Naming of Muscles Learning the names of muscles can be very confusing or even overwhelming for someone learning this information for the first time. Learning the names and locations of the bones and their parts will significantly help in learning the names, locations and actions of the muscles. Prior to learning the muscles I would […]

Understanding Bones An adult human skeleton consists of 206 named bones. Many of these bones are paired with one on either side of the body (left and right). Infants and children have more than 206 bones because some bones fuse later in life. An example of this would be the sternum which consists of the […]

Axial Skeleton Cranium (8) The cranium has 8 bones and rest on the top of the vertebral column. The skull bones are grouped into two categories; cranial bones and facial bones. There are eight cranial bones. Frontal bone Parietal bones (2) Temporal bones (2) Occipital bone Sphenoid bone Ethmoid bone There are fourteen facial bones; […]