Latin Skeleton

Latin --> English vocabulary for the bones of the human skeletal system. Names are given in Anglicized Latin (for example, "clavicle" for "clavicula," since these are the forms students are most likely to encounter. Where appropriate, plural forms are included.

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
Cranium
Skull
Mandible
jawbone
Vertebra
(pl. vertebrae)
Backbone
Clavicle
Collarbone
Scapula
Shoulderblade
Humerus
Upper arm bone
Radius
Lower arm bone (connects to thumb)
Ulna
Lower arm bone (doesn't connect to thumb)
Phalanx (pl. phalanges)
Finger bone, toe bone
Pelvis
Hip bone; pelvic girdle
Femur
Thigh bone
Tibia
Shinbone (larger than fibula, connects to ankle)
Fibula
Calfbone (smaller than tibia, doesn't connect to ankle)