Identifying between Muscles and Bones
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Scapula | shoulder blade; the flat, triangular bone in the back of the shoulder. |
| Clavicle | collar bone; a bone, curved like the letter f, that articulates with the sternum and scapula, forming the anterior portion of the shoulder girdle on either side. |
| Frontal Bone | The large bone that makes up the forehead and supplies the upper edge and roof of the orbit (eye socket).The bone articulates (comes together) with a number of other bones including the parietal, nasal, ethmoid, maxillary, and zygomatic bones. |
| Humerus | The long bone in the arm which extends from the shoulder to the elbow. |
| Fibula | The lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. |
| Tibia | The larger of the two bones in the leg.This bone is familiarly known as the shinbone. |
| Femur | the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee. |
| Carpals | The group of eight bones forming the joint between the forearm and the hand. Also called wrist. |
| Metacarpals | Five cylindrical bones extending from the wrist to the fingers. |
| Zygomatic | The part of the temporal bone of the skull that forms the prominence of the cheek. |
| Maxilla | the major bone of the upper jaw |
| Mandible | the bone of the lower jaw. |
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