Appendicular Skeleton Flashcards
• The Appendicular Skeleton contain of :
-The supportive girdles
-The limbs
How many bone we have in skeletal system :
(206) all divided into:
80 - axial skeleton.
126 - appendicular.
The clavicle Articulates with the sternum at ———- , and with scapula at ———- .
- sternoclavicular joint,
- acromioclavicular joint
The scapula articulate laterally by its “ glenoid fossa “with the head of the humerus at —————-, and Medially attached by ————- to the axial skeleton.
- the shoulder joint.
*muscles.
With its “trochlea & olecranon fossa “ articulates with the (olecranon of the ulna)
And with its (capitulum with head of the Radius.)
These two articulation is
the Elbow joint.
• The Radius has a wide distal end articulates with the proximal
carpal bones to form.
the wrist joint
Small distally (head) where it is Not share in
the wrist joint formation.
* The ulna is lateral
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👎🏻 : medial
- The Proximal Row of Carpus With the distal raw forms
*In the Distal Row of Carpus With the metacarpal bones forms :
• the intercarpal joint
•the carpometacarpal joint
Q .The Metacarpal Bones Articulate with
proximal phalanges at the :
^ [ The thumb of phalanges called :
*metacarpophalangeal joint
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