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| is the portion of the skeleton of vertebrates consisting of the bones or cartilage that support the appendages. Appendages appeared as fins in early fishes, and subsequently evolved into the limbs of tetrapods |
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| the part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head and trunk of a |
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| Of, relating to, or near the carpus. |
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| Either of two slender bones in humans that extend from the manubrium of the sternum to the acromion of the scapula. Also called collarbone. |
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| the shaft of a long bone. |
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| The end of a long bone that is originally separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage but later becomes united to the main bone through ossification. |
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| A bone of the leg situated between the pelvis and knee in humans. It is the largest and strongest bone in the body. |
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| The outer and narrower of two bones of the human lower leg, extending from the knee to the ankle. |
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| Any of the soft membranous gaps between the incompletely formed cranial bones of a fetus or an infant. Also called soft spot. |
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| is a long bone in the arm or forelimb that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. It connects the scapula and the two bones of the lower arm, the radius and ulna, and consists of three sections. |
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| is a long bone in the arm or forelimb that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. It connects the scapula and the two bones of the lower arm, the radius and ulna, and consists of three sections. |
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| a structure in the human or animal body at which two parts of the skeleton are fitted together. |
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| a short band of tough, flexible, fibrous connective tissue that connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint. |
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| any of the five bones of the hand. |
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| any of the bones of the foot |
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| the thicker and shorter of the two bones in the human forearm. |
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| each of a series of slender curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine (twelve pairs in humans), protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs |
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| technical term for shoulder blade |
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| The line of junction or an immovable joint between two bones, especially of the skull. The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by or as if by sewing. The surgical method used to close a wound or join tissues. |
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| the inner and typically larger of the two bones between the knee and the ankle (or the equivalent joints in other terrestrial vertebrates), parallel with the fibula. |
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| the thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm, on the side opposite to the thumb. |
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| each of the series of small bones forming the backbone, having several projections for articulation and muscle attachment, and a hole through which the spinal cord passes. |
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