appendicular skeleton

clavicle— sternal

close to sternum

clavicle— acromonial

refers to the acromion. bony highest point of the shoulder blade. sits at the top of the shoulder and connects clavicle to form ac joint

scapula— infra (spinous fossa)

prefix means below

scapula— supra (spinous fossa)

prefix means above

scapula— break down subscap prefixes (subscapular fossa)

sub - under, scap - shoulder blade

scapula— glenoid

means socket, a point of connection

humerus— olecranon fossa

literally means elbow depression

tubercles

where muscles attach, latin for “lump”

humerus— (intertubercular) sulcus

furrow, trench

humerus— trochlea

to pulley

humerus— coronoid (fossa)

means shaped like a crow’s beak or a hook. critical anchor points for muscles

humerus— epi (condyle)

on the outside (of a large, smooth, rounded, oval structure)

humerus— (epi) condyle

knuckle, joint, knob

humerus— capitulum

latin “caput” meaning small head

ulna— styloid (process)

slender, spike-like bony projection

manus— phalanges

ancient greek origins “phalanx” means tightly packed, closely aligned row of soldiers

os coxae— pelvic

below abdomen and between hip bones

os coxae— coccyx

cuckoo’s beak

os coxae— sacrum

sacred, holy bone

os coxae— (pelvic) brim

rim of a bowl shaped structure or cavity

os coxae— acetumabulum word breakdown

acetum - vinegar, abulum - small vessel. means resembling roman vinegar cups

os coxae— obturator foramen

obturator - “to block” cause it’s covered membrane. foramen - anatomical holes or gaps

os coxae— ischium and ischial tuberosity

the seat bone

os coxae— ilium

side of the body from the hips to the groin

os coxae— iliac (crest)

“colic” remember the baby crying

os coxae— (greater) sciatic (notch)

connected with the hip

femur— (greater) trochanter

looks like the french word chanter. when you sing you have to “massively project”

trochanters are found only on the femur

tibia and fibula— malleolus

“bone knob” on either side of the ankle

pes— talus

dices were originally made from this

pes— calcaneous

“heel bone” think calcifer from howl’s moving castle and how it was like the sun. achilles was like the sun but his heel was his weakness

bone histology— peri (osteum)

around

bone histology— osteon

bone

bone histology— lamellae

thin

bone histology— lacunae

“lacus” meaning hollow, opening

bone histology— trabeculae

“trabeal” meaning beam-like

articulating surfaces

condyle, facet, head, trochlea

depressions

alveolus, fossa, sulcus

projections

crest, epicondyle, process, spine, trochanter, tubercle, tuberosity

openings and spaces

canal, fissure, foramen