Head and Neck
The collection of bones in the head and protects the brain
What is the skull?
Often referred to as the funny bone, this bone is found in the upper arm
What is humerus?
Collection of vertebrae that holds the body upright
What is the spine?
The largest bone in the body, found in the upper leg
What is the femur?
Type of joint that allows for wide range of motion at the shoulders and hips
What is ball and socket
Bones in your mouth used for chewing food
What are teeth?
Shoulder blade
What is the scapula?
Breastbone that connects with all of the true ribs
What is the sternum?
The equivalent of carpals but found in the feet
What are Tarsals?
Type of joint that allows for bending at the elbows, shoulders, and hips
What is hinge?
The bones that make up your nose
What is nasal conchae?
One of two bones in the forearm. Found on thumb-side
What is radius?
Majority of ribs that connect to the sternum with costal cartilage
What are true ribs?
Allows legs to bend, the kneecap
What is the patella?
Type of joint that allows flat bones to glide past each other and have slight rotation, found in the spine
What is gliding?
Upper jaw
What is the maxilla?
Bones at the bottom of the hand connecting it to the wrist
What are tarsals?
Bottom set of ribs that do not connect to the sternum
What are false ribs?
The shin bone, helps form knee and ankle joints
What is the tibia?
Type of joint that allows for pivoting, found in neck and vertebrae
What is pivot?
The lower jaw
What is the mandible?
Bones found in fingers (and toes) having three in the main fingers and two in the thumb
The tailbone
What is coccyx?
The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, helps tibia
What is the fibula?
Type of joint that where one bone acts as a rider, found in the thumb
What is saddle?