Anatomy Chapter 6 - Carpus

Question 1

How many bones are in each hand, including the wrist?

Answer 1

27

Question 2

What kind of bones ware metacarpals?

Answer 2

Long bones

Question 3

How many phalanges are in each digit?

Answer 3

Three phalanges except two in the first digit

Question 4

What kind of joint is the CMC?

Answer 4

Plane type synovial except first digit is a saddle

Question 5

What kind of joint is the IM?

Answer 5

plane synovial

Question 6

How many IM joints are there?

Answer 6

Four

Question 7

How many MCP joints are there?

Answer 7

Five

Question 8

What kind of joint is a MCP?

Answer 8

Condyloid synovial

Question 9

What kind of joint is an IP joint?

Answer 9

Hinge synovial

Question 10

What kind of IP joints do digits 2-5 have? What kind does digit 1 have?

Answer 10

2-5 have PIP and DIP

1 just has IP

Question 11

Which joints of the hand have collateral ligaments supporting their fibrous capsules?

Answer 11

MCP and IP

Question 12

What structures create the carpal tunnel proximally?

Answer 12

Triquetrum
Lunate
Scaphoid
Flexor retinaculum (from pisiform to tubercle of scaphoid)

Question 13

What structures create the carpal tunnel distally?

Answer 13

Hamate
Capitate
Trapezoid
Trapezium
Flexor retinaculum

Question 14

What is another name for the flexor retinaculum?

Answer 14

Transverse carpal ligament