Joints
What kind of joint is the shoulder?
Ball and Socket Joint (synovial)
What is the name of the bone that ends in the elbow where your "funny bone" is located?
Humerus
What is the longest and strongest bone in your body?
Femur
How many bones in the adult human skeleton?
206
What is the common name for your cranium?
skull
What kind of joint is your knee?
Hinge joint (Synovial)
What bones make up your fingers?
Phalanges
What bone makes up your knee cap?
Patella
Where in the spine is cartilage found?
"disks" in between the vertebrae, for cushion
What are the individual bones in your spine called?
Vertebrae
What kind of joints are in the cranium?
Fixed/immovable/Suture/Fibrous
What kind of joint is found in the elbow?
hinge
What are your finger and toe bones called?
Phalanges
You have 12 pairs of these bones; they protect your lungs.
Ribs
This bone is called the "shin bone"
Tibia
Name for the type of motion in bending your elbow; occurs when the angle between the bones decreases.
Flexion
What are your wrist bones called?
Carpals
Name one of the two bones in the lower arm.
radius / ulna
Large butterfly-shaped bone that makes up the "hips" and provides an attachment point for the legs?
Pelvis or Pelvic bone
What is your mandible?
Jaw bone
Type of joint motion that swings the arm or leg sideways, out away from the body.
Abduction
What is your shoulder blade bone called?
Scapula
what is the name of the bones of the ankle?
Tarsals
What are the two bones that stick out near your neck; often called "collar bones"?
Clavicles
What bone is often called your "breast bone"?
sternum