Kinesiology Week 7 Flashcards
How many muscles are in the hand?
a. 19
b. 29
c. 9
b. 29 muscles
How many bones are in the hand?
a. 19
b. 29
c. 9
a. 19 bones
A ______ is a pictorial representation of the anatomical divisions of the primary motor cortex and the primary somatosensory cortex
a.
b.
c. cortical homunculus
c. cortical homunculus
The cortical homunculus shows the portion of the human brain directly responsible for the movement and exchange of sense and _____ information of the rest of the body
a.
b. motor
c.
b. motor
The carpus has ____ carpal bones
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
d. 8
The hand has ____ metacarpals
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
a. 5
What are the five digits of the hand?
Thumb, index, middle, ring, and small (little) fingers
A ____ is one metacarpal bone and its phalanges
a. doe
b. ray
c. me
d. fa
b. ray
The articulation between the proximal end of the metacarpal and the distal row or carpals are the _____ joints
a. carpometacarpal joints (CMC)
b. metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP)
a. CMC
The articulation between the metacarpals and the proximal phalanges form the _____ joints
a. carpometacarpal joints (CMC)
b. metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP)
b. MCP
Each finger has two interphalangeal joints, the _____ interphalangeal and the ______ interphalangeal
a. proximal and distal
b. anterior and posterior
c. superior and inferior
a. proximal and distal (PIP) and (DIP)
The thumb has only two phalanges and therefore only ___ interphalangeal (IP) joint(s)
a. 1
b. 2
c. none
a. 1
True or False: The palmer wrinkles are the dermal hinges where the skin folds on itself during movement
False: it is called the palmer creases
True or False: Palmer creases increase skin adherence for enhancing grasp
True
True of False: the golden arches are important to hand function as they can hold and manipulate objects
True
The _______ is formed by distal row of carpal bones, forms the carpal tunnel
a. proximal transverse arch
b. distal transverse arch
c. longitudinal arch
a. proximal transverse arch
The _______ passes through the MCP joints
a. proximal transverse arch
b. distal transverse arch
c. longitudinal arch
b. distal transverse arch
The _______ follows the general shape of the second and third rays
a. proximal transverse arch
b. distal transverse arch
c. longitudinal arch
c. longitudinal arch