Elbow and forearm

Question 0

[extension] what kind of lever is the elbow?

Answer 0

1st class

Question 1

[flexion] What kind of lever is the elbow

Answer 1

3rd class lever

Question 2

attachment of superficial flexors of the forearm

Answer 2

medial epicondyle of the humerus

Question 3

attachment of supinator and superficial extensor muscle of the forearm

Answer 3

lateral epicondyle

Question 4

strongest ligament of the elbow

Answer 4

Anterior oblique ulnar ligament

Question 5

weakest ligament of the elbow

Answer 5

posterior oblique ulnar ligament

Question 6

the flexor muscles (except flexor carpi ulnaris) are innervated by the

Answer 6

median nerve

Question 7

chief flexor muscles

Answer 7

biceps brachii, brachialis

Question 8

secondary flexors

Answer 8

brachioradialis, pronator teres

Question 9

Extensors are innervated by

Answer 9

radial nerve

Question 10

T/F the radius is shorter than the ulna

Answer 10

T

Question 11

the head of the radius articulates with the

Answer 11

capitulum of the humerus, radial notch of the ulna

Question 12

the ulnar notch of the radius articulates with the

Answer 12

head of the ulna

Question 13

T/F the styloid process of the ulna is greater than that of the radius

Answer 13

F

Question 14

T/F the shaft of the radius is contradistinction to that of the ulna that it is wider above han it is below

Answer 14

F

Question 15

the stabilizing bone of the forearm is the

Answer 15

ulna

Question 16

what attaches the ulna to the head of the radius?

Answer 16

radial notch

Question 17

disklike triangular cartilage between the ulna and the carpal bones

Answer 17

triangulofibrocartilaginous complex

Question 18

the interosseous membrane of the forearm connects what structures?

Answer 18

radius and ulna

Question 19

destruction of the triangular fibrocartilage leads to

Answer 19

arthritis

Question 20

what separates the distal radioulnar joint from the cavity of the wrist joint?

Answer 20

articular disk

Question 21

which nerve goes in the carpal tunnel?

Answer 21

median nerve

Question 22

artery found in the cubital fossa

Answer 22

radial artery

Question 23

the median cubital veins provide communication between which veins?

Answer 23

basilic and cephalic