The Sternum

Bone

Definition

  cranium

Greek kranion meaning head

  clavicle

Latin clavicula, diminutive form of the Latin word clavis meaning key

  scapula

Latin noun scapulae meaning shoulder-blades

  humerus

Latin noun humerus meaning upper arm or shoulder

  ulna

from the Latin noun ulna meaning elbow, arm.

  radius

from the Latin word radius meaning ray, spokes of a wheel.

  spinal column or vertebrae

from the Latin spina meaning thorn

  sternum

derived from the Greek word sternon meaning breast or chest (male)

  sacrum

from the the Latin word sacer meaning sacred

  coccyx

from the Greek word kokkux = a cuckoo, since the coccyx resembled the cuckoo’s beak in shape.

  pelvis or hip bone

Latin pelvis meaning a basin

  tibia

from the Latin tibia, a flute or pipe

  patella

Latin patella, diminutive of patera - small, round dish

  fibula

from the Latin fibula, a broach or clasp

  tarsus

Greek tarsos meaning a wicker basket, crate

  carpals

Derived from the Greek word karpos meaning wrist

  metacarpals

The part that comes after the wrist

  phalanges

the plural form of the Greek phalanx meaning line of battle, or the ordering of infantry

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