Bones pt2

bones bones bones

pelvic girdle

• the hip bone

• 3 fused bones: ilium, ischium, & pubis (i don’t think you need to know that)

public symphysis

2 pubis bones are attached here

acetabulum

large opening where the head of the femur sits

femur

primary thigh bone, strongest bone

patella

• knee cap

• considered both irregular and sesamoid b/c its floating

tibia

• medial bone of the leg

• stronger and larger than the fibula

fibula

lateral bone of the leg

what the fuck happens when my tibia breaks???

you wont be able to stand on that leg at all ong

what the fuck happens when my fibula breaks?

• you can stand g, but your balance is gonna be hella wack

• you gonna fall when you try to walk loser

tarsals

bones of the ankle

calcaneus

• biggest tarsal

• considered the heel bone

• connected to the calf muscle by the Achilles tendon

• sometimes split into two

• therefore there could be in total 6 or 7 tarsals in the foot

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metatarsals

foot bones, articulate independently

toes

• phalanges, just like with fingers

• big two has two, all the others are 3

skull

made up of 22 bones

frontal bone

forehead

parietal bone

side of the skull

occipital bone

back of the skull

temporal bone

temples/ear region

zygomatic bone

cheek bone

nasal bone

nose bone

maxilla

upper jaw

mandible

lower jaw
ONLY SKULL BONE THAT MOVES

hyoid bone

• floating bone

• anchors the tounge and allows for speaking and swallowing

• broken by manual strangulation on sum freaky shi

• will be left in tact with ligature strangulation