Skeletal System

Human Bones

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Front Back
Maxilla
Upper jaw, the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
Question 2
Mandible
Lower jaw, the jaw in the vertebrates that is hinges to open the mouth
Scapula
Answer 3
Shoulder blade/ two flat tiangular bones one on each side of the shoulder/ connects the humerus with the clavicle
Clavicle
Answer 4
Collar bone/ bone linking the scapula and sternum/ essentially the prominent bone between the shoulder and the neck
Sternum
Answer 5
Breastbone/ flat bone that articulated with the clavicle/ first seven pairs of ribs
Ribs
Answer 6
Long curved bones which form ribcage, surround the chest, enable the lungs
Humerus
Answer 7
'Funny Bone' / Bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow
Radius
Answer 8
Bone of the forearm that extends from the lateral side of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist
Ulna
Answer 9
Inner and longer of the two bones in the forearm/ n the medial side of the forearm close to the body
Cervical
Answer 10
Neck/ vertebrates immediately inferior to the skull/ Consists of 7 vertebrates
Thoracic
Middle portion of the spine/ 12 vertebrae/ located in the area of the chest and consists of your upper body and ribs
Lumbar
Largest segments of the movable parts of the vertebral column/ 5 vertebrae/ supports the upper body, torso and low back
Sacrum
Wedge-shaped bone consisting of 5 fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis/ connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx/ inserted like a wedge between the two hip bones
Coccyx
Tailbone/ end of the vertebral column
Pelvis
Structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs, large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs, consisting of the hip bones, sacrum, coccyx