Upper Extremities
The bone of the upper extremity connecting the shoulder to the elbow.
What is the humerus?
The sesamoid or round bone covering the joint between the upper and lower long bones of the leg.
What is the patella?
The number of bones included in this part of the skeleton.
What is 80 bones?
The number of bones included in this portion of the skeleton.
What is 126 bones?
The inside of compact bone; consisting of latticed beams called trabeculae.
What is spongy/cancellous bone?
Two bones connect the arm to the axial skeleton.
What are the clavicle and scapula?
What is the tibia?
The amount of vertebrae in a developed, mature adult.
What is 26 vertebrae?
The lower extremities are attached to the axial skeleton because of this.
What is the pelvic girdle?
What are flat bones?
The finger bones.
What are phalanges?
The heel bone.
What is the calcaneus?
The two flat bones that form the posterior sides of the cranium.
What is/are the temporal bones?
The bones of the palm of the hands.
What are metacarpals?
The type of cell that bones are made of.
What are osteocytes?
The wrist bones.
What are carpals?
The lateral, non-weight-bearing bone of the lower leg.
What is the fibula?
The three portions of the sternum.
What are manubrium, body, & xiphoid process?
The pinky-side bone that prevents the elbow from extending beyond a 180 degree position.
What is the ulna?
The type of cells that make up cartilage.
What are chondrocytes?
The upper extremities are considered to be part of this portion of the skeleton.
What is the appendicular skeleton?
The long bone of the leg, responsible for producing and storing our largest supply of red blood cells.
What is the femur?
The flat bone that is home to the Foramen Magnum.
What is the occipital bone?
The upper extremities are attached to the axial skeleton because of this.
What is the pectoral girdle?
The type of bone we consider vertebrae to be.
What are irregular bones?