The Appendicular Skeleton

Question 0

Girdle

Answer 0

To encircle

Question 1

The appendicular skeleton

Answer 1

Upper and lower limbs and the two girdles

Question 2

Pectoral girdle

Answer 2

Consist of two clavicles and the two triangle shaped scapulae

Question 3

Point of attachment of pectoral girdle and axial skeleton

Answer 3

Clavicles are attached to sternum’s manubrium (breast bones)

Question 4

Pelvic girdle

Answer 4

Formed by hip bones (coxal bones), the sacrum, and the coccyx (tail bone)

Question 5

Coxal bones (hip bones)

Answer 5

Made of the ilium, the ischium and the pubis

Question 6

Capitulum

Answer 6

Condyle (knob) that allows the radius to articulate with the humerus

Question 7

Trochlea

Answer 7

Condyle on the humerus that lies next to the capitulum and allows the trochlear notch of ulna to articulate with the humerus

Question 8

Coronoid fossa

Answer 8

Depression in the humerus that accepts a projection of ulna bone ( called the coronoid process ) when the elbow is bent

Question 9

Olecranon fossa

Answer 9

Depression in the humerus that accepts a projection of ulna (called the olecranon process) when the arm is extended

Question 10

Radius

Answer 10

Thumb side

Shorter and thicker than ulna