Chapter 37 Flashcards
Latin word for shoulder
Humerus
Latin word for armpit
Axilla
Latin word for arm
Brachium
Latin word for elbow
Cubitus
Latin word for forearm
antebrachium
Latin word for wrist
Carpus
Latin word for hand
Manus
Latin word for palm
Palma
Latin word for fingers
Digiti manus
Latin word for thumb
Pollex
What 5 bones make up the shoulder girdle (C shaped)
Manubrium of the sternum
Right and left scapulae
Right and left clavicles
Arteries originate _____ and terminate _____.
proximally; distally
Veins originate _____ and terminate _____.
distally; proximally
Blood is returned from the upper limb by what 2 sets of veins?
Deep and Superficial veins
What veins course with an artery of the same name?
Deep veins
What veins are paired distal to the axilla in an arrangement known as venue comitantes?
Deep veins
What deep vein is the exception to the venae comitante arrangement?
Axillary vein
Superficial veins are located in what?
The subcutaneous tissue.
What are the superficial veins of the upper limb?
palmar digital veins intercapitular veins dorsal digital veins dorasal metacarpal veins dorsal venous arch cephalic vein basilic vein median cubital vein
What are the veins that are located on the palmar aspects of the fingers that drain into intercapitular veins?
palmar digital veins
What veins connect the palmar digital veins with dorsal digital veins?
Intercapitular veins
What veins are located on the dorsal aspects of the fingers?
Dorsal digital veins
What veins unite to form the dorsal metacarpal veins?
Dorsal digital veins
What veins are located on the dorsum of the hand and drain into the dorsal venous arch?
dorsal metacarpal veins