Joey Contemplates a Skeleton

A student is forced to "bone up."

Joey Contemplating a Skeleton

 

By Elton Camp

 

The teacher told Joey to learn each bone by name

And that there were only about 206 of the same

The parietal, temporal and occipital are in the head

At least that’s what the biology teacher then said

 

The atlas and axis are two bones found in the neck

Twelve vertebrae are attached to ribs if you check

Lumbar, sacrum and their parts learn without fail

And don’t forget the coccyx that looks like a tail

 

Of the maxillae and mandible the jaws are made

Collar bone is the clavicle; scapula shoulder blade

Humerus in upper arm, ulna below, radius thumb side

And in wrist and hand carpals & metacarpals reside

 

Phalanges are found in both the fingers and the toes

The femur, patella, tibia and fibula in the leg goes

But this is only a small sample of what Joey must learn

If an excellent grade in his biology class he will earn