Unit 7: The Skeletal System Flashcards
Forearm (upper extremity)
Between the elbow and wrist
Shoulder girdle
Scapula; acromion process; glenoid cavity; coracoid process; spine
Scapula
Triangular shaped; shoulder blade
Acromion process (shoulder girdle)
Flattened lateral portion of the spine
Coracoid process (shoulder girdle)
A protruding projection on the anterior surface just inferior to the lateral aspect of the clavicle
Spine (shoulder girdle)
A large process on the posterior of the scapula
Clavicle articulates with what 2 bones
Sternum; scapula
Glenoid cavity articulates with what to form the shoulder joint?
Head of the humerous
Upper arm bone
Humerus
Part that forms the shoulder joint
Humerus; scapula; clavicle
Parts that form elbow joint
Radius; ulna; olecranon; humerus
Forearm bones
Radius (lateral/distal for elbow joint) ulna (medial/proximal for elbow joint)
Tip of the elbow
Olecranon
Funny bone
Humerus
Interosseous membrane
The diaphysis shaft where the radius and ulna are connected
Wrist bones
Carpals
Palm bones
Metacarpals
Finger bones
Phalanges
Thumb
Pollex
Coxal bone
Hip
Ilium articulates with
Sacrum
Posterior joint (ilium)
Sacroiliac joint/acetabulum
Greater sciatic notch
Allows passage of the sciatic nerve
Ischium
Constitutes interior/posterior part of the hip bone
Is hail tuberosity
The part that meets the chair when you are sitting
Pubis
Anterior/inferior part of the hip bone
Anterior joint
Front pubis
Part of coral bone that articulates with femur at the hip
Ilium
False pelvis
Contains no pelvic organs except the full bladder and pregnant uterus
True pelvis
Bony pelvis inferior to the pelvic rim; inlet outlet and a cavity (babies come out)
Male/female pelvis
Male: larger, heavier, more narrow, smaller inlet/outlet; pubic arch 90*; more moveable pubic symphysis; more flexible coccyx
Thigh bone
Femur
Part that forms hip joint
Head of femur
Part that forms knee joint
Patella, femoral condyles; tibia
Part that attaches hip muscles
Greater/lesser trochanters
Knee cap
Patella
What type of bone is the knee cap
Sesamoid
Patella is Located in what tendon
Patellar tendon