Skeletal System(Appendicular Skeleton)

Question 1

Scapula

Answer 1

Shoulder blade lies on the posterior aspect of the shoulder

Question 2

Humerus

Answer 2

The humerus is a long bone in the arm or forelimb that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

Question 3

Radius

Answer 3

long bone is a dense, strong bone characterized as being longer than it is wide.

Question 4

Ulna

Answer 4

he ulna is located on the opposite side of the forearm from the thumb

Question 5

Carpals

Answer 5

eight small and irregularly shaped bones located in the wrist area.

Question 6

Metacarpals

Answer 6

prismoid in form and curved to be concave in front and convex behind.

Question 7

Phalanges

Answer 7

prismoid in form and curved to be concave in front and convex behind.

Question 8

Femur

Answer 8

The longest and heaviest bone of the body

Question 9

Tibia

Answer 9

is the larger and stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee,

Question 10

Fibula

Answer 10

is a small bone located on the outside of the leg.

Question 11

Tarsals

Answer 11

Tarsals are a cluster of seven articulating bones in the foot

Question 12

Metatarsals

Answer 12

five long bones in the foot, located between the tarsal bones of the hind- and mid-foot and the phalanges of the toes

Question 13

Closed

Answer 13

A fracture that does not break through the skin.

Question 14

Open

Answer 14

Fractured bone is exposed to environment via soft tissue disruption.

Question 15

Transverse

Answer 15

One that runs across or at a 90-degree angle.

Question 16

Spiral

Answer 16

A fracture that twists around the bone.

Question 17

Communited

Answer 17

One that has a bone end forced over the other end.

Question 18

Impacted

Answer 18

One that has a bone end forced over the other end.

Question 19

Green stick

Answer 19

A common incomplete fracture that occurs in children; it appears to have broken partially like a sap-filled green stick.

Question 20

oblique

Answer 20

Runs in transverse pattern.