Hand, Wrist, Forearm Anatomy

Question 1

Divisions of the hand

Answer 1

1. Phalanges
2. Metacarpals
3. Carpals

Question 2

Number of bones in the hand

Answer 2

27

Question 3

Bones of the palm

Answer 3

Metacarpals

Question 4

Bones of the fingers

Answer 4

Phalanges

Question 5

Bones of the wrist

Answer 5

Carpals

Question 6

Proximal Carpals

Answer 6

Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquetrum
Pisiform

Question 7

Distal Carpals

Answer 7

Trapezium
Trapezoid
Capitate
Hamate

Question 8

Articulations between the phalanges

Answer 8

Interphalangeal (Proximal or Distal) joints

Question 9

Articulations between the heads of the metacarpals and proximal phalanges

Answer 9

Metacarpophalangeal joints

Question 10

Articulations between the bases of the metacarpals and the carpal bones

Answer 10

Carpometacarpal

Question 11

Articulations between the carpal bones

Answer 11

Intercarpal joints

Question 12

What type of bones are the carpals?

Answer 12

Short bones

Question 13

What side is the palmer surface?

Answer 13

Palm or front side

Question 14

What side is the dorsal surface?

Answer 14

Back of the hand

Question 15

What is the radial side?

Answer 15

Thumb side

Question 16

What is the ulnar side?

Answer 16

Side opposite the thumb

Question 17

CMC

Answer 17

Carpometacarpal

Question 18

DIP

Answer 18

Distalinterphalangeal

Question 19

IP

Answer 19

Interphalangeal

Question 20

MC

Answer 20

Metacarpal

Question 21

MCP

Answer 21

Metacarpophalangeal

Question 22

PIP

Answer 22

Proximal interphalangeal

Question 23

What is an interphalangeal joint dislocation?

Answer 23

a dorsal dislocation of the PIP joint +/- boney avulsion

Question 24

What is a boxer fracture?

Answer 24

transverse fracture of the fifth metacarpal

Question 25

Bones of the forearm

Answer 25

Ulna | Radius

Question 26

Lateral side of the forearm

Answer 26

Radius

Question 27

Medial side of the forearm

Answer 27

Ulna

Question 28

Processes of the Ulna

Answer 28

Olecranon Process Coronoid Process Styloid Process

Question 29

Important anatomy of the radius

Answer 29

Radial Head | Radial tuberosity

Question 30

What is a process

Answer 30

Any protuberance or bump

Question 31

What is the neck of a bone?

Answer 31

Narrowing of a long bone where the shaft meets the end

Question 32

What is the head of a bone?

Answer 32

End of bone, expanded and rounded

Question 33

What is a facet?

Answer 33

Small, smooth, nearly flat, surface that another bone sits upon

Question 34

Condyle

Answer 34

A rounded protuberance at the end of the bone that articulates with a fossa on another bone

Question 35

Fossa

Answer 35

A shallow depression that articulates with a fossa, often a condyle, on another bone

Question 36

Epicondyle

Answer 36

A second rounded projection on top of a rounded condyle projection

Question 37

Trochanter

Answer 37

Very large irregular shaped projection that serves as a muscle attachment site

Question 38

Tubercle

Answer 38

A smaller tuberosity, sometimes rounded and roughened