| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Clavicle | collar bone, joins to sternum |
| Scapula (L or R) | coracoid process up look at process |
| Spine | outside of scapula |
| Acromion process | process in front of the spine |
| Coracoid process | top of glenoid cavity, the bump |
| glenoid cavity | hooks to humorous, cupped surface |
| Infraspinous Fossa | flat surface below spine |
| Superspinous Fossa | flat area above spine |
| Humerus (L or R) | head face back & see where trochlea is, it must be medial |
| head of humerus | rounded part at top |
| greater tubercle | greater ride |
| lesser tubercle | lesser ridge |
| olecranon fossa | pocket where elbow is at |
| Intertubercular groove | btw the tubercles |
| capitulum | rounded, hooks up to different bones |
| Trochlea | sharp, wider rounder articulation |
| Ulna (L or R) | radial notch should be lateral, styloid away from you, radial tells LOR |
| Olecranon process | part that forms the elbow |
| Radial notch | groove in between the ulna and the radius |
| semilunar notch | the 1/2 moon shaped groove |
| styloid process | farthest point, distal (down) |
| Carpals | wrists |
| hamate | under metacarpal 4 and 5 |
| capitate | under metacarpal 3 |
| pisiform | ventral bone |
| trapezium | under metacarpal 1,medial |
| lunate | base before the middle finger |
| triquetrum | under pinky under pisiform |
| trapezoid | under Meta 2 |
| Scaphoid | base bone in wrist |
| Radius | part of the arm/ lateral to the median |
| head of radius | bottom that looks as "horse hoof " |
| radial tuberosity | above the head |
| styloid process | distal end, raised area at end |
| Metacarpal 1 | thumb |
| Metacarpal 2 | pointer finger |
| Metacarpal 3 | middle finger |
| Metacarpal 4 | ring finger |
| Metacarpal 5 | pinky |
| Pollex | thumb |
| Femur (LOR) | trochlea front or up, head goes medial, how it fits in hip |
| head of femur | round bump |
| greater trochanter | bump above head |
| lesser trochanter | directly under head (bump) |
| intercondyloid fossa | area btw condyles |
| neck | under the head and extends to greater trochanter |
| medial and lateral condyle | in line with the head |
| trochlea (patellar fossa) | front bottom of bone |
| patella | knee cap |
| Tibia (LOR) | Medial malleolus in in middle |
| tibial tuberosity | above the crest |
| medial malleolus | distal part of bone (process) |
| crest | bump lined thing |
| Fibula (LOR) | crest facing like a bow |
| lateral malleolus | distal part |
| head of the fibula | proximal part, under the lateral condyle |
| Tarsals | ankle area |
| talus | only bone that interacts with tibia |
| navicular | "C" shape bone in front of talus |
| cuboid | large square bone |
| calcaneus | heel area |
| Cuneiforms 1, 2, 3 | line up in front of navicular |
| Metatarsals 1-5 | the ones that are noticeable/ start at middle bone |
| Hallux | big toe |
| ilium | largest portion of it |
| pubic bone | top ridge portion |
| obturator foremen | large hole 4 chords |
| ischial tuberosity | lowest point of loop |
| Coxal bone (LOR) | 1/2 of pelvis |
| ischium | the lower part of ring |
| acetabulum | cupped or depressed, all bones join when formed |
| pubic symphysis | line in the middle |
Combine with other sets
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