Tag: skeleton

Students learn the names of bones and their structures for Anatomy and Physiology.  This is a much more in-depth study than just labeling the skeleton bones because they also need to know the features of the bones where muscles attach and how the bones fit together.  I use …

The clavicle is commonly called the collarbone and it located in the upper chest region.  The word “clavicle” is latin for “little key” because it rotates like a key when the shoulder and arm are extended.  The clavicle connects to the acromion process of the scapula and the …

The lower leg bones of the human consist of the large tibia, which is commonly called the shinbone, and the smaller fibula which is located laterally.  Several features of these bones are visible from the outside of the body.  The large tibial tuberosity, is visible as a bulge just …

The zygomatic bone articulates with the maxilla and the temporal bone and is the bone that makes up the cheek of the face.   The zygomatic process of the temporal bone is an extension of the temporal bone that connects to the zygomatic bone.     On the …