BONE LAB
NAME:_________________________________
Pre-Lab (page 119)
a) Classify bone markings into two groups:
b) Describe three reasons for bone markings:
Station 1: Cranium (pages 126-130)
Identify the labeled parts:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
Find the following landmarks: sagittal suture, coronal suture, mastoid process, carotid canal, foramen ovale,
jugular foramen, mental foramen
What is the purpose the foramens and canals?
Station 2: Vertebrae (pages 131-133)
Draw a typical vertebrae from each region of the spinal cord. Label the following on each drawing: body,
vertebral arch, vertebral foramen, transverse process, spinous process, superior articular process
Cervical
thoracic
lumbar
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Identify the region from which each labeled vertebrae is from
a)
b)
c)
Station 3 (page 134)
Identify the 2 bones shown
a)
b)
Station 4: bony thorax (page 135)
Identify the labeled bones
a)
b)
c)
Together, what do the three bones identified above make?
Find the jugular notch and sternal angle, both on the bones and on your own body.
Explain how the sternal angle is useful for physicians.
Station 5: Pectoral girdle and upper arm (page 139-140)
Identify the bones:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
Determine how the bones articulate and how they are arranged in the body.
Palpate the following bone markings on your own body:
 your clavicle, finding both the lateral and medial ends.
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the medial and lateral epicondyles of the humerus
the olecranon process of the ulna – you can find this by feeling the dorsal aspect of your elbow. As
you flex and extend your elbow, this marking will move in and out of the olecranon fossa on the
humerus.
The styloid processes of the radius and ulna.
Which bone, the radius or the ulna, is located on the thumb side of the hand?
Station 6: Hand (page141)
Identify the bones of the hand. Be sure that you label the phalanges with distal / middle / proximal and the
number, and that you label metacarpals with the number.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Clench your fist – your knuckles are the metacarpophalangeal joints (the joints between the metacarpals and
phalanges).
Station 7: Pelvic Girdle (page 141-143)
Identify the three bones of the pelvis
a)
b)
c)
Find the iliac crest, both on the bone and on your body. On your body, the iliac crests are what we commonly
refer to as our ‘hip bones’.
Find the greater sciatic notch and the obturator foramen. What are the functions of these structures?
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What is the function of the acetabulum?
What is the pubic symphysis? What is It made from?
Compare and contrast the false pelvis with the true pelvis? Which one matters for childbirth?
Is this a female pelvis or a male pelvis? How can you tell?
What are 3 ways the female pelvis differs from the male pelvis?
Station 8: Lower Limb (page 143-145)
Identify the three bones.
a)
b)
c)
Find the following bone markings: head of the femur, the greater trochanter, the lateral condyle, medial
condyle, patellar surface, intercondylar notch, medial condyle, lateral condyle, lateral malleolus, medial
malleolus
Palpate the patella and the medial and lateral condyles of the femur and tibia.
Palpate the medial and lateral malleolus – these are your “ankles”.
Determine how the bones articulate and how they are arranged in the body.
Station 9: Foot (page 145)
Identify the bones.
a)
b)
c)
d)
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e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
Station 10 (page 120)
Observe compact bone tissue under the microscope at 100X magnification. Draw a picture of it below,
labeling: an osteon, a lamellae, a lacuna, a central canal, a canaliculus.
Where are bone cells found?
What are mature bone cells called?
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