| turbinated bones | See: inferior nasal concha, middle nasal concha, superior nasal concha, supreme nasal concha. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| joints of ear bones | The joints of the ossicular chain consisting of incudomallear joint, incudostapedeal joint, and the tympanostapedeal syndesmosis. Synonym: articulationes ossiculorum auditus, joints of ear bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facial bones | The facial skeleton, consisting of bones situated between the cranial base and the mandibular region. While some consider the facial bones to comprise the hyoid, palatine, and zygomatic bones, mandible, and maxilla, others include also the lacrimal and nasal bones, inferior nasal concha, and vomer but exclude the hyoid bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| foot bones | The bones of the distal portion of the leg in man and animal. In the human, it consists of the tarsal bones, the metatarsal bones, the phalanges (toes), and the tissues encompassing them. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leg bones | The bones of the lower extremity in man and of any of the four extremities in animals. (12 Dec 1998) |