front 1 maxillary bone | back 1 support the upper teeth; form the inferior orbital rim |
front 2 palatine bones | back 2 form posterior portion of the hard palate; back roof of mouth |
front 3 nasal bones | back 3 support the superior portion of the bridge of the nose; connected to cartilages that support the distal portions of the nose |
front 4 inferior nasal conchae | back 4 create turbulance in air passing throught the nasal cavity; promotes warming and humidification of inhailed air |
front 5 zygomatic bones | back 5 rim and lateral wall of the orbit; cheeckbone |
front 6 lacrimal bones | back 6 part of the medial wall of the orbit; eye socket |
front 7 vomer | back 7 inferior portion of the bony nasal septum |
front 8 mandible | back 8 lower jaw |
front 9 occipital bone | back 9 posterior, lateral and inferior surfaces of the cranium; lower back of head, above the neck; below the lambdoid sture; home of occipital crest |
front 10 parietal bone | back 10 superior and lateral surfaces of the cranium; top side of the head (2) divided by sagittal suture |
front 11 frontal bone | back 11 anterior portion of the cranium; roof of orbits; helps flush mucous of frontal sinuses; in front of coronal suture |
front 12 temporal bones | back 12 lateral wall of the cranium; articulates with facial bones and mandible; protects organs of inner ear; attachment site for muscles that close the jaw and move the head; surrounded by squamous suture |
front 13 sphenoid | back 13 floor of the cranium; strengthens sides of skull |
front 14 ethmoid | back 14 anteromedial floor of the cranium; roof of nasal cavity; part of nasal septum |
front 15 hyoid bone | back 15 attachment site for muscles of the larynx, tongue, and pharynx; in the neck |
front 16 auditory ossicles | back 16 located in the ear cavity; play a key role in hearing |
front 17 ribs | back 17 reinforce posterior and lateral walls of the thoratic cavity |
front 18 vertebrosternal ribs | back 18 1-7; true ribs |
front 19 vertebrochondral ribs | back 19 8-10; false ribs |
front 20 vertebral ribs | back 20 11-12; floating ribs; attached only to vertabrae and muscles of the body wall |
front 21 sternum | back 21 breastbone; anterior midline of thoracic wall; includes the manubrium, body, and xiphoid process |
front 22 jugular notch | back 22 located between clavicular aritculations |
front 23 cervival vetebrae | back 23 C1-C7; neck; support skull; long split tip; stabalize positions of brain and spinal cord; allow controlled head movements |
front 24 thoracic vertabrae | back 24 T1-T12; chest; long, slender, not split; support weight of head, neck, upper limbs, and chest. |
front 25 lumbar vertebrae | back 25 L1-L5; inferior of back; blunt and broad; support weight of head, neck uper limbs and trunk |
front 26 sacrum | back 26 under the lumbar vertebrae; protects reproductive, digestive, and urinary organs |
front 27 coccyx | back 27 under the sacrum; tail bone; consists of 3-5 vertabrae |
front 28 clavicle | back 28 part of pectoral gridle; superior, lateral border or manubrium |
front 29 scapula | back 29 part of pectoral gridle; bone connected to humerus and clavicle; shoulder blade |
front 30 humerus | back 30 brachium (top part of arm) |
front 31 radius | back 31 forearm; thumb side |
front 32 ulna | back 32 forearm; pinky side |
front 33 carpal bones | back 33 8 bones, from pinky to thumb: (proximal) pisiform, triquetrum, lunate, scaphoid, (distal) hamate, capitate, trapezoid, trapezium |
front 34 metacarpal bones | back 34 5 bones between carpals and phalanges; support the hand |
front 35 phalanges | back 35 5 finger bones; 5 toe bones |
front 36 hip bones | back 36 2 in the pelvic gridle; consists of the ilium (superior), ischium (posterior), and pubis (anterior) |
front 37 femur | back 37 thigh; connected to the hip bone; longest and heaviest bone in the body |
front 38 patella | back 38 kneecap; large sesamoid bone |
front 39 tibia | back 39 shin bone; large medial bone of the leg |
front 40 fibula | back 40 parallel to the tibia; bears no weight; site of attachment of muscles that move the foot and toes |
front 41 tarsal bones | back 41 ankle bones |
front 42 metatarsal bones | back 42 5 bones between tarsals and phalanges of the foot |