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Posterior anatomical illustration of a human skull, featuring the occipital bone and visible sutures across the skull's surface. Includes detail of the upper teeth within the skull. Image showing the bones of the skull.

Sutures

Get to know your soft spot.

An illustration shows a lumbar vertebra with an attached rib, viewed from above. The vertebra is tan, with a cream-colored rib on the right side. The top of the structure is labeled "Posterior," and the bottom "Anterior." The words "Lumbar Vertebra" appear to the left.

Ribs

Not just for BBQ

Illustration of a human knee joint, including the bones, cartilage (shown in blue), and ligaments which are shown as clear and thin strands connecting the bones.

Patella

Ouch

Illustration showing the anterior view of the human hyoid bone and related structures. The hyoid bone is the light-brown, horseshoe-shaped bone near the top, connected by tissue in a light-gray color. Below sits the blue larynx and the trachea.

Hyoid

The only bone that articulates with none.

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