Skeletal Anatomy: Carpus

Question 1

How are the carpal bones arranged?

Answer 1

2 rows of 4, distal carpal bones and proximal carpal bones

Question 2

What are the 4 proximal carpal bones?

Answer 2

Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform

Question 3

What are the 4 distal carpal bones?

Answer 3

Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate

Question 4

How many metacarpal bones are there?

Answer 4

5

Question 5

What is the function of the metacarpal bones?

Answer 5

Support the hand

Question 6

What do the metacarpal bones articulate with?

Answer 6

Distal carpal bones and proximal phalanx (finger bones)

Question 7

What are knuckles?

Answer 7

Enlarged dorsal (posterior) surfaces of the metacarpal bones

Question 8

How many phalanges does each hand have?

Answer 8

14

Question 9

What is the pollex?

Answer 9

Thumb

Question 10

What are the 3 kinds of phalanges?

Answer 10

Distal, possum all and middle

Question 11

How many phalanges does the pollex have?

Answer 11

2, distal and proximal

Question 12

How many carpal bones are there in a carpus?

Answer 12

8