The Skeletal System
Axial Skeleton
The axial skeleton forms the central axis of the body. It consists of the skull, the vertebral column, the ribs and the sternum.
Bone Marrow
Bone marrow is the tissue comprising the center of large bones. It is the place where new blood cells are produced.
Carpal Bones
The 8 short bones that make up your wrists
Cartilage
Cartilage is a type of dense connective tissue.
Cartilage is found in the joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks
Clavicle
The clavicle is the collar bone
Coccyx
The coccyx is the bottom tip of the sacrum
Cranium•The brain and surrounding skull
Diaphragm
•a shelf of muscle extending across the bottom of the ribcage.
FemurThis is the
longest bone in your body. It is located on
your upper leg.
FibulaThis is the
smaller bone on your lower leg.
It lays on the outside.
Floating Ribs
The last two sets of ribs on your ribcage. They are not connected to the sternum.
Hard Palate
This bone makes up the roof of your mouth
Hinge Joint
The hinge joint allows bones to move back and forth, and is found in your elbow and knee. It allows bones to move like a hinge in a door
Humerus
This is the bone that makes up
your upper arm.
Joints
The place where two or more bones come together is called a joint
Ligaments
The bones at a joint are held together by strong bands of tissue called ligaments which allow the bones to move
Mandible
The lower part of your
jaw
MetatarsalsThe long bones in your foot.
Ossification
Ossification is the process of bone formation, in which connective tissues, such as cartilage are turned to bone or bone-like tissue
Patella
Your Kneecap
OUCH!!!
That’s a nail
Pelvis
Your Hips
Phalanges
Includes your
fingers and toes
Radius
One of the two bones in your lower arm. This bone is
always found on the thumb side of the arm.
Ribs
Ribs form a protective barrier around your heart
and lungs.
Sacrum
Sits at the bottom of your spinal cord in between the sides of the pelvis.
Scapula
Your Shoulder Blades
SternumThe Sternum connects your ribs together
in the front of the chest.
The bottom tip of the
sternum is called the xyphoid process.
Stirrup BoneThis is the smallest bone in the human body
Tibia
Your Shin bone
Ulna
The other bone in your lower arm.
Opposite the radius.
Vertebrae
Each one of the disks in the spinal column.
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