Bones of the Skull - The skull contains several bones that fuse together during development. - The frontal bone covers the front part of the skull, while the parietal bones are on top and occipital bone is at the back. - Temporal bones are located on each side near your temples. - The maxilla is above your mouth, and mandible forms your jaw.
Axial Skeleton: Ribs and Vertebrae - Sternum runs from neck to bottom with costal cartilage connecting it to ribs. There are 12 pairs of ribs categorized as true (connected directly), false (connected via cartilage), or floating (not connected). - Vertebrae protect spinal cord; cervical vertebrae in upper spine, thoracic vertebrae connect to ribs, lumbar vertebrae in lower spine. Sacrum has nerves extending outwards. Coccyx is tailbone.
Bones of the Arm The bones in the arm include the clavicle, scapular shoulder blade, humerus, radius (thumb side), ulna (pinky side), carpals (wrist bones), metacarpals (bones of the hand), and phalanges.
Bones of the Leg The leg is made up of several bones including: pelvic girdle which consists of pelvis and sacrum; femur connects to pelvis; patella or kneecap slides over knee joint; tibia ("shin bone") provides less cushioning than calf muscle on backside making it more vulnerable to pain from collisions; fibula lies alongside tibia but has lesser role in stability. In foot we have calcaneus ("heel bone"), tarsal bones similar to carpals in hand, metatarsals parallel with metacarpals and finally phalanges.