The Appendicular Skeleton
Mindmap on the Appendicular Skeleton and its main features.
- Created by: Melissa Lyons
- Created on: 26-01-14 18:46
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- The Appendicular Skeleton
- The Shoulder Girdle
- Left and right Scapula (shoulder blades)
- Left and right Clavicle (collarbones)
- Limbs of the upper body (arms)
- Humerus (the upper arm bone)
- Radius and Ulna (two bones side by side in the lower arm)
- The wrist and hand
- The 8 Carpus bones
- Navicular, Lunate, Triquetral, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate
- The 5 Metacarpals (bones between fingers and wrist)
- 14 Phalanges forming thumb and fingers
- The 8 Carpus bones
- The Pelvic Girdle
- 2 Innominate bones encircling remainder of region
- The Sacrum
- 5th Lumbar vertebra (see axial skeleton)
- Coccyx at back
- Leg bones
- Femur (thigh bone)
- Patella (kneecap)
- Tibia (shin bone)
- Fibula (placed alongside Tibia)
- Foot
- The 7 Tarsus bones
- Calcaneum (heel), Talus, Navicular, Cuboid, 3 Cuneiforms
- 5 Metatarsals
- 14 Phalanges forming the toes
- The 7 Tarsus bones
- The Shoulder Girdle
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