- Define: skull a framework of bone or cartilage enclosing the brain or a vertebrate; the skeleton of a persons or animals head.
- Purpose: To protect the brain
- Fun Fact: The human skull contains 22 bones
- Vertebrae (neck): each of the series of small bones forming the backbone having serval projections for articulation & muscle attachment & a hole through which the spinal cord.
- Purpose: to protect the spinal cord
- Fun Fact: When were born our spines consists 33 individual vertebrae
- Humerus: The bone of the upper arm or forelimb, forming joints at the shoulder & the elbow.
- Purpose: connects the rest of our arm to the shoulder
- Fun Fact: the humorous is the longest bone that most commonly fractures
- Clavicle: technical term for collarbone
- Purpose: It keeps the scapula in position so the arm hangs freely away from the trunk of the body.
- Fun Fact: The collar bone is shaped like an old Roman Cock.
- Ribs: A small open boat with a fiberglass hull & inflatable rubber sides
- Purpose: to protect the internal organs.
- Fun Fact: with every breath you take your rib cage expands by 3 to 5cm.
- Scapula: Term for shoulder blade
- Purpose: The scapula is one of the bone & muscles of the upper arm
- Fun Fact: The scapula is the seconds bone in the 206 bones in the human body.
- 1. Sternum: the breastbone
- Purpose : Stabilizes the theoretic skeleton.
- Fun Fact: "T" shaped bone
- Tarsal: a bone of the Tarsus
- Purpose: allows us to walk
- Fun Fact: About 19% of the u.s. Population have tarsals problems
- Metatarsals: Any of the bones of the foot.
- Purpose: The bones connect the toes to the heel & run most of the length of the foot.
- Fun Fact: their are 26 bones on a foot.
- Phalanges: The bone of the fingers
- Purpose: They allow you to pick up things & generally just allow you to move your fingers.
- Fun Fact: Each thumb has two bones.
- Carpals: Any of the carpal bones
- Purpose: they allow the wrist to move
- Fun fact: All parts connect like a jigsaw puzzle.
- Metacarpals: Any of the five bones of the hand.
- Purpose: They connect the hand to all its parts
- Fun Fact: The head of your metacarpals form your knuckles.
- Femur: The bone of the thigh or upper hind limb,articulating at the hip & the knee.
- Purpose: It forms various functions that help maintain mobility.
- Fun Fact: The femur is the longest bone in the body.
- Radius: Radical bone, is one of the two large bones of the forearm
- Purpose: Is the stabilizing bone of the forearm.
- Fun Fact: When you fall the radius is designed to snap & absorb most of the impact inorder to prevent damage to more important areas.
- Ulna: The thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm, on the side opposite to the thumb.
- Purpose: one of the bones that make the forearm it makes the elbow joint.
- Fun Fact: The ulna is our " Funny bone"
- Tibia: The inner & typically larger of the two bones between the knee & the ankle, parallel with the fibula.
- Purpose: Connect the knee tot he ankle.
- Fun Fact: Is the large bone.
- Fibula: The outer & usually smaller of the two bones between the knee the ankle in humans, parallel with the tibia.
- Purpose: Is the long, thin & lateral bone of the lower leg.
- Fun Facts: Supports the body weight.
- Pelvis: The larger bone structure near the base of the spine to which the hind limbs or legs are attached in humans and many other vertebrates.
- Purpose: Protects the delicate organs on the pelvic cavity made of smaller bones, made from your bone.
- Fun Fact: Its an anatomical landmarks, supports the spinal column.