ASSIGNED BONES AND LANDMARKS

AXIAL SKELETON COMPONENTS:

Skull
Vertebral Column
Thoracic Cage

SKULL
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CRANIAL BONES
Frontal Bone
- Paranasal Sinuses: Frontal, Sphenoidal and Maxillary Sinuses and Ethmoid Air Cells
Parietal Bones (2)
Temporal Bones (2)
- Zygomatic Process
- External Auditory Meatus (External Acoustic Meatus)
- Mastoid Process
- Styloid Process
- Mandibular Fossa
Occipital Bone
- Foramen Magnum
- Occipital Condyles
- External Occipital Protuberance
Sphenoid bone
- Sella Turcica
- Hypophyseal Fossa
- Sphenoidal Sinus
- Greater Wings
- Lesser Wings
- Pterygoid Processes
- Optic Foramen (Optic Canal)
Ethmoid Bone
- Cristal Galli
- Olfactory (Cribiform) Foramina
- Perpendicular Plate
- Ethmoid Sinuses (Ethmoid Air Cells)
- Superior and Middle Nasal Conchae (Turbinates)
Sutures
- Coronal
- Sagittal
- Lambdoid
- Squamous
Fontanelles
- Anterior
- Posterior
- Sphenoidal
- Mastoid
FACIAL BONES
Nasal Bones (2)
Maxillae (2)

- Alveolar Processes
- Palatine Process
Zygomatic Bones (2)
- Temporal Process
- Zygomatic Arch (formed from the Zygomatic and Temporal bones)
Mandible
- Body
- Ramus
- Mental Foramen
- Coronoid Process
- Mandibular Condyle (Condylar Process)
- Mandibular Notch
- Mandibular Foramen
- Alveolar Processes
Lacrimal Bones (2)
Palatine Bones (2)
- Hard Palate
Inferior Nasal Conchae (2)
Vomer
The Nasal Septum is formed by the Vomer and the Perpendicular Plate of the Ethmoid
Hyoid Bone

VERTEBRAL COLUMN backbone:

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Curves
Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and Sacral
Anatomy Composed of 33 Vertebrae (7 Cervical, 12 Thoracic, 5 Lumbar, 5 Sacral, 4 Coccyx)
Structure of a Vertebra
Body
Pedicle
Lamina
Vertebral Foramen
Spinous Process
Transverse Process
Cervical Vertebrae
Transverse Foramen
Atlas (C1)
Axis (C2)
- Odontoid Process or Dens
Vertebra Prominens (C7)
Thoracic Vertebrae
Facets
Lumbar Vertebrae
Sacrum (Sacral Vertebrae)
Median Sacral Crest
Sacral Foramina
Coccyx (Coccygeal Vertebrae)
Intervertebral Discs
Nucleus Pulposus

Annulus Fibrosus

THORACIC CAGE:
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Sternum
Manubrium
Body
Xiphoid Process
Ribs
True Ribs
- Head
- Costal Cartilage
- Tubercle
False Ribs
Floating Ribs

APPENDICULAR SKELETON: Limbs and Girdles

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PECTORAL GIRDLE
Clavicles
- Sternal End
- Acromial End
Scapulae
- Superior Border
- Medial Border
- Lateral Border
- Superior Angle

- Inferior Angle
- Lateral Angle
- Glenoid Cavity
- Spine
- Acromion Proces
- Coracoid Process
- Suprascapular Notch
- Supraspinous Fossa and Infraspinous Fossa
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Humerus
- Head
- Anatomical Neck
- Surgical Neck
- Greater Tubercle
- Lesser Tubercle
- Deltoid Tuberosity
- Trochlea
- Capitulum
- Medial and Lateral Epicondyles
- Coronoid Fossa
- Olecranon Fossa
- Radial Fossa
Ulna
- Olecranon Process
- Coronoid Process
- Trochlear Notch
- Radial Notch
- Head
- Styloid Process
Radius
- Head
- Radial Tuberosity
- Ulnar Notch
- Styloid Process
Carples (Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate )
Metacarples (Bones of Palm 5: I-Thumb, II-Index, III-Middle, IV-Ring, V- Pinky)
Phalanges (Finger Bones - Proximal, Middle & Distal for fingers. Proximal & Distal for Thumb)
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PELVIC GIRDLE
Os Coxae or Coxal Bones
Ilium
- Iliac Crest
- Iliac Spines
- Greater Sciatic Notch
Ischium
- Ishial Tuberosity
- Ischial Spine
Pubis
- Pubic Symphysis
- Acetabulum
- Obturator Foramen

LOWER LIMB - Leg

Femur
- Head
- Fovea Capitis
- Neck
- Greater Trochanter
- Lesser Trochanter
- Gluteal Tuberosity
- Linea Aspera
- Lateral and Medial Condyles
- Lateral and Medial Epicondyles
- Patellar Surface
Patella
Tibia
- Medial and Lateral Condyles
- Intercondylar Eminence
- Tibial Tuberosity
- Anterior Crest (Anterior Border)
- Medial Malleolus
- Fibular Notch
Fibula
- Head
- Lateral Malleolus
Tarsals (Talus, Calcaneus, Navicular, Medial, Intermediate and Lateral Cunieforms, Cuboid )
- Calcaneus
- Talus
Metatarsals (Bones of Foot 5: I = Big Toe, V = Pinky)
Phalanges