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  2. List of human anatomical features - Wikipedia

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    Anatomical landmarks. On the trunk of the body, the chest is referred to as the thoracic area. The shoulder in general is the acromial, while the curve of the ...

  3. List of bones of the human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    A fully grown adult features 26 bones in the spine, whereas a child can have 33. Cervical vertebrae (7 bones) Thoracic vertebrae (12 bones) Lumbar vertebrae (5 bones) Sacrum (5 bones at birth, fused into one after adolescence) Coccyx (set of 4 bones at birth)

  4. Anatomical terms of bone - Wikipedia

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    The Malleolus (Latin: "small hammer") is the bony prominence on each side of the ankle. [ 12 ] These are known as the medial and lateral malleolus. Each leg is supported by two bones, the tibia on the inner side (medial) of the leg and the fibula on the outer side (lateral) of the leg.

  5. Vertebra - Wikipedia

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    It is a bony bridge found on the first cervical vertebra, the atlas where it covers the groove for the vertebral artery. [ 22 ] Degenerative disc disease is a condition usually associated with ageing in which one or more discs degenerate.

  6. Olecranon - Wikipedia

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    The olecranon (/ oʊ ˈ l ɛ k r ə n ɒ n /, from Greek olene 'elbow' and kranon 'head'), is a large, thick, curved bony process on the proximal, posterior end of the ulna.It forms the protruding part of the elbow and is opposite to the cubital fossa or elbow pit (trochlear notch).

  7. Mastoid part of the temporal bone - Wikipedia

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    It forms a bony prominence behind and below the ear. [1] It has variable size and form (e.g. it is larger in the male than in the female). It is also filled with sinuses, or mastoid cells. The mastoid process serves for the attachment of the sternocleidomastoid, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, splenius capitis, and longissimus capitis.

  8. Temporal bone - Wikipedia

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    The squamosal bone, which is homologous with the squama, and forms the side of the cranium in many bony fish and tetrapods. Primitively, it is a flattened plate-like bone, but in many animals it is narrower in form, for example, where it forms the boundary between the two temporal fenestrae of diapsid reptiles.

  9. Ulna - Wikipedia

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    Close to the elbow, the ulna has a bony process, the olecranon process, a hook-like structure that fits into the olecranon fossa of the humerus. This prevents hyperextension and forms a hinge joint with the trochlea of the humerus. There is also a radial notch for the head of the radius, and the ulnar tuberosity to which muscles attach.