Bone markings anatomy

Students can explain and label the functional significance of each of the major types of bone markings.

Bone Markings

Hyoid bone, U-shaped bone situated at the root of the tongue in the front of the neck and between the lower jaw and the largest cartilage of the larynx, or voice box. The primary function of the hyoid bone is to serve as an attachment structure for the tongue.

Sphenoid bone

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This online quiz is called Skull- Cranium Bones/Suture/Bone Markings. It was created by member aarnold1216 and has 13 questions.

In this anatomy lesson, I’m going to cover the femur bone, which is the only bone that makes up the thigh. In fact, the word femur comes from a Latin word that literally means “thigh.” The femur is…