Bones of the Appendicular Skeleton
Body
Region
Pectoral
Girdle
Upper
Limb
Arm or
brachium
Forearm
Hand &
wrist
Bone
Location
Markings
Clavicle
(“little keys”)
Superioranterior thorax;
articulates medially with sternum
and laterally with scapula
Posterior thorax; forms part of the
shoulder; articulates with the
humerus & clavicle
Acromial end; sternal end
Humerus
Sole bone of arm; between
scapula & elbow
Ulna
(“elbow”)
Medial bone of forearm between
elbow & wrist; forms elbow joint
Radius
(“rod”)
8 carpals (16)
 scaphoid
 lunate
 triquetral
 pisiform
 trapezium
 trapezoid
 capitate
 hamate
Lateral bone of forearm; carries
wrist
Form a bony crescent at the wrist;
arranged in 2 rows of 4 bones
each
Head; greater & lesser tuberosities;
intertubercular sulcus; deltoid
tuberosity; trochlea; capitulum;
coronoid and olecranon fossa; radial
groove; epicondyles (trochlea =
“pulley”; capitulum = “small
head”)
Coronoid process; olecranon
process; radial notch; trochlear
notch; styloid process; head
(coronoid= “crown-shaped”;
stylod= “stake-shaped”)
Radial tuberosity; styloid process;
head; ulnar notch
To help you remember the carpals in
the order given:
5 metacarpals
Form the palm; one in line with
each digit
Form the fingers; three in digits
2-5; two in digit 1 (the thumb)
Scapula
14 phalanges (28)
 distal
 middle
 proximal
Scaphoid = “boat-shaped”
Lunate= “moon-like”
Triquetral = “triangular”
Pisiform = “pea-shaped”
Trapezium = “little table”
Trapezoid = “4-sided”
Capitate = “head- shaped”
Hamate = “hooked”
Phalanx= “closely knit row of soldiers”
Glenoid cavity; spine; acromion;
coracoid process; infraspinous,
supraspinous, and subscapular fossa
(acromion = “apex of shoulder”;
corac= “like a crow’s beak”)

Sally left the party to take
Carmen home. The first letter
of each word is the first letter of
each carpal bone.
Body
Region
Pelvic
girdle
Lower limb
Thigh
Kneecap
Leg
Ankle and
foot
Bone
Location
Markings
Coxal bone or os
coxae
(os=bone;
coxa=hip)
Formed by the fusion of an ilium,
ischium, and pubic bone; the
coxal bones fuse anteriorly at the
pubic symphysis and form
sacroiliac joints w/the sacrum
posteriorly; girdle consisting of
both coxal bones is basinlike
Iliac crest; anterior and posterior
iliac spines; auricular surface;
greater and lesser sciatic notches;
obturator foramen; ischial tuberosity
and spine; acetabulum; pubic arch;
pubic crest; pubic tubercle
Femur
Sole bone of the thigh; between
the hip joint and knee; largest
bone of the body
Head; greater and lesser trochanters;
neck; lateral and medial condyles
and epicondyles; gluteal tuberosity;
linea aspera
Patella
(“small pan”)
Tibia
(“shinbone”)
Sesamoid bone lodged in the
tendon of the quadriceps muscles
Larger and more medial bond of
leg; between knee and foot
Fibula (“pin”)
7 tarsals (14)
talus
calcaneus
navicular
cuboid
lateral cuneiform
intermediate
cuneiform
medial cuneiform
Lateral bone of the leg; sticklike
Tarsals are 7 bones forming the
proximal part of the foot; the talus
articulates with the leg bones at
the ankle joint; the calcaneus, the
largest tarsal, forms the heel
5 metatarsals (10)
14 phalanges (28)
 distal
 middle
 proximal
5 bones numbered 1-5 (m l)
Phalanges for the toes; three in
digits 2-5, two in digit 1(the great
toe)
Talus = “ankle”
Cuboid = “cube-shaped”
Cuneiform = “wedge-shaped”
Medial and lateral condyles; tibial
tuberosity; anterior border; medial
malleolus
Head; lateral malleolus