The Skeletal System

Axial Skeleton The axial skeleton forms the central axis of the body. It consists of the skull, the vertebral column, the ribs and the sternum.

Bone Marrow Bone marrow is the tissue comprising the center of large bones. It is the place where new blood cells are produced.bonesbloodcells

Carpal Bones The 8 short bones that make up your wrists

Cartilage Cartilage is a type of dense connective tissue.connective tissue Cartilage is found in the joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disksrib cageearnosethroat intervertebral disks

Clavicle The clavicle is the collar bone

Coccyx The coccyx is the bottom tip of the sacrum

Cranium The brain and surrounding skullbrainskull

Diaphragm a shelf of muscle extending across the bottom of the ribcage.

Femur This is the longest bone in your body. It is located on your upper leg.

Fibula This is the smaller bone on your lower leg. It lays on the outside.

Floating Ribs The last two sets of ribs on your ribcage. They are not connected to the sternum.

Hard Palate This bone makes up the roof of your mouth

Hinge Joint The hinge joint allows bones to move back and forth, and is found in your elbow and knee. It allows bones to move like a hinge in a doorhinge joint

Humerus This is the bone that makes up your upper arm.

Joints The place where two or more bones come together is called a jointjoint

Ligaments The bones at a joint are held together by strong bands of tissue called ligaments which allow the bones to moveligaments

Mandible The lower part of your jaw

Metatarsals The long bones in your foot.

Ossification Ossification is the process of bone formation, in which connective tissues, such as cartilage are turned to bone or bone-like tissuebonecartilagebone

Patella Your Kneecap OUCH!!! That’s a nail

Pelvis Your Hips

Phalanges Includes your fingers and toes

Radius One of the two bones in your lower arm. This bone is always found on the thumb side of the arm.

Ribs Ribs form a protective barrier around your heart and lungs.

Sacrum Sits at the bottom of your spinal cord in between the sides of the pelvis.

Scapula Your Shoulder Blades

Sternum The Sternum connects your ribs together in the front of the chest. The bottom tip of the sternum is called the xyphoid process.

Stirrup Bone This is the smallest bone in the human body

Tibia Your Shin bone

Ulna The other bone in your lower arm. Opposite the radius.

Vertebrae Each one of the disks in the spinal column.