Lab: Appendicular Skeleton Flashcards
How many bones make up the appendicular skeleton?
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Function to attach the upper limbs to the axial skeleton, and provide attachment points for many trunk and neck muscles. Consist of the anterior clavicle and the posterior scapula
Pectoral, or shoulder, girdles
A slender doubly curved bone; aka the collarbone
Clavicle
Part of the clavicle; Attaches to the sternal manubrium; is rounded or triangular in cross section.
Sternal (medial) end
Part of the clavicle; flattened where it articulates with the scapula to form part of the shoulder joint
Acromial (lateral) end
Part of the clavicle on the acromial end that anchors a ligament and provides a handy landmark for determining whether a given clavicle is from the right or left side of the body
Conoid tubercle
Generally triangular; “wings” of humans; aka shoulder blades
Scapulae
The enlarged roughened end of the spine of the scapula
Acromion
Beaklike process of the scapula; means crow, raven
Coracoid process
At the base of the coracoid process allows nerves to pass
Suprascapular notch
Long bone of the arm
Humerus
Two prominences opposite of the head, separated by a groove that guides the tendons of the bicep muscle to its point of attachment
Greater and lesser tubercles
Roughened area in the middle of the humerus shaft where the deltoid attaches
Deltoid tuberosity
A condyle at the distal end of the humerus; looks like a spool and articulates with the ulna
Trochlea
A condyle at the distal end of the humerus; articulates with the radius
Capitulum
The funny bone
Medial epicondyle
Above the trochlea; two depressions that allow the corresponding processes of the ulna to move freely when the elbow is flexed and extended
Coronoid fossa and olecranon fossa
Lateral bone of the forearm
Radius
Point of attachment for the tendon of the biceps muscle of the arm
Radial tuberosity
Where the radius articulates with the end of the ulna
Ulnar notch