APE 2: Bones

Question 1

Acetabulum

Answer 1

Socket of hip joint

Question 2

Acromion

Answer 2

Process from the scapula; the point of the shoulder

Question 3

Calcaneus

Answer 3

Heel bone

Question 4

Coracoid process

Answer 4

Process from the scapula

Question 5

What is an epiphysis?

Answer 5

The center of growth at the end of a long bone

Question 6

Where is the glenoid fossa found? What is it?

Answer 6

In the scapula.

The socket via which the humerus is attached to the scapula.

Question 7

Name the 7 tarsal bones of the foot

Answer 7

Talus, navicular, lateral cuneiform, intermediate cuneiform, medial cuneiform, cuboid, calcaneous

Question 8

Where are the medial and lateral malleoli?

Answer 8

The ankle bones (bony prominences of the tibia and fibula)

Question 9

Where’s the manubrium?

Answer 9

The upper part of the sternum

Question 10

Where is the xiphisternum?

Answer 10

At the caudal end of the sternal body

Question 11

What is the name of the joint between the manubrium and the sternal body and at what vertebral level can the joint be found?

Answer 11

The manubriosternal joint can be found at T4, which is ask where the trachea bifurcates

Question 12

What is a pneumatic bone?

Answer 12

A bone which contains many hollow cells of air

Question 13

What are the 3 main types of bone?

Answer 13

Long bones
Short bones
Irregular bones

Question 14

What is a sesamoid bone?

Answer 14

A bone embedded in tendon

Question 15

What is the clavicle also known as?

Answer 15

The collarbone

Question 16

What is the scapula also known as?

Answer 16

The shoulder blade

Question 17

What is the humerus?

Answer 17

The bone of the upper arm

Question 18

What is the ulna?

Answer 18

The medial bone in the forearm

Question 19

What is the radius?

Answer 19

The lateral bone in the forearm

Question 20

What is the femur?

Answer 20

The thigh bone

Question 21

What is the tibia?

Answer 21

The medial bone in the lower leg

Question 22

What is the fibula?

Answer 22

The lateral bone in the lower leg

Question 23

What is the patella?

Answer 23

The kneecap

Question 24

Name the 8 carpal bones

Answer 24

Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate.

Question 25

How many phalanges are there in the thumb and what are they called?

Answer 25

2 phalanges- the proximal phalanx and the distal phalanx.

Question 26

How many phalanges are there in the fingers and what are they called?

Answer 26

3 phalanges- proximal, intermediate and distal phalanges.

Question 27

Where is the pubic symphysis?

Answer 27

At the anterior face of the pelvic girdle, where the 2 pelvic bones meet

Question 28

Where are the styloid processes and what bones are they a part of?

Answer 28

Bony prominences either side of the wrist, from the radius (lateral) and ulna (medial).

Question 29

What is the greater trochanter?

Answer 29

The larger tubercle of the femur, which is an important muscle attachment site

Question 30

How does the femur attach to the pelvis?

Answer 30

The head of the femur associated with the acetabulum, the socket where the ileum, ischium and pubis all meet