Skeletal system marks
Axial skeleton
Skull
Dorsal view:
Nasal B, Maxilla B, Frontal B, Parietal B, Temporal B, Occipital B, Mandible B, Zygomatic B, Vomer B
Frontonasal Suture, Coronal S, Squamous S,
Lambdoid S, Mental foramen, Zygomatic arch
Ventral view: Palatine B, Styloid process, Mastoid process, Occipital condyle, Foramen magnum,
Vertebrae
Know type of vertebra
For each type:
Body, Spinous process, Transverse process, Transverse foramen (If present), Superior and inferior
faucets
Know atlas and axis, the dens of axis
Sacrum
Transverse ridges, Anterior sacral foramina
Rib
Head, Neck, Tuberculum, Sternal end
Sternum
Jugular notch, Clavicular notch, Xiphoid process, manubrium
Appendicular skeleton
Scapula
Spine, Supraspinous fossa, Infraspinous fossa, Acromion, Coracoid process, Glenoid fossa,
Medial border, Lateral border, Subscapular fossa
Humerus
Head, Greater tubercle, Lesser tubercle, Lateral epicondyle, Medial epicondyle, Olecranon fossa,
Coronoid fossa, Radial fossa, Trochlea, Capitulum
Radius
Head, Styloid process,
Ulna
Olecranon process, Trochlear notch, coronoid process, Styloid process
Mannus
Name the whole structure
Carpal bones (All)
phalanges (numbers)
Os coxa (Pelvis) Right or left bone
Ilium, Ischium, Pubis, Obturator foramen, Acetabulum
Femur Right or left bone
Head, Greater trochanter, Lesser trochanter,
intercondylar fossa
Medial condyle, Lateral condyle, Patellar surface,
Tibia
Medial condyle, Lateral condyle, Medial malleolus
Fibula
Head, Lateral malleolus
Pedis
Tarsal bones (All),
Phalanges
You also need to know what each bone articulate with and how they articulate such as proximal, distal,
anterior, posterior or superior, inferior.. etc