Practical 2: Appendicular Flashcards by Christina Stafstrom

Collarbone

Slender doubly curved bone

Clavicle

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End that attaches to the sternal manubrium
Rounded or triangular in cross section
Projects above manubrium
Sits in clavicular notch
Skinny end of clavicle

Medial end (sternal)

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Fat of clavicle

Flattened where it articulates with scapula to form part of the shoulder joint

Lateral end (acromial)

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Main part of clavicle

Body

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Near sternal end of clavicle

Rough patch

Costal tuberosity

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Near acromial end of clavicle

Part that sticks out

Conoid tubercle

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Points down on clavicle

Groove on the body

Subclavian groove

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How to orient scapula

Spine is posterior and acromion is lateral

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Shoulder blades
Generally triangular
Wings of human

Scapula

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Where the shoulder pokes out posteriorly on scapula

Scapular spine

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Enlarged roughened end of spine on the scapula

Process

Acromion process

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Shallow socket on clavicle that receives the head of the arm bone
Located in the blunted lateral angle
Faces laterally
On scapula

Glenoid cavity

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Rough spot above glenoid fossa on scapula

Supraglenoid tubercle

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Rough spot below glenoid fossa on scapula

Infraglenoid tubercle

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Flat area above spine on scapula

Posterior

Supraspinous fossa

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Flat area below spine
Posterior
On scapula

Infraspinous fossa

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Edge on the same side as glenoid
On scapula
Aka axillary

Layers border

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Flat edge medially scapula

Aka vertebral

Medial border

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Bottom point of scapula

Inferior angle

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Point at the top of scapula

Medial

Superior angle

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Next to superior angle

Edge on scapula

Superior border

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Little crevice in the superior border

Scapular notch

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Hook above the glenoid cavity on scapula

Coracoid process

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How to orient humerus

Head is medial and posterior

Big dent is posterior

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Single arm bone | Long bone

Humerus

Rounded ping pong ball on humerus | Fits into shallow glenoid cavity of scapula

Head

Head is separated from the shaft by this On the humerus Encircles the literal ball/head

Anatomical neck

Directly under the head and tubercle on humerus

Surgical neck

Bigger projection on top of humerus

Greater tubercle

Smaller projection on top part of humerus

Lesser tubercle

On head of humerus Between the tubercles Anterior

Intertubercular groove

Rough patch on diaphysis where deltoids attach

Deltoid tuberosity

Inferior portion of humerus | Medial ridge

Medial supracondylar ridge

Lateral ridge on humerus | Bottom portion

Lateral supracondylar ridge

Dent above capitulum | On humerus

Radical fossa

Dent above trochlea

Coronoid fossa

Small condyle near ridge Medial Humerus Posterior and anterior

Medial epicondyle

Small condyle at bottom of humerus | Only posterior

Lateral epicondyle

Bottom of humerus Lateral marble Anterior

Capitulum

Medial hourglass Bottom of humerus Both posterior and anterior

Trochlea

Big posterior dent at bottom of humerus

Olecranon fossa

Small round end and pointy end | In forearm lateral end

Radius

Round end on top of radius

Head

Construction under head of radius

Neck

Bump under neck of radius

Radical tuberosity

Pointy end of radius | Inferior

Styloid process

Inferior end of radius Smooth area Where head of ulna sits

Ulnar notch

Medial bone of the forearm | Tiny end and big fat end

Ulna

Most superior part of ulna | Big thick piece

Olecranon process

Inside of U or half moon on ulna

Semilunar notch aka trochlear

Smaller process on ulna | Under the notch

Coronoid process

Near U where head sits on ulna

Radical notch

Halfway down the ulna | Ridge

Ulnar crest

Small distal end on ulna | Meets with styloid process

Head

Spike next to head on ulna

Styloid process

Top bones of fingers

Phalanges

Three levels of phalanges

Distal(top), middle, proximal

Line of bones under phalanges

Metacarpals

How are the metacarpals ordered

1-5 | Thumb is 1 and pinky is 5

Name of two rows below metacarpals

Carpals

What is the sentence for the rows of carpals

Some lovers try positions that they can't handle

Bottom row of carpals

Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform

Second row of carpals

Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate

Thigh bone | Strongest bone in the body

Femur

How to orient femur

Golf ball points in medially and big dent is in the back(posterior)

Superior ball like structure | Articulates with hip bone

Head

Small central pit in the femurs head

Fovea capitis

At the junction of the shaft and neck on femur | Bigger projection next to head

Greater trochanter

At the junction of the shaft and neck on the femur | Smaller projection

Lesser trochanter

Anterior on femur | Between trochanters

Intertrochanteric line

Crest posterior on femur | Between trochanters

Intertrochanteric crest

Anterior surface of femur where patella sits

Patellar groove

At the inferior end of femur | Two projections

Medial and lateral condyles

On inferior end of femur | Two smaller projections on top of condyles

Lateral and medial epicondyles

Separates the epicondyles and is the big dent on posterior femur

Intercondylar fossa

Above intercondylar fossa Behind the knee On femur

Popliteal surface

Line closest to head on femur | Posterior side

Spical line

Middle line on posterior femur

Pectineal line

Rough patch by greater trochanter on femur

Gluteal tuberosity

Big main line in the middle of femur Posterior Made up of other lines

Linea aspera

Posterior and inferior lines that splint off of linea

Medial and lateral supracondylar ridges

Lies parallel to tibia No part in forming knee joint Ankle bump

Fibula

On fibula | More rounded end

Head

Sharp ridge in center of fibula

Crest

Pointier end of fibula Ankle bump Has a chip in it

Lateral malleolus

Shinbone | Larger of the two leg bones

Tibia

Bumps on the superior part of tibia

Medial and lateral condyles

Superior horns between condyles on tibia

Intercondylar eminence

Bump below knee and anterior below head on tibia

Tibial tuberosity

Sharp edge in tibia | Middle section

Anterior crest

Forms the inner medial bulge of the ankle | On tibia

Medial malleolus

Where fibula articulates on tibia

Fibula notch

Kneecap | Looks like a ball

Patellar

Smooth side of patella

Anterior surface

Two bumps on this section of patellar

Posterior surface

Small area on patellar posterior groove/valley

Medial facet

Big portion of posterior patellar valley

Lateral facet