The surfaces of the scapulae and clavicles are extremely important as sites for…
Muscle attachment
The clavicles articulate with a bone of the sternum called the…
Manubrium
The conoid tubercle and costal tuberosity are processes located on the…
Clavicle
The bones of the pectoral girdle include the…
Clavicle and scapula
The large posterior process on the scapula is the…
Acromion
The primary function of the pectoral girdle is to…
Position the shoulder joint and provide a base for arm movement
The parallel bones that support the forearm are the…
Ulna and radius
The large rough elevation on the lateral surface of the shaft of the humerus is the…
Deltoid tuberosity
The bones of the pelvic girdle include the…
Ilium, ischium, and acetabulum
The joint that limits movements between the two pubic bones is the…
Pubic symphysis
The large medial bone of the lower leg is the…
Tibia
A prominent elevation that runs along the center of the posterior surface of the femur, which serves as an attachment site for muscles that abduct the femur, is the…
Linea aspera
The general appearance of the pelvis of the female compared to the male is that the female pelvis is…
Broad, light, and smooth
The shape of the pelvic inlet in the female is…
Circle
What would be used to estimate muscular development and muscle mass?
Appearance of various ridges and general bone mass
The specific areas of the skeleton that are generally used to identify significant differences between a male and a female…
Skull and pelvis
The two important skeletal elements that are generally used to determine sex and age are the…
Bone weight and bone markings
In determining the age of a skeleton, which of following selections would be used?
- Size of the bones
- The size and roughness of bone markings
- The mineral content do the bones
The appendicular skeleton…
Let’s you manipulate objects and move from place to place
The bone of the axial skeleton to which the pectoral girdle attaches is the…
Sternum
The movement that decreases the angle between the articulating bones is…
Flexion
The process on the humerus located near the head that establishes the contour do the shoulder is the…
Greater tubercle
The four proximal carpals are the…
Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, and pisiform
The distal carpals are the…
Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate
The processes of the pelvic girdle that bear your body’s weight when you are seated are the…
Ischial tuberosities
The only ankle bone that articulates with the tibia and fibula is the…
Talus
The primary responsibility for stabilizing, positioning, and bracing the pectoral girdle is that of the…
Muscles
A pair that is associated…
Femur; linea aspera
The femur in older individuals, particularly small women, can be distinguished by…
Being the most likely site of breach when the person suffers a broken hip
Of the two bones of the forearm, the one that articulates with the carpal bones of the wrist is the…
Radius
Processes that develop proximal to an articulation and provide additional surface area for muscle attachment are…
Epicondyles
The tarsal bone that accepts weight and distributes it to the heel or the toes is the…
Talus
