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  • A group of eight roughly cube-shaped bones in the proximal end of the hand.
    Carpals
  • The position changes depending on how the hand is turned because it twists around the other forearm bone.
    Radius
  • Give extra flexibility to the wrist and hand.
    Carpals
  • The long bone between the shoulder and the elbow.
    Humerus
  • The heads of the bones rest on the ground.
    Metatarsals
  • fourteen bones that support and move the digits.
    Phalanges
  • The largest, heaviest, and strongest bone in the human body.
    Femur
  • The longer of the two bones in the lower leg.
    Tibia
  • The posterior half of the foot.
    Tarsals
  • Floats off of the back of the chest, and connected to the body primarily by muscle.
    Scapula
  • Always in the same position on the inside part of the forearm and not twist.
    Ulna
  • The main weight-bearing bone of the leg.
    Tibia
  • Give flexibility to the hand when gripping an object or when touching the thumb and pinky finger together.
    Metacarpals
  • A long slightly curved bone that connects the arm to the chest.
    Clavicle
  • Serves as an attachment of many muscles and ligaments in the arm.
    Humerus
  • The only bone of the upper arm.
    Humerus
  • The slender bone of the lateral side of the leg and does not bear weight.
    Fibula
  • the thumb side of the forearm near the hand, but always on the outside of the elbow
    Radius
  • The small finger side of the forearm.
    Ulna
  • An approximately triangular shaped bone.
    Scapula
  • The bones that make up the toes.
    Phalanges
  • Found near the ankle, in the middle of the foot, where they form an arch.
    Tarsals