Appendicular Skeleton Flashcards
How many bones does the Appendicular Skeleton have?
126 bones
How many bones does the Scapula (shoulder blade) have?
2 bones
How many bones does the Clavicle (collar bone) have?
2 bones
Humerus (upper arm)
2 bones
Ulna (medial lower arm)
2 bones
Radius (lateral lower arm)
2 bones
Carpals (wrist)
16 bones
Metacarpals (palm)
10 bones
Phalanges (fingers)
28 bones
Os coxa (pelvic girdle)
2 bones
Femur (upper leg)
2 bones
Patella (knee cap)
2 bones
Tibia (medial lower leg)
2 bones
Fibula (lateral lower leg)
2 bones
Tarsals (ankle)
14 bones
Metatarsals (sole of foot)
10 bones
Phalanges (toes)
28 bones
Location & Bone # of Cervical
- Neck
- C7
Location & Bone # of Thoracic
- Upper back
- T12
Location & Bones # of Lumbar
- Lower back
- L5
Location & Bones # of Sacrum
- Attached to the pelvic girdle
- 5 fused bones
Carpal Bones
8:
- scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, & pisiform
- trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, & hamate
Tarsal Bones
7:
- calcaneus, talus, navicular, medial, intermediate & lateral cuneiform, and cuboid
hand makeup
Metacarpals & phalanges (proximal, middle & distal–tip)
Os Coxae = Hip Girdle
Ilium (lateral), ischium (inferior) & pubis (anterior)
Scapula (shoulder) = Pectoral Girdle
Scapulae (posterior) & clavicles (anterior)
Scapula makeup
Glenoid cavity, spine, acromion, coracoid process, infraspinous fossa, supraspinous fossa & subscapular fossa
Clavicles = collar bones
Acromial & sternal ends
What’s the largest hole in the body & its location?
Phoranium; located in pelvis
What does a ligament connect?
bone –> bone
Fibula VS Tibia
- Fibula = little & always lateral
Female VS male pelvic differences
female = larger, rounder & more open
Tibial tuberosity function
muscle attachment
