APPENDICULAR SKELTON

 

Pectoral girdle

 

1. Clavicles –

-a. Sternal end – 

-b. Acromial end – 

2. Scapula –

-a. Acromion –  

-b. Coracoid process –

-c. Glenoid cavity (fossa) –

-d. Spine –

-e. Borders –

-f. Angles –

 

Upper limb: arm (humerus)

 

1. Head –

2. Anatomical neck –

3. Greater tubercle –

4. Lesser tubercle –

5. Intertubercular groove –

6. Surgical neck –

7. Deltoid tuberosity –

8. Radial groove –

9. Trochlea –

10. Capitulum –

11. Epicondyles –

12. Coronoid fossa –

13. Olecranon fossa –

 

Upper limb: forearm

 

1. Ulna –

-a. Olecranon process –

-b. Coranoid process –

-c. Trochlear notch –

-d. Radial notch –

-e. Head –

-f. Styloid process –

2. Radius –

-a. Head –

-b. Radial tuberosity –

-c. Ulnar notch –

-d. Styloid process –

3. Interosseous membrane –

 

Upper limb: hand

 

1. Carpus (wrist) –

-a. Scaphoid –

-b. Lunate –

-c. Triquentrum –

-d. Pisiform –

-e. Trapezium –

-f. Trapezoid –

-g. Capitate –

-h. Hamate –

2. Metacarpus –

3. Phalanges –

-a. Thumb –

-b. Fingers –

 

Pelvic girdle

 

1. Coxal –

2. Bony pelvis –

3. Acetabulum –

4. Ilium

-a. Ala

-b. Iliac crest –

-c. Anterior superior iliac spine –

-d. Posterior superior iliac spine –

-e. Anterior inferior iliac spine –

-f. Posterior inferior iliac spine –

-g. Greater sciatic notch –

-h. Auricular surface –

-i. Arcuate line –

5. Ischium –

-a. Ischial body –

-b. Ischial ramus –

-c. Ischial spine –

-d. Lesser sciatic notch –

-e. Ishial tuberiosity –

6. Pubis –

-a. Pubic body –

-b. Superior pubic ramus –

-c. Inferior pubic ramus -

-d. Pubic crest –

-e. Pubic tubercle –

-f. Obturator foramen –

-g. Pubic symphysis –

 

Pelvic girdle: sex differences

 

1. Child birth –

2. Pubic arch –

-a. Males –

-b. Females –

3. Pelvic brim –

4. False pelvis –

5. True pelvis –

6. Pelvic inlet –

-a. Males –

-b. Females –

7. Pelvic outlet –

-a. Males –

-b. Females –

8. Sacrum –

-a. Males –

-b. Female – 

9. Coccyx –

-a. Males –

-b. Females –

 

Lower limb: thigh

 

1. Femur –

2. Head –

3. Fovea capitis –

4. Neck –

5 Greater trochanter –

6. Lesser trochanter –

7. Intertrochanteric line –

8. Intertrochanteric crest –

9. Gluteal tuberosity –

10. Linea aspera –

11. Condyles –

12. Epicondyles –

13. Patellar surface –

14. Patella –

 

Lower limb: leg

 

1. Interosseous membrane –

2. Tibiofibular joints –

3. Tibia –

-a. Condyles –

-b. Tibial tuberosity – 

-c. Medial malleolus –

-d. Fibular notch –

4. Fibula –

-a. Head –

-b. Lateral malleolus –

 

Lower limb: foot

 

1. Tarsus

-a. Talus –

-b. Calcaneus –

-c. Cuboid – 

-d. Navicular –

-e. Cuneiform bones –

2. Metatarsus –

3. Phalanges –

 

DEVELOPMENT

 

Fontanels

 

1. Fontanels –

2. Anterior fontanel –

3. Sphenoid fontanel –

4. Mastoid fontanel –

5. Posterior fontanel –