Appendicular Skeleton

Question 1

The pectoral girdle consists of the what and is highly flexible, making it not very what?

Answer 1

Scapulae and clavicles, stable

Question 2

The scapulae are attached to the axial skeleton by way of associated what and what?

Answer 2

Muscles and ligaments

Question 3

Providing muscle attachment and acting as a brace for the scapula and arms is the function of the what?

Answer 3

Clavicle

Question 4

The clavicle tends to what instead of dislocating due to the ligaments being strong and due to the s shape making it prone to fractures on the curves?

Answer 4

Break

Question 5

The fossae on the scapulae have function?

Answer 5

Muscle attachment sites

Question 6

The coracoid process of the scapula has what function?

Answer 6

Attachment point for the biceps muscle

Question 7

The acromion of the scapula has what function?

Answer 7

Articulates with the acromial end of the clavicle

Question 8

How many bones are in each of the upper arm?

Answer 8

30 bones

Question 9

How many bones are in each of the hands if you include the wrist?

Answer 9

27 bones

Question 10

The greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus have what function?

Answer 10

Muscle attachment sites

Question 11

The deltoid tuberosity has what function?

Answer 11

Attachment site for deltoid muscle

Question 12

The surgical neck and midshaft spiral fractures are common fractures in what bone?

Answer 12

Humerus

Question 13

The lateral and medial epicondyles on the humerus have what function?

Answer 13

Attachment sites for forearm muscles

Question 14

How are the radius and ulna connected? What does it do as well?

Answer 14

Interosseous membrane and keeps them at a fixed distance

Question 15

The radial and ulnar styloid processes have what function?

Answer 15

Ligaments that anchor the wrist attach to them

Question 15

FOOSH, or fall on outstreched hand, tends to fracture what and is more common in older females?

Answer 15

Distal radius

Question 16

What carpal is the most fractured?

Answer 16

Scaphoid

Question 17

What are the eight carpal bones?

Answer 17

Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate

Question 18

What is the thumb called?

Answer 18

Pollex

Question 18

The sacroiliac joint is very stable, making it what?

Answer 18

Not very free movement

Question 19

What structure includes both the axial and appendicular skeletons?

Answer 19

Pelvis

Question 20

What two hip bones make the obturator foramen?

Answer 20

Pubis and ischium

Question 21

The os coxae is what three bones?

Answer 21

Pubis, ilium, and ischium

Question 22

What are the sit bones?

Answer 22

Ischial tuberosities

Question 23

Is the pelvic inlet or outlet more superior?

Answer 23

Inlet

Question 24

The greater and lesser trochanters of the femur have what function?

Answer 24

Sites of muscle attachment

Question 25

Is the false pelvis or true pelvis more superior?

Answer 25

False pelvis

Question 26

What is the ridge along the posterior diaphysis of the femur bone?

Answer 26

Linea aspera

Question 27

Does the fibula articulate with the femur at the knee?

Answer 27

No

Question 27

What is the function of the linea aspera?

Answer 27

Sites for muscle attachments

Question 28

What are the tibia and fibula connected by?

Answer 28

Interosseous membrane

Question 28

What is the function of the patella?

Answer 28

Protect the knee joint and improves leverage of the quadriceps muscle

Question 29

What projects to form the ankle bone?

Answer 29

Medial malleolus

Question 30

What is the big toe called?

Answer 30

Hallux

Question 30

What are the seven tarsal bones?

Answer 30

Calcaneus, talus, cuboid, navicular, and the medial, lateral, and intermediate cuneiform.