanter?
This bone forms the inner ankle.
What is the tibia?
Three functions of the skeletal system.
What are movement, bearing body weight, protecting organs, storing minerals, production of blood cells from bone marrow?
These disks provide cushioning between vertebrae.
What are intervertebral disks?
The vertebral column is composed of these 5 sections.
What are cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx?