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🦴 Learn Your Skeleton Bones

Find the names of the bones in your body

🌍 Choose Your Language / Elige tu idioma

We can show you bone names in your home language!

📖 Bone Words in Spanish (Palabras de Huesos en Español)

SkullCráneo

JawMandíbula

CollarboneClavícula

Shoulder bladeOmóplato

Upper arm boneHúmero

Forearm bonesRadio y Cúbito

BreastboneEsternón

RibsCostillas

BackboneColumna vertebral

Hip bonePelvis

Thigh boneFémur

KneecapRótula

Shin bonesTibia y Peroné

📖 Bone Words in Chinese (骨骼词汇)

Skull头骨 (tóugǔ)

Jaw下颌骨 (xiàhégǔ)

Collarbone锁骨 (suǒgǔ)

Shoulder blade肩胛骨 (jiānjiǎgǔ)

Upper arm bone肱骨 (gōnggǔ)

Forearm bones桡骨和尺骨 (ráogǔ hé chǐgǔ)

Breastbone胸骨 (xiōnggǔ)

Ribs肋骨 (lèigǔ)

Backbone脊柱 (jǐzhù)

Hip bone髋骨 (kuāngǔ)

Thigh bone股骨 (gǔgǔ)

Kneecap膝盖骨 (xīgàigǔ)

Shin bones胫骨和腓骨 (jìnggǔ hé féigǔ)

📖 Bone Words in Arabic (كلمات العظام بالعربية)

Skullجمجمة (jumjuma)

Jawفك (fakk)

Collarboneترقوة (tarquwa)

Shoulder bladeلوح الكتف (lawh al-katif)

Upper arm boneعظم العضد ('azm al-'adud)

Forearm bonesالكعبرة والزند (al-ka'bara wa al-zand)

Breastboneعظم القص ('azm al-qass)

Ribsأضلاع (adla')

Backboneالعمود الفقري (al-'amud al-faqari)

Hip boneعظم الحوض ('azm al-hawd)

Thigh boneعظم الفخذ ('azm al-fakhdh)

Kneecapالرضفة (al-radafa)

Shin bonesقصبة الساق (qasabat al-saq)

📖 Bone Words in Somali (Erayada Lafaha ee Soomaali)

SkullDhakada madaxa

JawGafuurka

CollarboneLafta garbaha

Shoulder bladeGarbaha dusha

Upper arm boneLafta cudud

Forearm bonesLaftaha gacan hoose

BreastboneLafta xabadka

RibsFeedhaha

BackboneLaf-dhabarta

Hip boneLafta bowdada

Thigh boneLafta bowdada

KneecapLafta jilbaha

Shin bonesLaftaha lugta hoose

📖 Bone Words in Amharic (የአጥንት ቃላት በአማርኛ)

Skullየራስ ቅል (yeras qil)

Jawመንገላ (mengela)

Collarboneየትከሻ አጥንት (yetekes'ha at'int)

Shoulder bladeየትከሻ ሰሌዳ (yetekes'ha seleda)

Upper arm boneየላይኛው እጅ አጥንት (yelayignawu ij at'int)

Forearm bonesየእጅ አንጓ አጥንቶች (yeij angua at'intoch)

Breastboneየደረት አጥንት (yederet at'int)

Ribsየጎድን አጥንቶች (yegodin at'intoch)

Backboneየጀርባ አጥንት (yejerba at'int)

Hip boneየዳሌ አጥንት (yedale at'int)

Thigh boneየወገብ አጥንት (yewegeb at'int)

Kneecapየጉልበት አጥንት (yegulibet at'int)

Shin bonesየእግር ዳሌ አጥንቶች (yeigir dale at'intoch)

📖 Bone Words in Dinka

SkullCɔl wic

JawCɔl dhɔu

CollarboneCɔl muɔc

Shoulder bladeCɔl bar muɔc

Upper arm boneCɔl ciek tɔu

Forearm bonesCɔl ciek piny

BreastboneCɔl tok

RibsDhiɛn

BackboneCɔl dhieth

Hip boneCɔl mɔc

Thigh boneCɔl cɔk tɔu

KneecapCɔl aköt

Shin bonesCɔl cɔk piny

📖 Bone Words in Khmer (ពាក្យឆ្អឹងជាភាសាខ្មែរ)

Skullឆ្អឹងក្បាល (chh'oeng kbal)

Jawថ្គាម (thkam)

Collarboneឆ្អឹងដំបៅ (chh'oeng dombav)

Shoulder bladeឆ្អឹងស្មាប៉ាក់ (chh'oeng sma pak)

Upper arm boneឆ្អឹងដៃខាងលើ (chh'oeng dai khang leu)

Forearm bonesឆ្អឹងដៃខាងក្រោម (chh'oeng dai khang kraom)

Breastboneឆ្អឹងទ្រូង (chh'oeng trung)

Ribsឆ្អឹងជំនីង (chh'oeng chumning)

Backboneឆ្អឹងខ្នង (chh'oeng khnaong)

Hip boneឆ្អឹងត្រគាក (chh'oeng trakeak)

Thigh boneឆ្អឹងភ្លៅ (chh'oeng phlw)

Kneecapឆ្អឹងជង្គង់ (chh'oeng chongkong)

Shin bonesឆ្អឹងគល់ជើង (chh'oeng kol cheung)

📖 Bone Words in Swahili (Maneno ya Mifupa kwa Kiswahili)

SkullFuvu la kichwa

JawTaya

CollarboneMfupa wa ukosi

Shoulder bladeMfupa wa bega

Upper arm boneMfupa wa mkono juu

Forearm bonesMifupa ya mkono chini

BreastboneMfupa wa kifua

RibsMbavu

BackboneUti wa mgongo

Hip boneMfupa wa kiuno

Thigh boneMfupa wa paja

KneecapKiganja cha goti

Shin bonesMifupa ya mguu chini

🎯 What You Will Learn

✅ Find 20 bones in the human skeleton
✅ Learn what each bone does
✅ Know why bones have their names
✅ Remember bone names easily

🦴 Why Learn Bone Names?

Doctors and nurses use these names every day.

If you break a bone, the doctor will say its name.

Example: "You broke your radius." (That is a bone in your arm.)

These names come from old languages:

Some are Latin (old Roman language)
Some are Greek (old Greek language)
The names tell you about the bone's shape or job

📚 Bone Groups - Simple

🧠 Head Bones

Cranium = The top of your skull. It protects your brain.
Mandible = Your lower jaw. You use it to chew food.
Maxilla = Your upper jaw. It holds your top teeth.

💪 Arm Bones

Clavicle = Your collarbone. It looks like a key.
Scapula = Your shoulder blade. It is flat like a wing.
Humerus = Your upper arm bone. The longest bone in your arm.
Radius = Thumb side of forearm. It can spin!
Ulna = Pinky side of forearm. It makes your elbow.

🫀 Middle Body Bones

Sternum = Your breastbone. It is in the center of your chest.
Ribs = 12 pairs of bones. They protect your heart and lungs.
Vertebrae = Your backbone bones. They stack up like blocks.
Pelvis = Your hip bones. They hold up your body.

🦵 Leg Bones

Femur = Your thigh bone. The longest and strongest bone!
Patella = Your kneecap. It protects your knee.
Tibia = Your shin bone. The big bone in your lower leg.
Fibula = The small bone next to your tibia.

🎯 Bone Name Quiz

Pick the correct bone name from the list. Then click "Check My Answers."

1. The bone that protects your brain:

2. Your lower jaw bone (you chew with it):

3. Your collarbone (looks like a key):

4. Your shoulder blade (flat like a wing):

5. Your upper arm bone (longest bone in your arm):

6. Forearm bone on the thumb side (can spin):

7. Forearm bone on the pinky side (makes your elbow):

8. Your breastbone (center of your chest):

9. Bones that protect your heart and lungs:

10. Your backbone (stacks like blocks):

11. Your hip bones (hold up your body):

12. Your thigh bone (longest and strongest!):

13. Your kneecap (protects your knee):

14. Your shin bone (big bone in lower leg):

15. Small bone next to your shin:

🔬 Want to Learn More?

🏥 Learn about broken bones - How do doctors fix them?
🧬 Find out how bones grow as you get older
🦕 Compare human bones to animal bones
💪 See how muscles connect to bones to make you move