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Anterior: Top of inner cranial
Middle: Middle of inner cranial
Posterior: Bottom of inner cranial
Coronal Suture: Crown like band
Sagittal Suture: straight arrow
Squamous Suture: Overlapping scale like
On side of cranial
Lambdoid Suture: Back side (L)
Supraorbital foremen: Above eye
Glabella: Smooth; between eyes
Supraorbital Margin: Above eye
nasal bone: nose bone
lacrimal bone: tiny, between ear
zygomatic: cheekbones
maxillae: upper jawline
palatine bone: palate of mouth
Vomer: Septum
Inferior nasal concha: lower shell-like curl in nose
Acoustic meatus (external): ear canal
Mastoid process: breast shaped bump behind ear
zygomatic process: cheek arch
Mandibular Fossa: jaw sits in a hallow
Acoustic meatus (internal): Ear canal
Occiptal bone: Back of head
Foremen magnum: big hole for spinal cord
Sphenoid bone: into skull
stella taraica: saddle
Nasal conchae: nasal shelves
perpendicular plate: straight down plate
Mandibular condyles: rounded upper part of jaw
Ramus: upright lower jaw
Angle: corner of jaw
Coronoid Process: beak-like
Mandible: lower jaw
hyoid bone: "U" front of neck
intervertebral disc: cushion disc
General suture of a verebra: linked bones, let the spine bend and turn
Spinous process: feel on back
Vertebral foremen and canal: Spinal cord doorway
Articular facets: neck vertebrae
Transverse process: Across body
Transverse forearm: cheek bone hole
atlas c1: holds up skull
bifid: forked spinous
dens odontoid process: point at top
Axis C2: axle for head rotation
costal facet on body and transverse plane: rib
thoracic vertebrae 12: chest, breast palate
lumbar vertebraes: lower back
sacrum fused from 5 vertebrae: "sacred bone" surround holes
social foramina anterior vs. posterior surface: holes in sacrum
blunt non angled spinous process: blunt end on lumbar vertebreae
median sacral crest posterior surface: middle ridge
coccyx fused from 4 coccygeal vertebrae: tailbone
Thoracic cage: protects lungs, heart, etc.
True ribs 1-7: each attach directly to the sternum through its own coatal cartilage
Ribs 24: Ribs between true ribs and false ribs
False ribs 8-12: Lack their own sternum attachment
Floating ribs 11-12, last 4 of false ribs: no anterior attachment to sternum
manubrium: handle sternums upper handle
Sternum: Breast bone
Costal cartilages: Flexible rib cartilage
Xiphoid process: small "sword like" tip
shaft: long central stem
head: head of rib
Pectoral girdle: shoulder
Clavicle 2: "little key" - s shaped
Scapula: shoulder blade
Acromion: Akron= high point
Glenoid cavity: socket for the head
Corocoid process: Crow-beak
Humerus: upper arm bone
Later epicondyle: "bump"
Capitulum: "head"
Trochlea: "pully"
Olecranon fossa: "point of elbow"
medial epicondyle: "bump"
Olecranon: elbow
Ulna: forearm bone
Styloid process: sharp tip at wrist
Tuberosity of radius: rough bump on radius
Radius: forearm bone- thumb side
scaphoid: boat shaped
lunate: moon shaped
triquetrum: 3 cornered
pisiform: pea-shaped
trapezium: neighbors
capitate: rounded head
humate: hooked
phalanges: fingers
pelvic girdle: hip bone
Iliac crest: top of hip bone
Ilium: upper hip bone
OS coxae: Hip bone
Acetabulum: hip socket
Obturator foremen: big hole
Ischium: lower hip
Sacroiliac joint: sacred bone and hip bone together
pubis: groin joint
pubic symphysis: 2 pubic bones together
Greater trochanter: giant attachment knobs
femur: thigh bone
head: ball
fovea capitis: tiny pit
linea aspera: rough ridge
tibia: leg bone
tibia: thick skin bone
Anterior crest: sharp front ridge of skin
medial malleolus: inner ankle bump