Week 6 A&P

Question 1

This is the anterior bone that articulates with the manubrium of the sternum at the sternoclavicular joint:

a) scapula
b) clavicle
c) xiphoid
d) rib
e) thoracic vertebra

Answer 1

b) clavicle

Question 2

This bone has an S-shape that includes the medial half of the bone being convex anteriorly and the lateral half being concave anteriorly:

a) sternum
b) scapula
c) humerus
d) clavicle
e) ileum

Answer 2

d) clavicle

Question 3

Which of the following bones articulates with the scapula?

a) thoracic vertebrae
b) humerus
c) sacrum
d) tibia
e) sternum

Answer 3

b) humerus

Question 4

This part of the clavicle is rounded and articulates with the manubrium of the sternum:

a) acromial extremity
b) conoid tubercle
c) sternal end
d) costal tuberosity
e) xiphoid process

Answer 4

c) sternal end

Question 5

Why does a fracture of the clavicle usually occur in the mid-region of the bone?

a) due to the medial pressure from the inflated lungs
b) due to the ligament-reinforced strength of the acromial joint
c) due to weakness at the junction of the two curves of clavicle
d) due to position of the clavicle relative to the humerus
e) due to fusion of the ends of the clavicle to the sternum and scapula

Answer 5

c) due to weakness at the junction of the two curves of clavicle

Question 6

Which of the following bones is located in the posterior thorax between the levels of second and seventh vertebrae?

a) sternum
b) clavicle
c) pelvis
d) scapula
e) sacrum

Answer 6

d) scapula

Question 7

which bone articulates with the scapula at the glenoid cavity?

a) ileum
b) thoracic vertebra
c) sternum
d) clavicle
e) humerus

Answer 7

e) humerus

Question 8

Which of the following bone markings on the scapula is an indentation into which the head of humerus fits?

a) coracoid process
b) glenoid cavity
c) acromion
d) scapular notch
e) supraspinous fossa

Answer 8

b) glenoid cavity

Question 9

The glenohumeral joint is formed by articulation of the:

a) humerus, radius and ulna
b) humerus and radius
c) humerus and clavicle
d) humerus and ulna
e) humerus and scapula

Answer 9

e) humerus and scapula

Question 10

The epiphyseal line on the proximal end of the humerus is found in the:

a) anatomical neck
b) greater tubercle
c) intertubercular sulcus
d) surgical neck
e) olecranon fossa

Answer 10

a) anatomical neck

Question 11

The medial and lateral epicondyles are found on the distal end of the humerus and are used for:

a) formation of the elbow joint
b) tendon attachment
c) passage of nerves and blood vessels through the bone into the marrow cavity
d) both the formation of the elbow joint and tendon attachment
e) all of these choices are correct

Answer 11

b) tendon attachment

Question 12

Which of the following bones is the longest?

a) radius
b) phalange
c) clavicle
d) ulna
e) scaphoid

Answer 12

d) ulna

Question 13

Which of the following structures is found in the elbow?

a) acromion
b) surgical neck
c) olecranon
d) lesser tubercle
e) both acromion and olecranon

Answer 13

c) olecranon

Question 14

Which of the following structures on the ulna receives the trochlea of the humerus?

a) olecranon fossa
b) coronoid process
c) trochlear notch
d) radial notch
e) capitulum

Answer 14

c) trochlear notch

Question 15

What is the function of the interosseous membrane between the ulna and radius?

a) joins the shafts of two bones
b) tendon attachment
c) site of bone repair
d) both site of tendon attachment and bone repair
e) none of these choices are correct

Answer 15

a) joins the shafts of two bones

Question 16

The coxal bones unite anteriorly at a joint called the:

a) pubic symphysis
b) sacroiliac joint
c) hip
d) acetabulum
e) none of these choices are correct

Answer 16

a) pubic symphysis

Question 17

What is the function of the pelvic girdle?

a) support for vertebral column
b) attachment site for lower limbs
c) attachment site for large pectoral muscles
d) attachment site for lower limbs and for large pectoral muscles
e) all of these choices are correct

Answer 17

d) attachment site for lower limbs and for large pectoral muscles

Question 18

In the standard anatomical position, the ________ is the bone of the pelvis found the most superior:

a) ilium
b) pubis
c) ischium
d) both ilium and ishium
e) all of these choices are correct

Answer 18

a) ilium

Question 19

The auricular surface of the ilium:

a) forms part of the acetabulum
b) is a point of attachment for tendons of the iliacus muscles
c) articulates with the sacrum
d) is a point of attachment for the gluteal muscles
e) articulates with the sternum

Answer 19

c) articulates with the sacrum

Question 20

This is the largest foramen in the human skeleton:

a) acetabulum
b) obturator foramen
c) vertebral foramen
d) mental foramen
e) foramen magnum

Answer 20

b) obturator foramen

Question 21

The hip joint is the joint found between:

a) the femur and tibia
b) the pelvis and sacrum
c) the pelvis and tibia
d) the femur and patella
e) the pelvis and femur

Answer 21

e) the pelvis and femur

Question 22

Each lower limb has:

a) 30 bones found in 3 locations
b) 30 bones found in 4 locations
c) 32 bones found in 3 locations
d) 32 bones found in 4 locations
e) 34 bones found in 4 locations

Answer 22

b) 30 bones found in 4 locations

Question 23

The shaft of the femur angles:

a) medially
b) laterally
c) anteriorly
d) posteriorly
e) cranially

Answer 23

a) medially

Question 24

Which of the structures listed below is NOT part of the knee joint?

a) lateral condyle of the femur
b) medial condyle of the femur
c) lateral malleolus of the fibula
d) condyles of the tibia
e) patella

Answer 24

c) lateral malleolus of the fibula

Question 25

The lateral malleolus is found on the distal end of what bone?

a) tibia
b) fibula
c) talus
d) metatarsals
e) femur

Answer 25

b) fibula

Question 26

The boundary between the true pelvis and the false pelvis is the:

a) pelvic axis
b) pubic symphysis
c) pelvic outlet
d) pelvic brim
e) pectineal line

Answer 26

d) pelvic brim

Question 27

The route taken by the baby’s head during childbirth follows the _________ as it travels through the pelvis?

a) pelvic axis
b) plane of the pelvic outlet
c) pelvic brim
d) sacral promontory
e) pectineal line

Answer 27

a) pelvic axis