Anatomy Body & Skeletal Terms

Carpals

WRIST

Eight small bones that make up the wrist

Clavicle

COLLARBONE

Long slender bone that connects shoulder blade (scapula) to the breastbone

Femur

THIGH

Longest and strongest bone in the body, located in upper leg or thigh

Fibula

LOWER LEG / CALF

Long thin bone located on the lateral side of the lower leg 

Frontal Bone

HEAD & NASAL REGION

Anterior portion of the skull, forms forehead and roof of eye sockets 

Humerus 

SUPERIOR BRACHIUM REGION 

Long bone in the upper arm that extends from shoulder joint to elbow joint 

Mandible

Horse-shoe shaped bone that forms lower part of the face 

Maxilla

A paired bone that forms upper portion of facial skeleton

Metacarpals

Five long bones located in the palm of the hand between carpal bones

Metatarsals

FOREFOOT REGION

Five long tubular bones in the mid foot located between tarsal bones and phalanges.

Occipital bone

BACK OF THE SKULL

Flat trapezoid shape, bone that forms the posterior portion of the skull

Parietal Bone

ROOF OF SKULL

Two large flat bones that form top sides of the skull

Patella

KNEECAP

Small triangular bone at the front of the knee joint

Pelvis

Bones connecting spine to legs, comprising of sacrum coccyx. (Between abdomen and thighs)

Phalanges

Fingers & toes

Bones that form fingers and toes

Radius

The forearm, on the thumbs side of arm

Two long bones in the forearm

Costals

Thorax / Chest

Pertaining to the ribs or sides of the body

Scapula

Flat triangular bone on the upper back that connects upper limb to trunk

Sternum

Central anterior part of the chest

Flat elongated bone located in anterior part of the chest cavity

Tarsals

Seven irregular shaped bones located in the posterior part of the foot.

Temporal bone

Paired a irregular bone located on the lateral sides of the skull

Tibia

Larger of two bones in the lower leg, extending from the knee to the ankle

Ulna

One of the two long bones in the forearm, located on the media side.

Vertebral column

Individual vertebrae that are connected by joints and ligaments.

Zygomatic bone

Pair of a regular shaped bones on lateral sides of face

Sacrum

Triangular bone at the bottom of the spine between lumbar vertebrae.

Coccyx

Small bone at the bottom of the spine

iliac crest

Curved by boney ridge at the top of the hip bone

Pubic arch

Be shaped or arch like anatomical structure

Pelvic opening

Entrance and exit points of the pelvis

Abdominal

Part of the body between the chest and the hips.

Antebrachial

The forearm, upper limb between elbow and wrist

Antecubital

The interior of the elbow joint, upper arm meets forearm

Axillary

area under the armpit

Brachial

Functions related to the whole arm

Buccal

The cheek or inner cheek lining of the mouth

Calcaneal

Strong bone in the heel of the foot

Cephalic

The head region of the body

Cervical

The neck region of the body

Coxal

The hip / pelvic bone

Crural

The lower leg, area b/t knee and ankle

Deltoid

Large triangular shaped muscle on the shoulder

Digital (superior)

Position toward fingers that is towards the head

Digital (inferior)

The toes specifically the region surrounding them

Femoral

The femur the long bone in the thigh

Gluteal

The muscles and region of the buttocks

Inguinal

The area where the abdomen meets the upper thigh

Lumbar

The lower area of the spine

Nasal

The nose or relating to the nose

Occipital

The posterior cranial bone that forms the back of the skull

Olecranal

The bony projection forming the point of the elbow

Oral

The mouth and surrounding structures of it

Orbital

A bone cavity located in the skull that houses and protects the eyeball and its associated structures

Patellar

A small triangular shaped bone located at the front of the knee joint

Pelvic

The area of the body below the abdomen that is located between the hip bones.

Popliteal

Structure located behind the knee joint

Sacral

A bone located at the base of the spine, forming the posterior wall of the pelvis

Scapular

A triangular shaped bone located on the posterior side of the rib cage

Sternal

A flat bone located in the center of the chest

Sural

The posterior part of the lower leg, the calf

Tarsal

Seven short bones that form the framework of the foot

Thoracic

Area of the body between the neck and the abdomen, also known as the chest

Umbilical

The navel or the belly button a scar left from the umbilical cord in the abdomen

Vertebral

The bones and structure that make up the spine, also known as the backbone

Costal cartilage

Flexible cartilage that connects anterior ends of ribs to the sternum

True ribs (1-7)

Vertebra sternal ribs, direct connection to the sternum

False ribs (8-12)

Ribs that indirectly connect to the sternum

Floating ribs (11-12)

Last two pairs of ribs that are unique because they don’t attach to the sternum or another rib

Thoracic vertebrae (1-12)

12 bones that form middle section of the vertebral column, located between the cervical and lumbar vertebrae.