Chapter 8

Question 1

pectoral girdles (2)

Answer 1

clavicle and scapula

Question 2

clavicle (collarbone)

Answer 2

articulates with the manubrium of the sternum

Question 3

sternal end of clavicle

Answer 3

rounded; articulates with the manubrium of the sternum

Question 4

acromial end of clavicle

Answer 4

articulates with the acromion of the scapula

Question 5

scapula (shoulder blade)

Answer 5

large flat bone in the superior part of the posterior thorax between the levels of the second and seventh ribs

Question 6

spine

Answer 6

prominent ridge that runs diagonally across the posterior surface of the scapula

Question 7

acromion

Answer 7

topmost part of the shoulder

Question 8

glenoid cavity

Answer 8

shallow depression inferior to the acromion

Question 9

scapular notch

Answer 9

prominent indentation along the superior border of the scapula

Question 10

superior border of the scapula

Answer 10

superior edge of the scapula

Question 11

Lateral (axillary) border of the scapula

Answer 11

thick edge of the scapula closer to the arm

Question 12

medial (vertebral) border of the scapula

Answer 12

thin edge of the scapula closer to the vertebral column

Question 13

coracoid process of scapula

Answer 13

projection at the lateral end of the superior border of the scapula

Question 14

supraspinous fossa of scapula

Answer 14

surface of attachment for the supraspinatus muscle of the shoulder

Question 15

infraspinous fossa of scapula

Answer 15

serves as a surface of attachment for infraspinatus muscle of the shoulder

Question 16

subscapular fossa of scapula

Answer 16

surface of attachment for the subscapularis muscle

Question 17

humerus

Answer 17

articulates with the scapula and the ulna and radius

Question 18

head of humerus

Answer 18

articulates with glenoid cavity of the scapula

Question 19

glenohumeral joint

Answer 19

articulation between the head of the humerus and glenoid cavity of the scapula

Question 20

anatomical neck

Answer 20

oblique groove (at the distal end of humerus)

Question 21

greater tubercle

Answer 21

lateral projection distal to the anatomical neck

Question 22

lesser tubercle

Answer 22

anterior projection distal to the anatomical neck

Question 23

intertubercular sulcus

Answer 23

groove between the two tubercles of the humerus

Question 24

surgical neck

Answer 24

constriction in the humerus just distal to the tubercles, where the head tapers to the shaft

Question 25

body (shaft) of humerus

Answer 25

main part of the humerus

Question 26

deltoid tuberosity of the humerus

Answer 26

roughened V-shaped area at the middle portion of the shaft of the humerus

Question 27

capitulum of the humerus

Answer 27

rounded nob that articulates with the head of the radius

Question 28

radial fossa of the humerus

Answer 28

anterior depression avocet the capitulum that articulates with the head of the radius

Question 29

trochlea of the humerus

Answer 29

spool shaped surface that articulates with the trochlear notch of the ulna

Question 30

coronoid fossa of the humerus

Answer 30

depression that receives the coronoid process of the ulna

Question 31

olecreon fossa of the humerus

Answer 31

depression that receives the olecreon of the ulna

Question 32

medial and lateral epicondyles of the humerus

Answer 32

rough projections on either side of the distal end of the humerus where tendons of most muscles of the forearm attach

Question 33

ulna

Answer 33

located on medial side (pinky finger side) of the forearm; longer than the radius

Question 34

olecreon of the ulna

Answer 34

forms the prominence of the elbow

Question 35

coronoid process of the ulna

Answer 35

articulates with the trochlea of the humerus

Question 36

trochlear notch of the ulna

Answer 36

large curved area between the olecranon and coronoid process

Question 37

head of ulna

Answer 37

distal end of ulna; separated from wrist by a disc of fibrocartilage

Question 38

styloid process of ulna

Answer 38

provides attachment for the ulnar collateral ligament to the wrist

Question 39

radius

Answer 39

located on thumb side of forearm

Question 40

head of radius

Answer 40

articulates the capitulum of humerus and radial notch of ulna

Question 41

radial tuberosity

Answer 41

point of attachment for tendons of the biceps muscle

Question 42

styloid process of radius

Answer 42

provides attachment for the bracioradialis muscle

Question 43

radialcarpal (wrist) joint

Answer 43

distal end of the radius articulates with 3 bones of the wrist

Question 44

carpals

Answer 44

superior portion of hand

Question 45

names of the 8 carpals "Stop Letting Those People Touch The Cadaver's Hand"

Answer 45

scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate

Question 46

metacarpals (5)

Answer 46

middle portion of the hand

Question 47

phalanges (14)

Answer 47

bones of the digits

Question 48

pollex

Answer 48

thumb

Question 49

pubic symphysis

Answer 49

the hip bones unite to form the pubic symphysis

Question 50

bony pelvis

Answer 50

ring composed of the hip bones, pubic symphysis, sacrum

Question 51

ilium

Answer 51

big top part of the hip bone

Question 52

acetabulum

Answer 52

the socket for the head of the femur

Question 53

iliac crest

Answer 53

superior border of the ilium