APPENDICULAR SKELETON Flashcards
acromio-clavicular joint
- the end of the collar bone where it connects to your shoulder.
- the acromial (lateral end) attaches to shoulder.
- medial end attaches with the sternum.
- attachment points for numerous muscles and they act as braces to hold arms out laterally.
- sternal end is pointier and acromial end is rounder
- whole thing as called a clavicle
Scapulae (shoulder blades)
definition
- lay between the second and seventh ribs
* have three borders and three angles
Acromion
*the nob at the top of the shoulder blade where it attaches to the shoulder
suprascapular notch
- notch along the superior border
superior border
- line along the top of the shoulder blades
superior angle
angle at the top on the medial border of the shoulder blade
subscapular fossa
the big bone of the scapulae with the anterior view
inferior angle
angle at the bottom of the scapulae
lateral and medial border
the inside and outside borders of the scapulae
Glenoid cavity
arch below the acromion on the lateral side of the scapulae (anterior)
coracoid process
the smaller nob that runs laterally along the acromion
lateral angle
- (posterior view) the same spot as the glenoid cavity
supraspinous fossa
(posterior) smaller large flat bone TOP
infraspinous fossa
- larger flat bone (posterior) BOTTOM
spine
- attached to the acromion, thins out and divides the supraspinous fossa and the infraspinous fossa
infraglenoid tubercle
small tubercle right below the glenoid cavity (lateral aspect)
upper limb
the upper limb has 32 bones
arm
- humerous is the sole bone of the arm
* articulates with the scapula at the shoulder, and the radius and ulna at the elbow
greater tubercle
(anterior) larger nob right off of the head of humerus
lesser tubercle
(anterior) smaller nob right off the head of the humerus
head of humerus
large rounded half circle at the top of the humerus
inter-tubercular groove
the groove between the greater and lesser tubercles
deltoid tuberosity
small bump on the humerus in the middle
lateral supracondylar ridge
ridge at the bottom of the humerus (anterior) on the left hand side
radial fossa
smaller hole in the doggy paw right above the capitulum
capitulum
largest toe of the doggy paw
coronoid fossa
larger hole in the doggy paw right above the trochlea
trochlea
(anterior) - third toe on the right of the doggy paw
(posterior) - bottom ridge of the humerus
medial epicondyle
bone at the bottom of the humerus closest to the centre
lateral epicondyle
bone at the bottom of the humerus closest to the outside
olecranon fossa
hole right above the trochlea (posterior)
medial supracondylar ridge
ridge closer to the bottom of the humerus closest to the middle
radial groove
groove along mid to upper humerus starting at the deltoid
surgical neck
circle around top of the humerus below the head
anatomical neck
dividing the head of the humerus and the humerus (theres a line)
forearm
- radius and ulna
* interosseous membrane connects the two bones along their entire length
Radial notch
divides the radius and the ulna at the top
proximal radioulnar joint
- same spot as the radial notch
* at the top of the two bones
radius vs ulna
radius is smaller and ulna is bigger
head
on the radius
neck
on the radius
radial tuberosity
lump at the top of the radius right below the neck
styloid process of radius
bottom bump of the radius
distal radioulnar joint
- same spot at the ulnar notch
* at the bottom of the two bones
unlar notch
divides the radius and the ulna at the bottom
styloid process of the ulna
small bump at the bottom of the ulna
head of the ulna
- actually at the bottom
* right above the styloid process of the ulna