Upper Limb

Question 1

What are the 4 muscles in the quadriceps?

Answer 1

Rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus longus, vastus intermedius

Question 2

What are the 8 carpal bones?

Answer 2

Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Hamate, Capitate, Trapezoid, Trapezium

Question 3

What are the two bones of the forearm?

Answer 3

Radius and ulna

Question 4

What bones make up the pectoral girdle?

Answer 4

Scapula and clavicle

Question 5

What joint is it where the head of the humerus articulate with the glenoid cavity of the scapula?

Answer 5

Glenohumeral joint

Question 6

Where does the medial and lateral aspect of the clavicle attach to?

Answer 6

Medial - manubrium of the sternum

Lateral - acromium of the scapula (AC joint)

Question 7

What are the three angles of the scapula?

Answer 7

Superior, lateral, inferior

Question 8

What is the only bone of the arm?

Answer 8

Humerus

Question 9

What are the attachment sites for the rotator cuff?

Answer 9

Greater tubercle and lesser tubercle

Question 10

What groove does the bicep tendon lay in?

Answer 10

Intertubercular groove

Question 11

What are bony features on distal humerus?

Answer 11

Two condyles
Trochlea
Capitulum
Medial and lateral epicondyles
Coronoid fossa - anterior
Olecranon fossa - posterior

Question 12

What are the bony features on the proximal radius?

Answer 12

Head of radius
Neck of radius
Radial tuberosity

Question 13

What are the bony features on the proximal ulna?

Answer 13

Olecranon
Coronoid processes
These are separated by the trochlear notch

Question 14

What type of joint is the elbow joint?

Answer 14

Radiohumeral and humeroulnar is hinge

Radioulnar is pivot

Question 15

Name two joints of the forearm?

Answer 15

Proximal radioulnar joint and distal radioulnar joint

Question 16

Name two bony landmarks of the scapula?

Answer 16

Acromion and subscapular fossa

Question 17

What two bones is the glenohumeral joint located between?

Answer 17

Humerus and scapula

Question 18

What are the two functions of the clavicle?

Answer 18

Support and keeps upper limb away from thorax for maximum ROM

Question 19

Name the movements of the forearm?

Answer 19

Medial and lateral rotation, flexion and extension

Question 20

The scapula and proximal humerus articulate at what joint?

Answer 20

Shoulder/glenohumeral joint

Question 21

Which joint is made up of the acromion process of the scapula and the lateral end of the clavicle?

Answer 21

Acromioclavicular joint (AC joint)

Question 22

Which anterior bone joins the two halves of the pectoral girdle?

Answer 22

Manubrium of the sternum

Question 23

What type of joint is the proximal radioulnar joint?

Answer 23

Pivot

Question 24

What type of joint is the radiocarpal joint?

Answer 24

Modified hinge

Question 25

What type of joint is the mid-carpal joint?

Answer 25

Plane

Question 26

What type of joint is the first metacarpophalangeal joint?

Answer 26

Saddle

Question 27

What type of joint is the 2-5 metacarpophalangeal joint?

Answer 27

Ellipsoid

Question 28

Name a muscle involved in opening the hand?

Answer 28

Abductor pollicus brevis, extensor pollicus brevis, dorsal interossei

Question 29

Which nerve passes through the carpal tunnel?

Answer 29

Median nerve

Question 30

The pinch, plate and tripod grips are all what classification of grip?

Answer 30

Precision grip

Question 31

What bony feature fits inside the olecranon process?

Answer 31

Olecranon process

Question 32

Triceps are responsible for what movement of the forearm?

Answer 32

Extension

Question 33

Name the ligament that holds the head of the radius in contact with the radial notch?

Answer 33

Annular ligament