Question | Answer |
mandibular bone | is the lower jaw bone |
maxillary bones | two bones; are the bones of the upper jaw |
zygomatic bones | two bones' one on each side of the face-from the high part of the cheek and the outer border of the eye orbits |
nasal bones | two slender nasal bones gives shape to the nose by forming the upper part of the bridge. The lower part of the nose is formed by septal cartilage. |
nasal bones | meet at the midline of the face, they also jion the frontal bone, the ethmoid bone, and the maxillae |
lacrimal bones | two small lacrimal bones are upper thin and shaped somewhat like a fingernail, They are located at the inner corner of each eye, forming the sidewall of the nasal cavity and the middle wall of the eye orbit |
lacrimal bones | join the cheek bones on each side to form the fossa, which houses the tear (or lacrimal) duct |
vomer | is a thin, flat bone that forms the lower portion of the nasal septum. |
palatine bones | two bones, that are shaped like the letter "L"; they have a vertical and a horizontal portion |
nasal conchae | two inferior nasal conchae bones help to complete the nasal cavity by forming the side and lower wall |
cerivcal vertebrae | the first segment of the vertebrae column; which consits of the first seven bones of the vertebral column |
hyoid bone | is located just above the larynx and below the mandible |
thoracic vertebrae | progressing down the vertebral column, the second segment is the throacic vertebrae-consisting of the next 12 vertebrae |
lumbar vertebrae | the third segment; consisting of the next five vertebrae |
lumbar vertebrae | are larger and heavier than the other vertebrae, and support the back and lower trunk of the body |
sacrum | the fourth segment, is loacted below the lumabar vertebrae, |
sacrum | is a singluar trianglaur-shaped bone that resulted from the fusion of the five individual sacral bones of the child |
coccyx | the fifth segment, located at the very end of the vertebrae column |
coccyx | called the tailbone; is a single bone that resulted from fushion of 4 individual coccygeal bones in the child |
humerus | is the upper arm bone |
radius | is one of the two lower arm bones that joins the humerus above and the wrist below |
ulna | is the second of the two lower arm bones that joins the humerus above and the wrist bones below |
carpals | the bones of the wrist; each wrist has eight carpal bones(two rows of four bones each) |
metacarpals | the bones of the hand |
phanlanges | the bones of the fingers;(as are the bones of the toes); each fingers has three phalangel bones, the thumb has only two |
femur | is the thigh bone; is the longiest, heavist, and storngest bone in the body |
patella | is the knee bone or kneecap; mthe largest sesamoid bone in the body |
trochanter | is the large lateral projection at the point where the neck and the shaft meet |
tibia | is the larger and stronger of the two lower leg bones; also called the shin bone |
fibula | is the more slender of the two lower leg bones and is lateral to the tibia |
tarsals | bones of the ankle |
metatarsals | bones of the foot |
phalanges | bones of the fingers |
calcanerus | known as the heel bone; largest tarsal bone; serves as a point of attachment for several of the muscles of the calf |
frontal bone | forms the forehead (front of the skull) and the upper part of the bony cavities that contain the eyeballs. |
parietal bones | moving toward the back of the head, just behind the frontal bones, are two parietal bones. They form most of the top and upper sides of the cranium |
occipital bone | forms the back of the head and the base of the skull(the back portion of the floor of the cranial cavity.) |
temporal bone | from the lower sides and part of the base of the skull(cranium) |
spenoid bone | is a bat-shaped bone. located at the base of the skull in front of the temporal bones |
ethmoid bone | lies justbehin the nasal bone, in front of the sphenoid bone. Forms the front of the base of the skull, part of the eye orbits and the nasal cavity |