Bone Anatomy: Appendicular Skeleton

Question 1

Total number of bones in the appendicular skeleton

Answer 1

126 bones

Question 2

Total number of bones in the pectoral girdle and upper limb

Answer 2

64 bones [4 bones in the pectoral girdle, 60 bones in the upper limbs)

Question 3

Total number of bones in the pelvic girdle and lower limbs

Answer 3

62 bones [2 bones in the pelvic girdle, 60 bones in the lower limbs]

Question 4

Also known as the shoulde girdle, it consists of four bones

Answer 4

Pectoral girdle

Question 5

Shoulder blade; flat, triangular bone with three large fossae

Answer 5

Scapula

Question 6

Collarbone, articulates with the scapula at the acromion process

Answer 6

Clavicle

Question 7

Consists of the bones of the arm, forearm, wrist, and hand

Answer 7

Upper limbs

Question 8

It is the region between the shoulder and the elbow; contains the humerus; lateral to the head are the two tubercles, a greater tubercle and a lesser tubercle

Answer 8

Arm

Question 9

It has 2 bones; the ulna on the medial side of the forearm and the radius on the lateral side

Answer 9

Forearm

Question 10

It is a relatively short region between the forearm and the hand; 8 carpal bones (scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate)

Answer 10

Wrist

Question 11

5 metacarpal bones are attached to the carpal bones; aligned with the five digits; the thumb and the fingers. Each finger consists of three small bones called phalanges (proximal, middle, and distal); the thumb has two phalanges

Answer 11

Hand

Question 12

It is where the deltoid muscle attached

Answer 12

Deltoid tuberosity

Question 13

It provides attachment sites for forearm muscles

Answer 13

Epicondyles

Question 14

It is lateral to the thumb

Answer 14

Radius

Question 15

Where the arm muscles (biceps brachii) attaches

Answer 15

Radial tuberosity

Question 16

Medial to the little finger

Answer 16

Ulna

Question 17

It forms most of the elbow joint, proximal end of ulna

Answer 17

Trochlear notch

Question 18

It helps complete the grip of the ulna, distal end of the humerus

Answer 18

Coronoid process

Question 19

Extension of the ulna, point of elbow

Answer 19

Olecranon process

Question 20

Articulates with the bones of the wrist

Answer 20

Styloid process

Question 21

The 8 carpal bones (lateral to medial)

So Long Top Part Here Comes The Thumb

Answer 21

Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquetrum
Pisiform
Hamate
Capitate
Trapezoid
Trapezium

Question 22

The 5 metacarpal bones

Answer 22

Metacarpal 1 - thumb
Metacarpal 2 - index finger
Metacarpal 3 - middle finger
Metacarpal 4 - ring finger
Metacarpal 5 - pinky finger

Question 23

The 5 proximal phalanges

Answer 23

Proximal phalange 1 - thumb
Proximal phalange 2 - index finger
Proximal phalange 3 - middle finger
Proximal phalange 4 - ring finger
Proximal phalange 5 - pinky finger

Question 24

The 5 distal phalanges

Answer 24

Distal phalange 1 - thumb
Distal phalange 2 - index finger
Distal phalange 3 - middle finger
Distal phalange 4 - ring finger
Distal phalange 5 - pinky finger

Question 25

Four middle phalanges

Answer 25

Middle phalange 1 - index finger
Middle phalange 2 - middle finger
Middle phalange 3 - ring finger
Middle phalange 4 - pinky finger

Question 26

Where the lower limbs attach to the body

Answer 26

Pelvic girdle & lower limb

Question 27

Hip bones; join each other anteriorly and the sacrum posteriorly to form a ring of bone called the pelvic girdle

Answer 27

Coxal bones

Question 28

Most superior of the coxal bones

Answer 28

Ilium

Question 29

Inferior and posterior bone of the coxal bones; “sit down bone”

Answer 29

Ischium

Question 30

Inferior and anterior bone of the coxal bones

Answer 30

Pubis

Question 31

Region between the hip and the knee; contains the femur (single bone)

Answer 31

Thigh

Question 32

It articulates with the acetabulum of the coxal bone

Answer 32

Head of the femur

Question 33

It articulates with the tibia

Answer 33

Condyles

Question 34

Points of ligament attachments

Answer 34

Epidondyles

Question 35

Lateral to the head after the neck

Answer 35

Trochanters

Question 36

Knee cap; enables the tendon to bend over the knee

Answer 36

Patella

Question 37

Region between the knee and the ankle

Answer 37

Leg

Question 38

Shinbone; larger; major weight-bearing bone of the leg; medial malleous

Answer 38

Tibia

Question 39

Thin and sticklike that forms the lateral side of the leg; lateral malleolus

Answer 39

Fibula

Question 40

Where the muscles of the anterior thigh attach

Answer 40

Tibia tuberosity

Question 41

Consists of 7 tarsal bones

Answer 41

Ankle

Question 42

Proximal row of bones in the ankle

Answer 42

Navicular
Tarsal - ankle bone
Calcaneus - heel bone

Question 43

Distal row of bones in the ankle

Answer 43

Medial cuneiform
Intermediate cuneiform
Lateral cuneiform
Cuboid

Question 44

They are arranged and numbered in a similar manner to the hand

has 3 primary arches

Answer 44

Metatarsal bones and phalanges

Question 45

The 5 metatarsal bones

Answer 45

metacarpal 1 - thumb

Question 46

The 5 proximal phalanges

Answer 46

Proximal phalange 1 - thumb

Question 47

The 5 distal phalanges

Answer 47

Distal phalanges 1 - thumb

Question 48

The 5 middle phalanges

Answer 48

Middle phalange 1 - thumb