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Title: Can you name all of the bones in the body?
Post by: lillianw2005 on Jan 21, 2014
im taking bio in highschool and i have a big test coming up, but my teacher didnt teach us so i need to know!!!!!!!!!!!!


Title: Can you name all of the bones in the body?
Post by: Mhightower on Jan 21, 2014
Cranial bones:
frontal bone
parietal bone
temporal bone
occipital bone
sphenoid bone
ethmoid bone
Facial bones:
mandible
maxilla
palatine bone
zygomatic bone
nasal bone
lacrimal bone
vomer bone
inferior nasal conchae
In the middle ears

malleus
incus
stapes
In the throat

hyoid bone
In the shoulder girdle

scapula or shoulder blade
clavicle or collarbone
In the thorax

sternum
Can be considered as three bones; manubrium, body of sternum (gladiolus) and xiphoid process
ribs
In the vertebral column

cervical vertebrae
thoracic vertebrae
lumbar vertebrae
In the arms

humerus
In the forearms

radius
ulna
In the hands :

Carpal (wrist) bones:
scaphoid bone
lunate bone
triquetral bone
pisiform bone
trapezium
trapezoid bone
capitate bone
hamate bone
Metacarpus (palm) bones:
metacarpal bones
Digits of the hand (finger bones or phalanges):
proximal phalanges
intermediate phalanges
distal phalanges
In the pelvis

coccyx
sacrum
hip bone (innominate bone or coxal bone)
In the thighs

femur
In the legs

patella
tibia
fibula
In the feet

Tarsal (ankle) bones:
calcaneus (heel bone)
talus
navicular bone
medial cuneiform bone
intermediate cuneiform bone
lateral cuneiform bone
cuboid bone
Metatarsus bones:
metatarsal bone
Digits of the foot (toe bones or phalanges):
proximal phalanges
intermediate phalanges
distal phalanges


Title: Can you name all of the bones in the body?
Post by: tqwolfork on Jan 21, 2014
All the bones are joined together to form the skeleton
types of the bones are
1. The axial skeleton which contain the following bones.
    a. cervical vertebrae
    b. thoracic vertebrae
    c. lumbar vertebrae
2. the appendicular vertebrae
    a. fore limbs
    b the hind limbs