Lab 2: Appendicular Skeleton Flashcards
what are the features of the clavicle?
- sternal end
- acromial end
- conoid tubercle
- thicker end
- joins with the manubrium
- box like
sternal end
- looks like a spoon
- thinner, more flat
- joins with scapula
acromial end
- small bony protrusion off of the inferior side
- near the acromial end
- posterior and points inferiorly
conoid tubercle
- collar one
- smaller, curved long bone
clavicle
- shoulder blade
- large and triangular
scapula
what are the features of the scapula?
- spine
- acromion process
- coracoid process
- suprascapular notch
- superior and inferior angles
- supraspinous fossa
- infraspinous fossa
- subscapular fossa
- glenoid fossa
- supra/infra glenoid tubercles
large upraised bony process off of the posterior side
spine of the scapula
- bony process at the tip of the shoulder
- off of the spine
acromion process of the scapula
- smaller process
- anterior to the acromion process
coracoid process of the scapula
small indent along the superior border of the scapula
suprascapular notch of the scapula
- where superior and medial borders meet
- where medial and lateral borders meet
superior and inferior angles of the scapula
smooth surface superior to the spine of the scapula
supraspinous fossa of the scapula
smooth surface inferior to the spine
infraspinous fossa of the scapula
smooth surface that makes up the anterior side
subscapular fossa of the scapula
- lateral side
- round/oval
- smooth
- inferior to the acromion
glenoid fossa of the scapula
- at the top and bottom of the glenoid fossa
- small bumps
supra/infra glenoid tubercles of the scapula
long bone in the upper arm
humerus
what are the features of the humerus?
- head
- greater tubercle
- lesser tubercle
- intertubercular groove
- deltoid tuberosity
- medial and lateral epicondyles
- trochlea
- capitulum
- coronoid fossa
- radial fossa
- olecranon fossa
- large, rounded
- proximal end
- medial side
- joins with glenoid fossa
head of the humerus
- larger, more rounded
- lateral (directly across from) the head
greater tubercles of the humerus
- smaller tubercle of humerus
- more anterior
lesser tubercle of the humerus
shallow groove between the greater and lesser tubercles
intertubercular groove of the humerus
- rough raised portion of the humeral shaft
- antero-lateral side
- 1/3 of the way down
deltoid tuberosity of the humerus
on either side of the trochlea and capitulum
medial and lateral epicondyles of the humerus
- smooth, rounded process on the medial side
- medial condyle
- bowtie
trochlea of the humerus
- smooth, rounded process on the lateral side
- lateral condyle
capitulum of the humerus
- anterior side
- indent just proximal to the trochlea
coronoid fossa of the humerus
- anterior side
- shallow indent just proximal to the capitulum
radial fossa of the humerus
- posterior side of the distal end
- deep indentation
olecranon fossa of the humerus
- has prominent hook
- medial bone of forearm
ulna
what are the features of the ulna?
- olecranon process
- trochlear notch
- coronoid process
- radial notch
- ulnar tuberosity
- head
- styloid process
- hook like process
- posteriorly at the proximal end
- fits in to olecranon fossa
olecranon process of the ulna
- very large on the anterior side of the olecranon process
- fits around the trochlea
trochlear notch of the ulna
- small bony protrusion
- at most anterior and inferior end of the trochlear notch
coronoid process of the ulna
- proximal end
- much smaller indent on the lateral side of the trochlear notch
radial notch of the ulna
- small bump
- distal to trochlear notch on the anterior side of the proximal end
ulnar tuberosity of the ulna
smaller distal end of ulna
head of the ulna
- small
- distal end of ulna
- projects from the medial and posterior side of the head
styloid process of the ulna
lateral bone of the forearm
radius
what are the features of the radius?
- head
- radial tuberosity
- ulnar notch
- styloid process
- Lister’s tubercle
- proximal end
- circular shape with flat end
- joins radial notch at radial-ulnar joint
head of the radius
- rough, raised portion of radius
- anterior and medial side of the shaft
- just distal to the head
radial tuberosity of the radius