Quiz 4 - Appendicular Skeleton

Question 1

Appendicular Skeleton

Answer 1

involved in changing your position in the external environment (ex: standing, walking, sitting, dressing, driving a car)

Question 2

tubercle

Answer 2

small rounded projection or process

Question 3

tuberosity

Answer 3

large rounded projection; may be rough

Question 4

epicondyle

Answer 4

raised area on or above a condyle

Question 5

trochanter

Answer 5

very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process

Question 6

crest

Answer 6

narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent

Question 7

pectoral girdle

Answer 7

composed of clavicle and scapula - provide a bass for arm movement

Question 8

clavicle

Answer 8

connects the scapula to the manubrium of sternum

Question 9

scapula

Answer 9

posterior side, supported by skeletal muscles, direct connection to humerus

Question 10

acromion

Answer 10

large, posterior process, articulates with clavicle

Question 11

coracoid process

Answer 11

“crows back” , anterior process, articulates with bicep brachia muscle

Question 12

glenoid cavity

Answer 12

articulates with head of humerus (forms shoulder joint)

Question 13

spine

Answer 13

posterior ridge of scapula

Question 14

humerus parts

Answer 14

head, great tubercle, lesser tubercle, lateral epicondyle, medial epicondyle, capitulum, trochlea, coronoid fossa, olecranon fossa

Question 15

radius (parts)

Answer 15

lateral bone of the forearm

• radial tuberosity
• styloid process

Question 16

ulna (parts)

Answer 16

medial bone of the forearm

• olecranon
• trochlear notch
• coronoid process
• styloid process

Question 17

carpals (part)

Answer 17

lateral to medial in anatomical position - thumb to little finger

• scaphoid
• lunate
• triquetrum
• pisiform
• trapezium
• trapezoid
• capitate
• hamate

Question 18

metacarpals

Answer 18

palm of hand

Question 19

phalanges

Answer 19

proximal, middle, distal - digit or phalanx

Question 20

pollex

Answer 20

proximal, distal - thumb

Question 21

pelvic girdle

Answer 21

coxal bone - ilium, ischium, pubis

• acetabulum
• obturator foramen
• iliac crest
• ischial tuberosity

Question 22

femur

Answer 22

head, neck, greater trochanter, lesser trochanter, medial epicondyle, lateral epicondyle, medial condyle, lateral condyle

Question 23

patella

Answer 23

“kneecap”

Question 24

tibia

Answer 24

tibial tuberosity and medial malleolus

Question 25

fibula

Answer 25

lateral malleolus

Question 26

tarsals

Answer 26

talus, calcaneus, navicular, cuboid, cuneiform (medial, intermediate, lateral

Question 27

metatarsals

Answer 27

sole of the foot

Question 28

phalanges

Answer 28

same arrangement as in hand

Question 29

hallux

Answer 29

big toe