A&P - Chapter 13 (Part 1)

Question 1

What makes up the upper extremities? (4)

Answer 1

1. Shoulder
2. Arms
3. Wrists
4. Hands

Question 2

What makes up the lower extremities? (5)

Answer 2

1. Hip
2. Pelvic girdles
3. Legs
4. Ankles
5. Feet

Question 3

Where do we have the most bones located in our bodies?

Answer 3

Our wrists and hands

Question 4

Why does our wrists and hands have the most bones?

Answer 4

For greater dexterity

Question 5

What is the shoulder girdle made up of? (2)

Answer 5

1. Scapula

2. Clavicle

Question 6

What does the shoulder girdle connect?

Answer 6

The upper extremity to the axial skeleton

Question 7

What is the only point of connection in the shoulder girdle?

Answer 7

Sternoclavicular joint

Question 8

What bones make up the arm? (4)

Answer 8

1. Humerus
2. Radius
3. Ulna
4. Elbow joint

Question 9

What is the long bone of the arm?

Answer 9

Humerus

Question 10

What is the second longest bone in the body?

Answer 10

Humerus

Question 11

Where is the humerus held in place at? By what?

Answer 11

The scapula by the rotator cuff

Question 12

What makes up the forearm? (2)

Answer 12

1. Radius

2. Ulna

Question 13

Where is the radius located?

Answer 13

Laterally to the body

Question 14

Where is the ulna located?

Answer 14

Medially to the body

Question 15

What is the elbow joint?

Answer 15

A bony process of the ulna (olecranon)

Question 16

Where does the elbow joint fit?

Answer 16

It fits into a big crater (olecranon fossa)

Question 17

Why is the radial one of the best places to track your pulse? (2)

Answer 17

1. The artery sits along the bone

2. Superficial

Question 18

What 3 bones make up the hand?

Answer 18

1. Carpals
2. Metacarpals
3. Phalanges

Question 19

How many carpal bones are there?

Answer 19

8

Question 20

How many metacarpal bones are there?

Answer 20

5

Question 21

How many phalanges in the hand are there?

Answer 21

14