Key Terms for Axial Skeleton

Hyoid

-body

-greater horns

-lesser horns

-stylohyoid ligaments

Vertebrae

For a typical vertebrae:

-vertebral body

-spinous process

-transverse process

-transverse foramen

-superior articular facets

-inferior articular facets

-intervertebral disks

Cervical Vertebrae

-atlas

-axis

Thoracic Vertebrae

-costal pits

Lumbar Vertebrae

Sacral Vertebrae

-sacral foramina

-promontory

-alae (ala singular)

Coccygeal Vertebrae

Clavicle

-conoid tubercle

-sternal articulation

-scapular articulation

Sternum

-manubrium

-body/corpus sterni

-xiphoid process

Scapula

-acromion process

-glenoid fossa

-spine

-body

-vertebral border

-superior angle

-subscapular notch

-coracoid process

-axillary border

Ribs

-superior surface

-inferior surface

-head

-neck

-articular surface

-1^st rib

-subclavian artery and vein