Chapter 7 Flashcards
Appendicular skeleton two girdles:
- Pectoral girdle
- Pelvic girdle
What does the pectoral girdle attach?
The upper limbs to the body trunk.
What does the pelvic girdle attach?
The lower limbs to the body trunk.
What do the clavicle and scapulae attach?
The upper limbs to the axial skeleton.
3 fossa of the scapula:
Infraspinosus fossa (posterior)
Supraspinous fossa (anterior)
Subscapular fossa (anterior)
How many bones form the skeletal framework of each upper limb?
30 bones
30 bones consist of:
Arm– Humerus
Forearm– radius and ulna
Hands– 8 carpal bones, 5 metacarpal bones, and 14 phalanges
What is the largest bone in the upper limb?
Humerus; proximal end fits articulate in the glenoid cavity
Describe the ulna:
- medial bone in the forearm (pinky)
- forms the major portion of elbow joint with humerus
Describe the radius:
- lateral bone in the arm (thumb)
- interosseus membrane (ligament) connects the radius and ulna along their entire length
Describe the carpals:
- wrist
- 8 short bones
- pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, scaphoid, hamate, capitate, triquetrum, and lunate
Describe the metacarpals:
- palm
- 5 metacarpal bones (I to V) from thumb to pinky
Describe the phlanges:
- fingers
- numbered I to V
- digit I the pollex (thumb) has 2 bones
- digit II-V have 3 bones- distal, medial, and proximal phalanx
Pelvic Hip Girdle consists of:
- two coxal bones and sacrum
- attached to the lower limbs
- three fused bones form coxal bone
- ilium, ischium, and pubis
Female pelvis:
-adapted for childbearing
- true pelvis defines birth canal
- pelvis broad, shallow, and greater capacity
- pubic angle: broader, more rounded (80-90 degrees)