Shoulder and Arm

Question 1

How many bones are in each hand?

Answer 1

27

Question 2

How many bones make up the forearm?

Answer 2

2

Question 3

How many phalanges or finger bones are in each hand?

Answer 3

14

Question 4

The elbow joint does flexion, extension, pronation and ___________

Answer 4

Supination

Question 5

What movement does occur in the clavicle?

Answer 5

Elevation, Depression, Retraction and Protraction

Question 6

Shrugging the shoulders up and down are which two types of movement?

Answer 6

Elevation and depression

Question 7

The humerus bone meets the scapula at which joint?

Answer 7

Glenohumeral joing

Question 8

The rotator cuff is a group of how many muscles?

Answer 8

4

Question 9

The supraspinatus muscle in the rotator cuff initiates which type of movement?

Answer 9

Abduction

Question 10

Which of the rotator cuff muscles is the most commonly torn?

Answer 10

Supraspinatus

Question 11

Carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of the ___________________ nerve.

Answer 11

Median

Question 12

What is a good yoga teaching cue for students with carpal tunnel syndrome?

Answer 12

Decrease the angle of the wrists (bringing the palm towards the bottom of the forearm)

Question 13

How many muscles are in the triceps?

Answer 13

3

Question 14

What are movements in the scapula facilitated by the serratus anterior muscle?

Answer 14

Upward rotation and protraction

Question 15

What props or modifications could be used for students with carpal tunnel syndrome?

Answer 15

Folded mat or block wedge