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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton Notes Flashcards

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

Included in the Appendicular skeleton

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upper limbs
lower limbs
pectoral and pelvic girdles

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each upper limb articulates with the trunk via ______ or _________

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pectoral girdle or shoulder girdle

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pectoral girdle consists of

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scapulae

clavicles

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each clavicle articulates with the _______

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manubrium of the sternum

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what is the only direct connect between pectoral girdle and the axial skeleton

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clavicle-manubrium of the sternum

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what doe the scapula and clavicle do

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position the shoulder
help move the upper limb
provide a base for muscle attachemtn

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

where muscles attach to the scapula/clavicle

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marks are left in the form of bony ridges and flanges

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scapula articulates with

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humerus and clavicle

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

scapula serves as attachment site for

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shoulder, back, and arm muscles

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the clavicle does this

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holds the shoulder away from the body, permitting free movement of the arm

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both the _____ and the _______ are attached to ligaments and tendons

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coracoid process

acromion

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the _____ crosses the scapular body

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scapular spine

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the _____ articulates with the humerus at the shoulder

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scapula

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

shoulder joint is called

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glenohumeral joint

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the _______ and ______ are important sites of muscle attachement

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greater and lesser tubercles

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the upper limb is attached ______ and functions in ________

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loosely

grasping and manipulation

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the arm bone is the

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humerus

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

humerus articulates with

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scapula (head)
radius (capitulum)
and ulna (trochlea)

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sites of muscle attachment on the humerus

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great and lesser tubercles
deltoid tuberosity
epicondyles

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the forearm consists

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radius and ulna

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ulna and radius articulate with

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each other
humerus
wrist bones

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wrist ligamenst attach to the

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styloid processes of the radius and ulna

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wrist has how many bones

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8 carpal bones

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carpal bones

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triquetrm, pisiform, capitate, hamate, lunate, scaphoid, trapeszoid, trapezium

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a ligament stretches from ________ to the __________ to form the carpal tunnel

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tubercle of the trapezium

hook of the hamate

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what passes through the carpal tunnel

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tendons
nerves
blood vessels

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the distal row of the carpal bones articulates with

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5 metacarpal bones

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the spaces between the metacarpals are occupied with

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soft tissue

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the phalanges are the

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digit bones

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pollex

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one or two _______ often form near the junction between proximal phalanx and the metacarpal of the thumb

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sesamoid bones

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the lower limb is attached solidly to the _____

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

function of the pelvic girdle

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support and locomotion

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the pelvic girdle consists of

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2 ossa coxae (hip bones)

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each os coxa is formed by the fusion of

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ilium
ischium
pubis

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the ____ is the largest hip bone

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

inside the ________, the ilium is fused to the ischium (posteriorly) and the pubic (anteriorly)

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acetabulum

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the coxae are connected ventrally by a pad of fibrocartilage at a joint called

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pubis symphysis

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function of the pubis symphysis

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limits movement between pubis bones of the left and right coxae

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the ____ articulates with the auriuluar surfaces of the ______

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ilia

sacrum

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what attaches the pelvic girdle to the axial skeleton

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acetabulum is

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a socket with a curved surface

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acetabulum articulates with

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head of femur

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important sites of muscle attachment on the pelvic girdle

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iliac crest
iliac spines
ischial tuberosity

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the pelvis consists of

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hip bones
sacrum
coccyx

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

subdivisions of the pelvis are

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false (greater) pelvis

true (lesser) pelvis

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the true pelvis encloses

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the pelvic cavity, a subdivision of the abdominopelvic cavity

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the bony edge of the true pelvis is called the

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pelvic brim or linea terminalis

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enclosed space of pelvic cavity is called

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pelvic inlet

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the false pelvis consists of

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the expanded bladelike portions of each ilium superior to the pelvic brim

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the pelvic outlet is the opening bound by

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coccyx
ischial tubersities
inferior border of the pubic symphysis

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the thigh bone is

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

what is the longest bone in body

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femur articulates with

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tibia
coxa
patella

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sites of muscle attachment on femur are

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greater and lesser trochanters

lateral and medial epicondyles

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patella is

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largest sesamoid bone

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leg consists of

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tibia and fibula

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tibia articulates with

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femur
fibula
talus

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fibula articulates with

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tibia

talus

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knee ligaments attach to the ______

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intercondyle eminence

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

tendons from the thigh muscles attach to the

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tibial tuberosity

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lateral malleolus is on the

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

medial malleoulus is on the

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

how many tarsal bones

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

what are the tarsal bones

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talus
calcaneus
cuboid
lateral
cuneiform
navicular
intermediate cuneiform
medial cuneifrom
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hallux

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

how many metatarsals

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arches in foot

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transverse
longitudinal
lateral

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