Arm/Shoulder Flashcards
joint between scapula and clavicle
acromioclavicular joint
wing of the shoulder blade (top) a-shaped
acromion process
wrist bone; 3rd bone; top row
capitate
collarbone; 2 bones; long
clavicle
c-shaped hook on the shoulder
Coracoid process
tips of fingers
distal phalanges
depression/socket of the shoulder
glenoid cavity
higher knob on the top of humerous; muscle connection point
greater tubercle
wrist bone; hooked bone near pinky
hamate
round knob of upper arm bone
head of humerus
rounded knob of thumb side arm bone (near elbow)
head of radius
rounded area in wrist (medial side/pinky side)
head of ulna
upper arm bone (1 bone; long)
humerus
tip of scapula
inferior angle
groove under spinous process; back muscle attachment; on scapula
infraspinous fossa
tissue between lower arm bones
interosseous membrane
outside of elbow (ulna side); big knob on elbow joint
lateral epicondyle
lower bump; smaller bump on upper arm bone; front side
lesser tubercle
2nd bone lower level; wrist bone
lunate
big bump on inside of elbow
medial epicondyle
middle bone in finger
medial phalange
palm bones (10 bones, long)
metacarpals
hole in the back of the elbow; depression
olecranon fossa
hook of the elbow; fits into the olecranon fossa
olecranon process
last bone, last row; wrist bone; smallest wrist bone
pisiform
closest digit to the hand
proximal phalanges
thumb side arm bone (2 bones, long)
radius
1st wrist bone; lower level
scaphoid
shoulder blade (2 bones, flat)
scapula
ridge on the shoulder blade (muscle attachment)
spine
small bump on outside of the wrist (pinky side)
styloid process of ulna
big bump on inside of wrist (thumbside)
styloid process of radius
depression above ridge of scapula (muscle attachment)
supraspinous fossa
1st bone; top row; wrist bone
trapezium
2nd bone; top row; wrist
trapezoid
3rd bone; lower level; wrist
triquetral
pinky side lower arm bone
ulna