Bones UL Flashcards
Name the Bones of the Pectoral Girdle
- Clavicle
- Scapula
Name the bones of each region of the upper limb
- Pectoral Girdle: scapula, clavicle
- Brachial: humerus
- Antebrachial: radius, ulna
- Hand: 8 carpals, 5 metacarpals, 14 phalanges
Name (9) features of the scapula
- acromion
- coracoid process
- glenoid cavity
- medial border
- lateral border
- subscapular fossa
- spine
- supraspinous fossa
- infraspinous fossa
Name (13) features of the humerus
- head
- anatomical neck
- greater tubercle
- lesser tubercle
- intertubercular sulcus
- surgical neck
- deltoid tuberosity
- lateral epicondyle
- medial epicondyle
- coronoid fossa
- capitulum
- trochlea
- olecranon fossa
Name (4) features of the radius
- head
- neck
- radial tuberosity
- radial styloid process
Name (5) features of the ulna
- olecranon process
- trochlear notch
- coronoid process
- head
- ulnar styloid process
Name the distal row of carpal bones, lateral to medial
- trapezium
- trapezoid
- capitate
- hamate
TTCH
The Tenor Can’t Hear
Name the proximal carpal bones, lateral to medial
- scaphoid
- lunate
- triquetrum
- pisiform
SLTP
Scaly Lizards Turn Pink
What is the technical name for the thumb?
Pollux
What does “coracoid” mean?
Shaped like a raven’s beak
1700–10; < New Latin coracoīdēs < Greek korakoeidḗs ravenlike, hooked like a raven’s beak, equivalent to korak- (stem of kórax) raven + -oeidēs -oid
What muscles partially attach to the acromion and spine of the scapula?
Deltoid and trapezius
What does “glenoid” mean?
Socket-like
or
Eyeball-like
1700–10; < Greek glēnoeid(ḗs), equivalent to glḗn(ē) pupil, eyeball + -oeidēs -oid
What does “condyle” mean?
Knucle or joint
1625–35; variant of condyl < New Latin condylus knuckle < Greek kóndylos
What does “olecranon” mean?
“Head of Elbow”
1720–30; < New Latin < Greek ōlékrānon point of the elbow, short for ōlenókrānon, equivalent to ōlén(ē) elbow + -o- -o- + krān(íon) head (see cranium) + -on neuter noun suffix
