Appendicular Skeleton

Bones of the Appendicular Skeleton Total of 126 bones Girdles Pectoral/Shoulder Girdle Pelvic/Hip Girdle Appendages Arms Legs

Pectoral Girdle Common name Function Bone Names Numbers Articulations Scientific Numbers Articulations

Special Features Scapula Glenoid cavity Acromion process

Arm Bones Upper Arm Lower Arm How to distinguish radius from ulna Humerus Lower Arm Radius Ulna How to distinguish radius from ulna

Special Features Humerus Ulna Head Olecranon fossa Olecranon process Trochlear notch

Special Features Ulna Olecranon process Trochlear notch

Wrist - Carpals Never lower Tillie’s Pants, Mother Might Come Home Navicular, Lunate, Triquetral, Pisiform greater Multangular, lesser Multangular, Capitate, Hamate Sally Left The Party, To Take Cathy Home Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Pisiform Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate

Bones of the Hand Metacarpals Fingers vs Thumbs Phalanges Knuckles Count from the thumb #1 - #5 Fingers vs Thumbs Phalanges Proximal Middle Distal Knuckles Passing Gas

Pelvic Girdle Each pelvic bone – Os Coxa 3 fused bones Ilium Note: ileum is a part of the small intestine! Each pelvic bone – Os Coxa 3 fused bones Ilium Contains the iliac crest – hematopoietic Posterior joint Ilium articulates with the sacrum forming the sacroiliac joint.

Ah here’s the dance you should know Ah, baby when the lights are down low I say, grab your baby then go Do the Hucklebuck, Do the Hucklebuck If you don’t know how to do it; Man, you are out of luck Push ya baby out; Then you hunch her back Start a little movement in your SACROILIAC Wiggle like a snake, wobble like a duck That’s when you do the Hucklebuck A little bit of twist, A little bit of this And if you don’t know how to do it; Ask my little sis. Push your partner out; And then you hunch her back Wiggle like a snake; wobble like a duct That’s when you do the Huckle buck

Ischium Obturator foramen Acetabulum Ischial tuberosity

Pubis Symphysis pubis joint is the anterior joint of the pelvic girdle. Between 2 pubic bones.

Male and Female Pelvic Girdles Ischium Pubis

Bones of the Leg Upper Leg Femur Knee Patella Lower leg Tibia Fibula

Special Features Femur Tibia Fibula Head of femur Tibial tuberosity Medial malleolus Fibula Lateral malleolus

Ankle - Tarsals Foot – Metatarsals Toes – Phalanges Talus Calcaneus Navicular Cuboid Lateral cuneiform Intermediate cuneiform Foot – Metatarsals Toes – Phalanges Proximal phalange Middle phalange Distal phalange Compare toe phalanges to finger phalanges.

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