Chapter 5 Pt. 4

Question 1

What is the pectoral girdle?

Answer 1

a skeletal structure the supports the arms

Question 2

What is the pectoral girdle composed of?

Answer 2

1) scapulae

2) clavicles

Question 3

What is the scapulae?

Answer 3

shoulder blades

Question 4

What are the clavicles?

Answer 4

collarbones

Question 5

The clavicle is more curved in ______

Answer 5

males

Question 6

The clavicle forms a relatively rigid bridge between a _______ and the _______

Answer 6

scapula

sternum

Question 7

What is the humorous?

Answer 7

the upper arm bone

Question 8

What is the radius and ulna?

Answer 8

the bones of the lower arm, or forearm

Question 9

the ______ is formed by the extension of the ulna past the junction with the humorous

Answer 9

elbow

Question 10

the elbow is formed by the extension of the _____ past the junction with the _________

Answer 10

ulna

humorous

Question 11

both the radius and ulna, meet the __ ______ at the wrist, which then joins with __ _________

Answer 11

8 carpals

5 metacarpals

Question 12

What are metacarpals?

Answer 12

the bones of the hands

Question 13

Each finger includes 3 _________, and the thumb includes two

Answer 13

phalanges

Question 14

What is carpal tunnel?

Answer 14

a narrow opening through the carpal bones that form the wrist

Question 15

What are tendons?

Answer 15

bands of connective tissue that attach muscles to bones

Question 16

Tendons also passes through the _______ _______

Answer 16

carpal tunnel

Question 17

What is carpal tunnel syndrome?

Answer 17

inflamed tendons that press against the nerve, resulting in numbness or tingling in the hand and pain

Question 18

The ______ Girdle is much more rigid than the pectoral girdle

Answer 18

Pelvic

Question 19

The 2 pelvic bones that make up the pelvic girdle attach in back to the ________

Answer 19

sancrum

Question 20

The opening of the pelvic girdle is wider in ________

Answer 20

females

Question 21

The pelvic bones join to a cartilage disk at the _______ ________

Answer 21

public symphysis

Question 22

What is a femur?

Answer 22

thighbone; rotates within a socket in the pelvis

Question 23

The femur joins the _____

Answer 23

tibia

Question 24

What is the difference between the tibia and fibula?

Answer 24

tibia- shinbone

fibula- a smaller bone running down the side of the tibia

Question 25

What is the patella?

Answer 25

the covering for where the tibia joins the femur; kneecap

Question 26

What are tarsals?

Answer 26

ankle bones

Question 27

Tarsals are connected to the ____________

Answer 27

metatarsals

Question 28

What are metatarsals?

Answer 28

foot bones

Question 29

metatarsals are connected to the ____ _________

Answer 29

toe phalanges

Question 30

What are toe phalanges?

Answer 30

toe bones