| Term | Definition |
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| Hyoid Bone | Only bone that doesn't connect with another, holds the tongue, and helps with swallowing |
| Middle Ear | 3 small bones called ossicles |
| Vertebral Column | extends from skull to pelvis, made up of: cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae |
| Sacral Vertebrae | made up of the coccygeal vertebrae: 5 small bones that form the coccyx |
| Atlas Vertebrae | Allows you to nod "yes" |
| Axis Vertebrae | Allows you to nod "no" |
| Sternum | Breastbone |
| Thoracic Cage | made up of 3 parts: manubrium, body, and xiphoid process |
| Xiphoid Process | serves as a branch mark for C.P.R. |
| Ribs | 12 pairs that attach to the thoracic vertebrae |
| True Ribs | 7 ribs attached to the sternum |
| False Ribs | 5 ribs indirectly attached to the sternum |
| Floating Ribs | bottom 2 pairs do not attach to the sternum at all |
| Shoulder/Pectoral Girdle | made up of the clavicle and scapula. supports the arms and allows a point of attachment for the muscles |
| Clavicle | Collar Bone, Shoulder Bone. Articulates with the humerous and clavicle |
| Upper Extremities | made up of the humerous bone |
| Radius | located on the thumbside of the forearm |
| Ulna | longer of the 2 forearm bones and is located on the pinkie side |
| Hand | composed of the wrist, palm, and fingers |
| Carpal Bones | 8 bones, that make up the wrist |
| MetaCarpals | 5 bones, that make up the palm |
| Fingers | phalanges or digits |
| Each of these have 3 bones except the thumb | fingers |
| Hand Bones | hamate, capitate, trapezoid, trapezium, scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform |
| Long Bones | found in the arms and legs. longer than they are wide |
| Short Bones | shaped like cubes. found primarily in the wrist and ankles. |
| Flat Bones | form the ribs, breastbone, and skull. are thin, flat, and curved. |
| Irregular Bones | hip bone. vertebraes. and various bones in the skull |
| Compact Bones | dense, hard bone tissue. found in the shafts of long bones and on the outer surface of other bones |
| Spongy Bone | located at the ends of long bones and in the center of other bones |
| Diaphysis | long shaft of the bone. compacted bones. considerable strenght. |
| Epiphysis | articulates or meets with a second bone at a joint |
| Epiphyseal Disc | band of cartilage, growth plate |
| Medullary Cavity | hallow center of the diaphysis |
| Periosteum | tough fibrous connective tissue membrane |
| Articular Cartilage | decreases friction within a joint |
| Ossification | formation of bone |
| Condyle | articulates with another bone |
| Epicondyle | enlargement near or above a condyle |
| Head | enlarged and rounded end of a bone |
| Process | prominent projection on a bone |
| Foramen | opening through a bone, passageway for nerves |
| Fossa | depression or groove |
| Axial Skeleton | skull, hyoid bone, bones of the middle ear, vertebrae column and bony thorax |
| Appendicular Skeleton | bones of arms and legs. bones of hip and shoulder girdles. |
| Cranium | encases and protects the brain |
| Frontal | forehead, part of the nose, and structure around the eyes |
| Parietal | 2 bones that form part of the head and part of the side |
| Temporal | 2 bones that are the side of the head |
| Occipital | base of the skull |
| Sphenoid | forms part of the floor and sides of the cranium |
| Ethmoid | forms the bony structure in the nasal cavity |
| Mandible | lower jawbone |
| Maxilla | 2 bones that fuse to form the upper jaw |
| Palatine Bones | forms the posterious part of the head palate and floor of the nasal cavity |
| Zygomatic | 2 bones that are your cheek bones and form some of the orbits around the eyes |
| Pelvic Girdle | made up of the sacrum and coccyx |
| Coxal Bone | hip bone |
| Femur | theighbone |
| Patella | kneecap |
| Tibia | shin bone |
| Fibula | behind shin bone |
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