-
What two bones make up the pectoral girdle?
clavicle & scapula
-
What is the vernacular for "clavicle"?
collarbone
-
What is the medial end of the clavicle?
sternal end
-
What is the lateral end of the clavicle?
acromial end
-
What is the vernacular for "scapula"?
shoulder blade
-
What is the ridge of bone on the posterior side of the scapula?
spine of the scapula
-
What bony prominence of the scapula can be palpated on the lateral side?
acromion
-
What is the overall shape of the scapula?
triangular
-
The scapula is a flat bone. What are its three edges?
superior, medial, & inferior border
-
What are the three meeting points of the edges of the scapula?
superior, inferior, & lateral angles
-
With what part of the scapula does the humerus articulate?
glenoid cavity
-
What bony process lies superior to the scapula's articulation with the humerus and serves as the origin for the long head of the biceps brachii?
suprglenoid tubercle
-
What bony process lies inferior to the scapula's articulation with the humerus and serves as the origin for the long head of the triceps brachii?
infraglenoid tubercle
-
What is the broad, relatively smooth anterior depression of the scapula?
subscapular fossa
-
What is the depression superior to the spine of the scapula?
supraspinous fossa
-
What is the depression inferior to the spine of the scapula?
infraspinous process
-
What is the only bone of the brachium?
humerus
-
What part of the humerus articulates with the scapula?
head
-
What bony prominence of the humerus lies proximally and laterally?
greater tubercle
-
What bony prominence of the humerus lies proximally and anteriorly?
lesser tubercle
-
Through what feature of the humerous does the tendon of the long head of the biceps brachii run?
intertubercular groove
-
What feature of the humerus is the location of the epiphyseal plate or line?
anatomical neck
-
What feature of the humerus lies in the proximal region where the bone begins to narrow?
surgical neck
-
What are two terms for the long , central region of the scapula or any other long bone?
shaft or diaphysis
-
What rough prominence lies on the lateral side of the middle portion of the humerus?
deltoid tuberosity
-
What are distal, easily palpated bone projections on the humerus?
epicondyles
-
What feature of the humerus articulates with the head of the radius?
capitulum
-
What feature of the humerus articulates with the ulna?
trochlea
-
What is the distal, lateral depression on the anterior side of the humerus?
radial fossa
-
What is the distal, medial depression on the anterior side of the humerus?
coronoid fossa
-
What is the distal depression on the posterior side of the humerus?
olecranon fossa
-
From lateral to medial, what are the two bones of the forearm?
radius & ulna
-
What is the relation of the radius and ulna in the anatomical position?
parallel
-
Which of the two bones of the forearm moves during pronation?
crossed (radius rotates around the ulna)
-
What portion of the radius articulates with humerus?
head
-
What narrow region of the radius lies just distal to the articulation with the humerus?
neck
-
On what prominence of the radius does the biceps brachii insert?
radial tuberosity
-
What bony projection of the radius can be palpated on the distal, lateral side of the forearm?
styloid process
-
What distal feature of the radius articulates with the ulna?
ulnar notch
-
What feature of the ulna articulates with the humerus?
trochlear notch
-
What prominent projection of the ulna forms the posterior "bump" of the elbow?
olecranon
-
What prominence of the ulna forms the inferior lip of the trochlear notch?
coronoid process
-
What feature of the ulna forms a part of the proximal radioulnar joint?
radial notch
-
What feature of the ulnar appears as a bump on the distal, medial side of the forearm?
head
-
What feature of the ulna can be palpated on the distal, medial side of the forearm?
styloid process
-
What sheet of dense regular connective tissue lies between the radius and ulna?
interosseous membrane
-
What is the collective name of the eight small bones of the wrist?
carpals
-
From lateral to medial, what bones form the proximal row of carpals?
scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, & pisiform
-
From lateral to medial, what bones form the distal row of carpals?
trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, & hamate
-
What long bones support the palm of the hand?
metacarpals
-
How are the bones in the palm of the hand numbered?
lateral to medial (1-5)
-
What are the bones in the digits?
phalanges
-
How many bones are in the thumb?
two
-
What bone in the thumb articulates with the first metacarpal?
proximal phalanx
-
What bone in the thumb lies within the segment of that digit with the nail?
distal phalanx
-
Digits II through V each have three bones. How are they designated?
proximal, middle, & distal
-
What is the difference between the digits and the phalanges?
- digits are fingers and toes
- phalanges are skeletal elements
|
|
