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 not occur in the clavicle?

Answer 5

Adduction

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 joint

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

Which of the following is a good yoga teaching cue for students with carpal tunnel syndrome?

Answer 11

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