Axial skeletonSkeletal characteristics to identifyAxial skeletonSkull: Frontal, parietal, temporal (mastoid, styloid, acoustic meatus), occipital (foramen magnum), maxillae, zygomatic, zygomatic arch (components), mandible (TMJ). Sutures - coronal, saggital, lambdoid, squasmosalVertebra: normal curvatures, total number, sections, number within sections, body, vertebral disks, spinous processes (how these differ from one section to another), articular processes, transverse processes, facets, demifacets, intervetebral foramen, vertebral canal, vertebral arch, pedicle, lamina, sacral promontory, anterior and posterior sacral foramina, sacral tuberosity, auricular surfaces, Atlas, Axis, Vertebral Prominens, Odontoid process (Dens), transverse foramen, Ribs: vertebrosterno, vertebrochondral, floatingSternum: sternal angle, manubrium, body, xiphoid, clavicular notches, sternal notchAppendicular skeleton (Know articulations)Pectoral girdle: Clavicle - sternal extremity, acromial extremity, acromial clavicle jointScapula - body, glenoid cavity, vertebral border, axillary border, inferior angle, superior angle, coracoid process, supraspinous, infraspinous and, subscapular fossae, supraglenoid and infraglenoid tubercles.Upper Extremity: Humerous - Head, anatomical neck, surgical neck, greater and lesser tubercles, bicipital groove (intertubercular sulcus), body, deltoid tuberosity, capitulum, radial fossa, trochlea,coronoid and olecranon fossae, medial and lateral epicondyles, supracondyloid ridge.Ulna - location, olecranon, coronoid, and styloid processses, trochlear and radial notches, headRadius - location, head, radial tuberosity, ulnar notch, styloid processCarpals - scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamateMetacarpals - how numbered, base, shaft, headPhalanges - number, pollucis, base, shaft, headPelvic girdle:Coxal bones, ilium, ischium, pubis, acetabulumIlium - iliac crest, anterior superior and inferior iliac spines, posterior superior and inferioriliac spines, greater sciatic notch, iliac fossa, iliac tuberosity, auricular surface, gluteal lines, acetabulum.Ischium - ischial spine, lesser sciatic notch, ischial tuberosity, ramusPubis - superior and inferior rami, body, pubic tubercle, pubic symphysisLower Extremity:Femur - head, shaft, greater and lesser trochanters, intertrochanteric line and crest, lineaaspera, medial and lateral condyles and epicondyles, intercondylar fossa,patellar surfacePatella - sesamoid bone which rides on the patellar surface of femurTibia - medial and lateral condyles, intercondylar eminence, medial malleolus, fibular notchFibula - head, lateral malleolusTarsals - talus, calcaneous, cuboid, navicular, 1, 2, 3 cunieformsMetatarsals - how numbered, base, head, shaftPhalanges - number, hallucis, base, shaft,