The Appendicular Skeleton

Question 1

Attaches the upper limbs to the trunk

Answer 1

Pectoral girdle

Question 2

Attaches the lower limbs to the trunk

Answer 2

Pelvic girdle

Question 3

Joint at the medial end of clavicle with sternum

Answer 3

Sternoclavicular joint

Question 4

Joint at the lateral end of clavicle with scapula

Answer 4

Acromioclavicular joint

Question 5

Joint at the scapula with humerus

Answer 5

Glenohumeral joint

Question 6

Only the ____articulates with the axial skeleton

Answer 6

Clavicle

Question 7

Shallow socket of the shoulder joint

Answer 7

Glenoid cavity

Question 8

Because the glenoid cavity is shallow, this is good for ____but bad for______.

Answer 8

Glenoid cavity=socket of shoulder joint

flexibility, stability

Question 9

The head of the humerus fits into the _____ and the ______

Answer 9

Glenoid cavity, acromion

Question 10

The clavicle works to push the scapula ____ and _____. When it is fractured, the joint slumps forward

Answer 10

laterally, posteriorly

Question 11

What form of ossification forms the clavicle?

Answer 11

Intramembranous

Question 12

The clavicle is considered to be a ____ bone

Answer 12

long

Question 13

The _____of the clavicle articulates with the manubrium

Answer 13

Sternal end

Question 14

The ____ of the clavicle articulates with the scapula

Answer 14

Acromial end

Question 15

Attachment points for biceps

Answer 15

Coracoid process. See on scapula

Question 16

Fossa found superiorally on the scapula

Answer 16

Supraspinous fossa

Question 17

Fossa found inferiorally on the scapula

Answer 17

Infraspinous fossa

Question 18

The upper limb is made up of ____ bones broken into three groups:

Answer 18

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Arm (brachium)
Forearm (antebrachium)
Hand (manus)

Question 19

The humerus articulates with the ____ at the _____ at the shoulder
Articulates with the _____ and _____ at the elbow

Answer 19

scapula, glenoid cavity

radius, ulna

Question 20

The ______of the humerus articulates with the head of the radius

Answer 20

Capitulum

Question 21

The _____ of the humerus articulates with the coronoid process of the ulna

Answer 21

Trochlea

Question 22

The trochlea of the humerus articulates with the ____ of the ulna

Answer 22

coronoid process

Question 23

The ______ interconnects radius and ulna

Answer 23

interosseous membrane

Question 24

Hand consists of the wrist ____, palm _____ and fingers_____

Answer 24

wrist=carpus
palm=metacarpals
fingers=phalanges

Question 25

Three types of phalanges

Answer 25

Proximal, middle, distal-thumb only has proximal and distal

Question 26

Metacarpals

Answer 26

I, II, III, IV, V-thumb is metacarpal I and the pinky is metacarpal V

Question 27

See a loss of ___ and ___ between different vertebrae.Not so much the ____

Answer 27

carpals, metacarpals and phalanges. Not so much in the humerus

Question 28

What makes up the pelvic girdle?

Answer 28

2 hip (coxal) bones +sacrum

Question 29

The hip bones consist of three fused bones

Answer 29

Ilium, ischium and pubis

Question 30

A deep hemispherical socket on lateral pelvic surface

Answer 30

Ancetabulum

Question 31

The _____articulates with the head of the femur

Answer 31

Ancetabulum

Question 32

The two pubic bones are joined by ____ called_____ at the midline

Answer 32

fibrocartilage, public symphysis

Question 33

Proximal end of the femur consists of

Answer 33

Head for acetabulum

Trochanters

Question 34

Distal end of the femur consists of

Answer 34

Condyles and epicondyles

Patellar surface for patella

Question 35

The food is composed of

Answer 35

Tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges