Hand and Wrist

Question 1

How many bones total in hand/wrist?

Answer 1

27

Question 2

How many phalanges?

Answer 2

14

Question 3

How many metacarpals?

Answer 3

5

Question 4

How many carpals?

Answer 4

8

Question 5

Composition of fingers 2-5

Answer 5

Three phalanges - proximal, middle, distal

Question 6

Composition of thumb (first digit)

Answer 6

Two phalanges - proximal and distal

Question 7

The three parts of the phalanx and metacarpal bones

Answer 7

Head (distal), body (shaft), base (expanded proximal base)

Question 8

The joint between the two phalanges of the thumb

Answer 8

interphalangeal joint (IP)

Question 9

The joint between the first metacarpal and the proximal phalanx or thumb

Answer 9

First metacarpophalangeal joint (MCP)

Question 10

What are joints of the fingers starting with most distal?

Answer 10

Distal interpalangeal joint (DIP), Proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP), metacarpalphalangeal joints (MCP)

Question 11

Name of joints at the proximal end of metacarpals that articulate with 5 carpals

Answer 11

carpometacarpal joints (CMC)

Question 12

First metacarpal articulate with…

Answer 12

trapezium

Question 13

Second metacarpal articulates with…

Answer 13

trapezoid

Question 14

Third metacarpal articulates with…

Answer 14

capitate

Question 15

Fourth and fifth metacarpal articulates with…

Answer 15

hamate

Question 16

Proximal row of carpals beginning on thumb side

Answer 16

scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform

Question 17

Another term for scaphoid

Answer 17

navicular

Question 18

Smallest of the carpal bones

Answer 18

pisiform

Question 19

Largest of the carpal bones

Answer 19

capitate

Question 20

Distal row of carpals starting on thumb side

Answer 20

trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate

Question 21

What carpal bone articulate with the 4th and 5th metacarpals?

Answer 21

Hamate

Question 22

What is the smallest carpal bone in distal row?

Answer 22

trapezoid

Question 23

Another term for triquetrum?

Answer 23

cuneiform

Question 24

Classification of all joints of the upper limbs

Answer 24

synovial/diarthroidal

Question 25

What movement type are the IP joints?

Answer 25

ginglymus - hinge-type. Moves two directions - flexion and extension

Question 26

What type of movement is the wrist joint?

Answer 26

ellipsoidal - movement in 4 directions

Question 27

What is the wrist joint called?

Answer 27

radiocarpal joint

Question 28

What two carpal bones articulate directly with the radius?

Answer 28

scaphoid and lunate

Question 29

Primary malignant bone tumor

Answer 29

multiple myeloma