Basic anatomy & anatomy questions - Martial Arts Jujitsu
Wed, 28/05/2008 - 14:10 — Marijn Kampf
Basic anatomy questions and answers
Bones in the body = 206- Ribs = 12 pairs
- 7 pairs of true ribs
- 3 pairs of false ribs
- 2 pairs of floating ribs
- Vertibrea = 33
- 7 cervical
- 12 thoracic
- 5 lumbar
- 5 sacrum
- coccyx
- Forehead = Frontal bone
- Temple = Temporal bone
- Upper jaw = Maxilla
- Lower jaw = Mandible
- Mastoid process = Behind the ear
- Checck bone = Zygomatic bone
- Collar bone = Clavicle
- Shoulder blade = Scapula
- Breast bone = Sternum (contains 3 parts)
- Upper arm = Huerous
- Lower arm bones = Radius and Ulna (elbow)
- Wrist = Carpus
- Hand = Metararpus
- Fingers = Phalanges
- Thigh bone = Femur (also produces red blood cells)
- Lower leg = Tibia (shin) and Fibula
- Kneecap = Patella
- Carotid artery = Sides of the neck (at adam apples level)
- Chambers of the heart = 4
- Solar plexus = At the base of the sternum
- Veins = Carry blood back to the heart
- Arterires = Carry blood away from the heart to the organs