UPPER LIMB bones

Question 1

What are the 4 segments of the upper limb?

Answer 1

1. shoulder
2. arm
3. forearm
4. hand

Question 2

what joint connects the superior appendicular skeleton with the axial skeleton?

Answer 2

sternoclavicular joint: sternal end of clavicle articulates with the manubrium

Question 3

What are the borders of the scapula?

Answer 3

1. medial
2. lateral
3. superior

Question 4

what are the angles of the scapula?

Answer 4

1. inferior

2. superior

Question 5

what are the processes of the scapula?

Answer 5

1 . acromion process

2 . coracoid process

Question 6

What are the fossas and notch of the scapula?

Answer 6

1. subscapular notch
2. supraspinous fossa
3. infraspinous fossa
4. sub scapular fossa
5. glenoid fossa

Question 7

what are the tubercles of the scapula?

Answer 7

1. supraglenoid tubercle

2. infraglenoid tubercle

Question 8

What are the features of the humerus?

Answer 8

1. head
2. greater tubercle
3. lesser tubercle
4. intertubercular sulcus
5. anatomical neck
6. surgical neck
7. shaft
8. deltoid tuberosity
9. radial groove
10. radial fossa (sup to capitulum)
11. coranoid fossa (sup to trochlea)
12. olecranon fossa
13. medial supra-epicondylar ridge
14. lateral supra-epicondylar ridge
15. medial epicondyle
16. lateral epicondyle
17. capitulum
18. trochlea

Question 9

what are the features of the ulna?

Answer 9

1. olecranon
2. posterior border
3. head
4. styloid process

Question 10

what are the features of the radius?

Answer 10

1. head
2. posterior oblique line
3. pronator tuberosity
4. dorsal tubercle
5. styloid process

Question 11

What are the carpal bones?

Answer 11

1. scaphoid
2. lunate
3. triquetrum
4. pisiform
5. trapezium
6. trapezoid
7. capitate
8. hamate