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Extremities Part 4 Flashcards

1
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What two bones make up the pectoral girdle?

A

•Clavicle
•Scapula

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2
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What is the medial end of the clavicle?

A

Sternal end

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3
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What is the lateral end of the clavicle?

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Acromial end

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4
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What is the vernacular for scapula?

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Shoulder blade

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5
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What is the ridge of bone on the posterior side of the scapula?

A

Spine of the scapula

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6
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What bony prominence of the scapula can be palpated on the lateral side?

A

Acromion

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7
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What is the overall shape of the scapula?

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Triangular

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8
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The scapula is a flat bone. What are its three edges?

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•Superior border
•Medial border
•Lateral border

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9
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What are the three meeting points of the edges of the scapula?

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•Superior angle
•Inferior angle
•Lateral angle

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10
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With what part of the scapula does the humerus articulate?

A

Glenoid cavity

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11
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What bony process lies superior to the scapulas articulation with the humerus and serves as the origin for the long head of the biceps brachii?

A

Supraglenoid tubercle

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12
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What bony process lies inferior to the scapulas articulation with the humerus and serves as the origin for the long head of the triceps brachii?

A

Infraglenoid tubercle

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13
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What is the broad relatively smooth anterior depression of the scapula?

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Subscapular fossa

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14
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What is the depression superior to the spine or the scapula?

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Supraspinous fossa

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What is the depression inferior to the spine of the scapula?

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Infraspinous fossa

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16
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What is the anterior process that has the form of a crows beak on the scapula?

A

Coracoid process

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17
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What is the only bone of the brachium?

A

Humerus

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18
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What part of the humerus articulates with the scapula?

A

Head

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19
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What bony prominence of the humerus lies proximally and laterally?

A

Greater tubercle

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20
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What bony prominence of the humerus lies proximally and anteriorly?

A

Lesser tubercle

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21
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Through what feature of the humerus does the tendon of the long head of the biceps brachii run?

A

Intertubercular groove

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22
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What feature of the humerus is the location of the Epiphyseal plate or line?

A

Anatomical neck

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23
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What feature of the humerus lies in the proximal region where the bone begins to narrow?

A

Surgical neck

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24
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What are two terms for the long central region of the scapula or any other long bone?

A

Shaft or diaphysis

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25
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What rough prominence lies on the lateral side of the middle portion of the humerus?

A

Deltoid tuberosity

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26
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What are distal easily palpated bony projections on the humerus?

A

Epicondyles

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27
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What feature of the humerus articulates with the head of the radius?

A

Capitulum

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28
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What feature of the humerus articulates with the ulna?

A

Trochlea

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29
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What is the distal lateral depression in the anterior side of the humerus?

A

Radial fossa

30
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What is the distal medial depression on the anterior side of the humerus?

A

Coronoid fossa

31
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What is the distal depression in the posterior side of the humerus?

A

Olecranon fossa

32
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What are the prominent rough distal lateral and medial margins of the humerus proximal to the epicondyles?

A

Supracondylar ridges

33
Q

From lateral to medial what are the two bones of the forearm?

A

•Radius (lateral)
•Ulna (medial)

34
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What is the relation of the radius and ulna in the anatomical position?

A

Parallel

35
Q

Which of the two bones of the forearm moves during pronation?

A

Crossed (the radius rotates around the ulna)

36
Q

What portion of the radius articulates with the humerus?

A

Head

37
Q

What narrow region of the radius lies just distal to the articulation with the humerus?

A

Neck

38
Q

On what prominence of the radius does the biceps brachii insert?

A

Radial tuberosity

39
Q

What bony projection of the radius can be palpated on the distal lateral side of the forearm?

A

Styloid process

40
Q

What distal feature of the radius articulates with the ulna?

A

Ulnar notch

41
Q

What feature of the ulna articulates with the humerus?

A

Trochlear notch

42
Q

What prominent projection of the ulna forms the posterior bump of the elbow?

A

Olecranon

43
Q

What prominence of the ulna forms the inferior lip of the trochlear notch?

A

Coronoid process

44
Q

What feature of the ulna forms a part of the proximal radioulnar joint?

A

Radial notch

45
Q

What feature of the ulna appears as a bump on the distal medial side of the forearm?

A

Head

46
Q

What feature of the ulna can be palpated on the distal medial side of the forearm?

A

Styloid process

47
Q

What sheet of dense regular connective tissue lies between the radius and ulna?

A

Interosseous membrane

48
Q

What is the collective name of the eight small bones of the wrist?

A

Carpals

49
Q

From lateral to medial what bones form the proximal row of carpals?

A

•Scaphoid
•Lunate
•Triquetrum
•Pisiform

50
Q

From lateral to medial what bones form the distal row of carpals?

A

•Trapezium
•Trapezoid
•Capitate
•Hamate

51
Q

What long bones support the palm of the hand?

A

Metacarpals

52
Q

How are the bones in the palm of the hand numbered?

A

From lateral to medial 1-5

53
Q

What are the bones in the digits?

A

Phalanges

54
Q

How many bones are in the thumb?

A

2

55
Q

What bone in the thumb articulates with the first metacarpal?

A

Proximal phalanx

56
Q

What bone in the thumb lies within the segment of that digit with the nail?

A

Distal phalanx

57
Q

Digits ll through V each have three bones. How are they designated?

A

•Proximal phalanx
•Middle phalanx
•Distal phalanx

58
Q

What is the difference between the digits and the phalanges?

A

•Digits are fingers and toes
•Phalanges are the skeletal elements

59
Q

What saddle joint is the only articulation between the pectoral girdle and the axial skeleton?

A

Sternoclavicular joint

60
Q

What saddle joint is the only articulation between the pectoral girdle and the axial skeleton?

A

Sternoclavicular joint

61
Q

What is the name of the articulation between the clavicle and the scapula?

A

Acromioclavicular joint

62
Q

What is the most unstable joint of the body?

A

Glenohumeral joint (shoulder)

63
Q

What three joints occur at what is commonly called the elbow?

A

Humeroulnar joint
Humeroradial joint
Proximal radioulnar joint

64
Q

Which of the two bones of the forearm is involved in the articulation with the carpals?

A

Radius

65
Q

Which of the two bones of the forearm is involved in the articulation with the carpals?

A

Radius

66
Q

Of the eight carpals which are involved in the articulation with the forearm?

A

•Scaphoid
•Lunate
•Triquetrum

67
Q

What articulation occur between the carpals?

A

Intercarpal articulations

68
Q

What joints lie between the carpals and metacarpals?

A

Carpometacarpal joints

69
Q

What joints lie between the metacarpals and the phalanges?

A

Metacarpophalangeal joints

70
Q

What joints lie between the proximal phalanx and the middle phalanx of digits 2-5?

A

Proximal interphalangeal joints

71
Q

What joints lie between the middle phalanx and the distal phalanx of digits 2-5?

A

Distal interphalangeal joints

72
Q

What joint lies between the phalanges of the first digit?

A

Interphalangeal joint

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