Upper Limb Bones & Terminology

Question 1

Name the long flat bone shaped like a necktie located in the center of the chest which connects to the ribs via cartilage.

Answer 1

STERNUM
aka
BREASTBONE

Question 2

What is the long bone that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum?

*** There are 2, left and right.

Answer 2

CLAVICLE
aka
COLLARBONE

Question 3

What is the bone which connects the humerous with the clavicle?

Answer 3

SCAPULA

Question 4

Name the long bone in the upper arm, located between the elbow joint and the shoulder?

Answer 4

HUMEROUS

Question 5

What is the thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm, on the side opposite to the thumb?

Answer 5

ULNA

Question 6

Name the larger bone of the forearm, which extends from the elbow to the thumb side?

Answer 6

RADIUS

Question 7

What is the term for the 8 bones known as the wrist?

Answer 7

CARPALS

Question 8

What are the long bones within the hand that are connected to the carpals and phalanges?

Answer 8

METACARPALS

Question 9

What is the term for fingers?

Answer 9

PHALANGES

Question 10

What is the shoulder (scapula, clavicle) also known as?

Answer 10

PECTORAL GIRDLE
+
THORACIC GIRDLE

Question 11

Layman’s term for humerous?

Answer 11

ARM

Question 12

Layman’s term for ulna, radius?

Answer 12

FOREARM

Question 13

Layman’s term for carpals?

Answer 13

WRIST

Question 14

Layman’s term for metacarpals?

Answer 14

HAND

Question 15

Layman’s term for phalanges?

Answer 15

FINGERS

Question 16

The skull, vertebral column, sternum and ribs are collectively known as?

Answer 16

AXIAL SKELETON

Question 17

The shoulders, upper limbs, hips, and lower limbs are collectively known as?

Answer 17

APPENDICULAR SKELETON