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HS Major Bones
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Skull | cranium, bones surrounding brain |
| mandible | lower jaw bone |
| clavicle | collar bone |
| sternum | breastbone |
| rib cage | protects the heart and lungs |
| humerus | upper arm bone |
| radius | lower arm bone on the thumb side |
| ulna | lower arm bone on pinky side |
| carpals | wrist bones |
| metacarpals | hand bones |
| phalanges | bones of fingers, toes |
| femur | upper leg bone |
| patella | kneecap |
| tibia | The shin bone, the larger of the two bones of the lower leg. |
| fibula | Smaller lower leg bone |
| tarsals | ankle bones |
| scapula | shoulder blade |
| vertebral column | spine |
| pelvis | hip bone |
| sacrum | bone formed from five vertebrae fused together near the base of the spinal column |
| coccyx | tailbone |