Chapter 13

Question 1

What makes up the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 1

• appendages

- the girdles that attach the limbs to the axial skeleton

Question 2

What is a girdle?

Answer 2

-the point of attachment to the axial skeleton

Question 3

What makes up the shoulder girdle?

Answer 3

• clavicle

- scapula

Question 4

What makes up the pelvic girdle?

Answer 4

• ilium
• ischium
• pubis

Question 5

How many bones make up the upper limb?

Answer 5

• 32 total bones

- 19 of the 32 are hand bones

Question 6

What is the clavicle’s shape?

Answer 6

-s shaped

Question 7

What does the clavicle articulate with?

Answer 7

• Manubrium

- acromion of the scapula

Question 8

What are the joints associated with the clavicle?

Answer 8

• sternoclavicular joint

- acrominoclavicular joint

Question 9

Is the clavicle easy or hard to break? Why?

Answer 9

• easy

- it’s shape

Question 10

How does someone break the clavicle?

Answer 10

-they land stretched out and the force is generated through the arm

Question 11

What kind of bone is the scapula?

Answer 11

-flat bone

Question 12

What is special about the humerus?

Answer 12

-it is the longest and largest bone of the upper limb

Question 13

Where does the brachia tendon sit?

Answer 13

-in the intertubercular groove of the humerus

Question 14

Describe the ulna.

Answer 14

• longer forearm bone

- medial side

Question 15

What is interesting about the ulna?

Answer 15

-it does not articulate with any of the carpals

Question 16

What is carpal tunnel?

Answer 16

-space between carpal bones and flexor retinaculum (connective tissue overlying carpals

Question 17

How many carpals are there?

Answer 17

-8

Question 18

How many metacarpals are there?

Answer 18

-5

Question 19

How many phalanges are there? Per finger?

Answer 19

• 14 total
• 2 in the thumb
• 3 in every other finger

Question 20

What is the thumb called?

Answer 20

-pollux

Question 21

What are the joints in the phalanges?

Answer 21

• carpometacarpal
• metacarpophalangeal
• interphalangeal

Question 22

What are the differences between male and female pelves?

Answer 22

• female: wider and shallower

- male: smaller inlet and deeper

Question 23

What does the femur articulate with?

Answer 23

-articulates with the patella

Question 24

What kind of bone is the patella? What tendon is it formed in? Joint?

Answer 24

• sesamoid bone
• quadriceps tendon
• forms patellofemoral joint

Question 25

What is the function of the patella?

Answer 25

-increases the leverage of the quadrieps femoris muscle

Question 26

What is chondromalacia patellae? Found?

Answer 26

• degeneration of the articular surface of the patella

- commonly found in young athletes

Question 27

What does the tibia articulate with?

Answer 27

• fibula

- talus of the ankle

Question 28

What does the fibula articulate with?

Answer 28

-tibia
-talus of the ankle
(non-weight bearing)

Question 29

How many metatarsals are there?

Answer 29

-5

Question 30

How many phalanges are in each toe? Total?

Answer 30

• big toe has 2
• every other toe has 3
• 14 total

Question 31

What is the big toe called?

Answer 31

-hallux

Question 32

What are the arches of the foot?

Answer 32

• transverse arch

- longitudinal arch

Question 33

What is flat foot?

Answer 33

-a foot when the arches fall

Question 34

What is cavus foot?

Answer 34

-a foot with too much arch