Appendicular Skeleton: Pectoral Girdle And Upper Limbs Flashcards
What provides an attachment site for arms?
Pectoral girdle
What is the most fractured bone in the body?
Clavicle
What is the joint where the acromion and clavicle?
Acromioclavicular joint
What is the attachment site for ligaments on the clavicle?
Conoid tubercles
Where does the shoulder blade normally lay over?
Ribs 2-7
What is the top of the scapula?
Acromion
What articulates laterally with the glenoid cavity?
Humerous
What is the longest and largest bone of the upper extremity?
Humerous
What part of the humerous is positioned laterally and helps form the rounder contour of the shoulder?
Greater tubercle
What is the lateral rounded condyle that articulates with the radius?
Capitulum
What is the medial condyle that articulates with the ulna?
Trochlea
What is the funny bone really?
The ulner nerve
What part of the antebrachium is the lateral bone?
Radius
What is the medial part of the antebrachium?
Ulna
What forms the superior radioulnar joint?
Head of the radius articulating with the radial notch
What causes the bumps on your wrist?
Styloid processes
What is the distal end of the ulna and radial end of the radius called?
The head
What stablizes the wrist bones?
Styloid processes
What helps keep the ulna and radius at a fixed distance from each other?
Interosseous membrane
What is the female carrying angle?
10-15
What is the female carrying angle?
15
Where does crucifixion usual happen on the arm?
Between the distal ends of the radius and ulna
What can be damaged during crucifixion?
Medial nerve
How many carpals are there?
8
How many metacarpals are in the palm?
5
What is another name for the thumb?
Pollux
What is the name for the fat part of the hand?
Themar eminence
What are the bone in the fingers?
Phalanges
How many phalanges are there?
28
What is a break in the distal end of the radius?
Colles fracture
