Anatomy Resource Center Study Guides the Skeletal System
HEAD & NECK REGIONAL VIEW SKULL BONES CRANIUM FACE SKULL LANDMARKS ANTERIOR SIDE SUPERIOR/INFERIOR VERTEBRAL COLUMN VERTEBRAL REGIONS CERVICAL C1 - C7 CERVICAL LANDMARKS pg.03 pg.04 pg.05 pg.06 pg.07 pg.08 pg.09 pg.10 pg.11 PECTORAL & UPPER LIMB REGIONAL VIEW pg.12 PECTORAL GIRDLE CLAVICLE pg.13 SCAPULA pg.14 UPPER LIMBS HUMERUS pg.15 ULNA/RADIUS pg.16 HAND LANDMARKS pg.17 THORAX REGIONAL VIEW THORACIC CAGE VERTEBRAL COLUMN THORACIC T1 - T7 CERVICAL LANDMARKS pg.18 pg.19 pg.20 pg.21 ABDOMEN & PELVIS REGIONAL VIEW VERTEBRAL COLUMN LUMBAR L1 - L5 LUMBAR LANDMARKS SACRUM & COCCYX PELVIC GIRDLE COXAL LANDMARKS pg.22 pg.23 pg.24 pg.25 pg.26 HIP & THIGH REGIONAL VIEW COXAL & FEMUR COXAL FEMUR RELATION FEMUR & PATELLA FEMUR & PATELLA LANDMARK S pg.27 pg.28 pg.29 LOWER LIMB & FOOT REGIONAL VIEW TIBIA & FIBULA TIBIA/FIBULA LANDMARKS FOOT LANDMARKS SUPERIOR/SIDE pg.30 pg.31 pg.32 pg 2
HEAD & NECK ANTERIOR VIEW REGIONAL VIEW Cranium Skull Facial bones C7 Vertebra T1 Vertebra First Rib Sternum Clavicle pg 3
HEAD & NECK SKULL - CRANIUM LEFT SIDE VIEW Frontal bone Sphenoid bone Parietal bone CRANIUM Temporal bone Occipital bone POSTERIOR VIEW Parietal bones CRANIUM Temporal bones Occipital bone pg 4
HEAD & NECK SKULL - FACE LEFT SIDE VIEW Nasal bone Maxila bone Lacrimal bone FACIAL BONES Zygomatic bone Mandible bone Ethmoid bone ANTERIOR VIEW Nasal bone Maxila bone FACIAL BONES Lacrimal bone Zygomatic bone Mandible bone Ethmoid bone Inferior Nasal Concha Vomer pg 5
HEAD & NECK SKULL LANDMARKS ANTERIOR VIEW Glabella Superciliary ridge Supra-orbital foramen Superior orbital fissure Temporal line Inferior orbital fissure Frontonasal suture Optic canal Middle nasal concha Inferior nasal concha Nasolacrimal canal Perpendicular plate Ramus of Mandibular Mandibular angle Infraorbital foramen Mental foramen Body of Mandible Mental protuberance pg 6
HEAD & NECK SKULL LANDMARKS LEFT SIDE VIEW Cranial suture Squamosal suture Temporal line Nasolacrimal canal Lambdoid suture Zygomatic process External acoustic meatus Mastoid process Styloid process Occipitomastoid suture Coronoid process Mandibular notch Condylar process Sagittal suture Lambdoid suture Occipitomastoid suture Mastoid process Nuchal lines External occipital protuberance POSTERIOR VIEW pg 7
HEAD & NECK SKULL LANDMARKS SUPERIOR VIEW Olfactory foramina Lesser wing Greater wing Crista galli Cribiform plate Optic canal Foramen rotundum Foramen ovale Ethmoid bone Frontal bone Sphenoid bone Parietal bone Temporal bone Occipital bone Palatine bone Formen lacerum Sella turcica Internal acoustic meatus Jugular foramen Hypoglossal canal INFERIOR VIEW Formen lacerum Mandibular fossa Carotide canal Stylomastoid foramen Occipital condyle Foramen magnum pg 8
Skeletal System HEAD & NECK VERTEBRAL COLUMN ANTERIOR VIEW SIDE VIEW HEAD & NECK REGION CERVICAL VERTEBRA C1 - C7 ATLAS/C1 AXIS/C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 VERTEBRAL PROMINENCE-C7 T1 T2 T3 THORAX REGION T4 T5 T6 THORACIC VERTEBRA T1 - T12 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 ABDOMEN & PELVIC REGION L1 L2 LUMBAR VERTEBRA L1 - L5 L3 L4 L5 SACRUM COCCYX pg provided by 9 Academic Web Services Grand Canyon University
Skeletal System HEAD & NECK VERTEBRAL COLUMN C1(ALTAS) SUPERIOR VIEW Anterior arch Transverse foramen C1(ALTAS) INFERIOR VIEW Facet for dens Superior articular facets posterior Inferior articular facets Posterior arch posterior C2(AXIS) SUPERIOR VIEW Superior articular facets Dens(Odontoid process) C2(AXIS) INFERIOR VIEW Body Laminae Transverse process posterior Inferior articular facets posterior pg provided by 10 Academic Web Services Grand Canyon University
Skeletal System HEAD & NECK VERTEBRAL COLUMN C2(AXIS) SUPERIOR VIEW Dens(Odontoid process) Posterior articular facet for transverse ligament of atlas C4 SUPERIOR VIEW Body Pedicle Transverse foramen Spinous process Transverse process Superior articular facets Vertebral foramen C4 INFERIOR VIEW Body Spinous process Pedicle Transverse foramen Inferior articular facets Spinous process pg provided by Academic Web Services 11 Grand Canyon University
PECTORAL & UPPER LIMBS RIGHT ANTERIOR VIEW REGIONAL VIEW Clavicle Scapula Humerus Radius Ulna Carpals Metacarpals Phalanges pg 12
Skeletal System PECTORAL & UPPER LIMBS PECTORAL GIRDLE LEFT CLAVICLE SUPERIOR VIEW POSTERIOR Sternal end ANTERIOR Acromial end LEFT CLAVICLE INFERIOR VIEW ANTERIOR POSTERIOR Conoid tubercle Sternal end pg provided by Acromial end 13 Academic Web Services Grand Canyon University
PECTORAL & UPPER LIMBS PECTORAL GIRDLE RIGHT SCAPULA ANTERIOR VIEW Superior border Superior angle Acromion Coracoid process Subscapular fossa Glenoid fossa Medial border Lateral border RIGHT SCAPULA POSTERIOR VIEW Acromion Superior angle Lateral angle Inferior angle Supraspinous fossa Spine Medial border Lateral border Infraspinous fossa pg Inferior angle 14
PECTORAL & UPPER LIMBS UPPER LIMB RIGHT HUMERUS ANTERIOR VIEW RIGHT HUMERUS POSTERIOR VIEW Greater tubercle Head of humerus Greater tubercle Intertubercle groove Anatomical neck Lesser tubercle Surgical neck Deltoid tuberosity Corinoid fossa Coronoid fossa Olecranon fossa Medial epicondyle Capitulum Lateral epicondyle Trochlea pg 15
PECTORAL & UPPER LIMBS RIGHT FOREARM ANTERIOR VIEW RIGHT FOREARM POSTERIOR VIEW UPPER LIMB Radial notch of Ulna Olecranon process Head of the Radius Radial tuberosity Trochlear notch Coronoid process Neck of the Radius RADIUS ULNA RADIUS Ulna notch Head of Ulna pg Styloid process Styloid process 16 of Radius Styloid process of Ulna of Radius
PECTORAL & UPPER LIMBS UPPER LIMB LEFT HAND POSTERIOR VIEW Scaphoid Trapezoid Trapezium Lunate Triquetrium Capitate Hamate CARPALS Pisiform Lunate Capitate Trapezoid Trapezium Proximal Metacarpal Phalanges Middle Distal LEFT HAND ANTERIOR VIEW pg 17
THORAX REGIONAL VIEW Ribs Thoracic Vertebrae Sternum Costal cartilage Clavicle Scapula Lumbar vertebrae pg 18
THORAX THORACIC CAGE True Ribs 1-7 (vertebrosternal ribs) False ribs 8-12 (vertebrochondral ribs) Sternum Floating ribs (vertebral ribs) ANTERIOR VIEW 1 2 Manubrium 3 4 Body of sternum 5 6 7 8 Xiphoid process 9 12 10 Costal cartilage 11 pg 19
Skeletal System THORAX VERTEBRAL COLUMN THORACIC AND RIB SUPERIOR VIEW Body Head of rib Superior costal facet (for head of rib) Neck of rib Articular facet on turbicle of rib Superior articular facets Spinous process Inferior articular process THORACIC 3/4 VIEW pg provided by 20 Academic Web Services Grand Canyon University
THORAX VERTEBRAL COLUMN Superior costal facet (for head of rib) Superior articular process THORACIC SIDE VIEW Transverse costal facet (for tubercle of rib) ANTERIOR POSTERIOR Inferior notch Inferior costal facet (for head of rib) THORACIC INFERIOR VIEW Spinous process ANTERIOR POSTERIOR Vertebral foramen Inferior articular facets pg 21
ABDOMEN & PELVIS REGIONAL VIEW Coxal bone right Coxal bone left Femur right Femur left Pubic angle Lumbar vertebrae Sacrum and Coccyx The Pelvic (hip) Girdle pg 22
Skeletal System ABDOMEN & PELVIS VERTEBRAL COLUMN LUMBAR 3/4 VIEW Superior articular process Superior articular facets L2 Body L3 Transverse process L4 Intervertebral foramen Inferior articular facets pg provided by Spinous process 23 Academic Web Services Grand Canyon University
ABDOMEN & PELVIS LUMBAR SUPERIOR VIEW VERTEBRAL COLUMN Body Pedicle Transverse process Superior articular process Superior articular facets Vertebral foramen Spinous process Transverse process LUMBAR POSTERIOR VIEW Superior articular facets Inferior articular process Spinous process pg 24
Skeletal System ABDOMEN & PELVIS VERTEBRAL COLUMN ANTERIOR VIEW Ala Lumbosacral articular surface Body of first sacral vertebra Anterior sacral foramen POSTERIOR VIEW Sacrum Coccyx Superior articular facets Median sacral crest Anterior sacral foramen pg provided by 25 Academic Web Services Grand Canyon University
ABDOMEN & PELVIS PELVIC GIRDLE posterior LATERAL VIEW RIGHT HIP BONE anterior Posterior superior iliac spine iliac crest Anterior superior iliac spine Posterior inferior iliac spine Anterior inferior iliac spine Greater sciatic notch Ischial spine Lesser sciatic notch Ischial tuberosity Inferior pubic ramus Opturator foramen Ischial ramus Acetabulum Iliac fossa illium Pubis Ischium Superior pubic ramus Pubic symphysis Aricular surface Ischial spine Opturator foramen Lesser sciatic notch anterior posterior MEDIAL VIEW RIGHT HIP BONE pg 26
HIP & THIGH REGIONAL VIEW ANTERIOR HIP THIGH REGION Lumbar Vertebra Sacrum & Coccyx Right Coxal Right Femur pg 27
Skeletal System HIP & THIGH COXAL & FEMUR Acetabulum Head of femur Greater trochanter Opturator foramen Right Coxal Right Femur pg provided by 28 Academic Web Services Grand Canyon University
HIP & THIGH FEMUR ANTERIOR VIEW POSTERIOR VIEW Neck of femur Fovea capitis Head of femur Greater trochanter Lesser trochanter Intertrchanteric line Intertrchanteric crest Linea aspera Intercondylar fossa Lateral epicondyle Adductor tubercle Medial epicondyle Lateral epicondyle Lateral condyle Medial epicondyle Lateral condyle Patellar serface pg 29
LOWER LIMB & FOOT ANTERIOR VIEW REGIONAL VIEW Patella Base Apex Fibula Tibia Bones of the Foot pg 30
LOWER LIMB & FOOT TIBIA & FIBULA ANTERIOR VIEW POSTERIOR VIEW Lateral condyle of tibia Head of fibula Medial condyle of tibia Tibia tuberosity Intercondylar eminence Lateral condyle of tibia Head of fibula Intercondylar eminence Head of fibula Medial malleolus Head of fibula pg 31
LOWER LIMB & FOOT RIGHT SUPERIOR VIEW TIBIA & FIBULA Calcaneus Talus Cuboid Lateral cuneiform Navicular Intermediate cuneiform Medial cuneiform Proximal Middle Distal Proximal Distal RIGHT SIDE Tarsals Metatarsals Phalanges pg 32