Names of Bones

Question	Answer
Skull or head	Cranium
Jaw	Mandible
Collar bone	Clavicle
Long bone in upper arm	Humerus
Long bone in forearm - thumb to elbow	Radius
Long bone in forearm - little finger to elbow	Ulna
Surrounds the chest	Ribs
Breast Bone	Sternum
Hips	Pelvic girdle or Pelvis
Long bone in the upper thigh	Femur
Long bone of lower legs - shin bone	Tibia
Long bone of lower legs - runs down the outside of lower leg	Fibula
Small bone at the very base of the spine (tail bone)	Coccyx
Around 5cm up from the tail bone (coccyx)	Sacrum
Small bones in your wrist	Carpals
Bones in the ankle	Tarsals
Series of bones in the back running from the base of your skull down to the sacrum	Vertebral column
Bones in the palm of your hand	Metacarpals
Bones in the foot running from the ankle to toes	Metatarsals
Small bones of fingers and toes	Phalanges
Shoulder blade	Scapula
Kneecap	Patella

Resource summary

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