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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

Included in the Appendicular skeleton

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upper limbs
lower limbs
pectoral and pelvic girdles

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

each upper limb articulates with the trunk via ______ or _________

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pectoral girdle or shoulder girdle

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

pectoral girdle consists of

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scapulae

clavicles

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

each clavicle articulates with the _______

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manubrium of the sternum

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

what is the only direct connect between pectoral girdle and the axial skeleton

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clavicle-manubrium of the sternum

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

what doe the scapula and clavicle do

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position the shoulder
help move the upper limb
provide a base for muscle attachemtn

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

where muscles attach to the scapula/clavicle

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marks are left in the form of bony ridges and flanges

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

scapula articulates with

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humerus and clavicle

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

scapula serves as attachment site for

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shoulder, back, and arm muscles

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the clavicle does this

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holds the shoulder away from the body, permitting free movement of the arm

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

both the _____ and the _______ are attached to ligaments and tendons

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coracoid process

acromion

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the _____ crosses the scapular body

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scapular spine

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the _____ articulates with the humerus at the shoulder

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scapula

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

shoulder joint is called

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glenohumeral joint

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the _______ and ______ are important sites of muscle attachement

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greater and lesser tubercles

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the upper limb is attached ______ and functions in ________

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loosely

grasping and manipulation

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the arm bone is the

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humerus

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

humerus articulates with

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scapula (head)
radius (capitulum)
and ulna (trochlea)

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

sites of muscle attachment on the humerus

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great and lesser tubercles
deltoid tuberosity
epicondyles

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

the forearm consists

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radius and ulna

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

ulna and radius articulate with

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each other
humerus
wrist bones

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

wrist ligamenst attach to the

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styloid processes of the radius and ulna

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Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton

wrist has how many bones

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8 carpal bones

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carpal bones

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triquetrm, pisiform, capitate, hamate, lunate, scaphoid, trapeszoid, trapezium

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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton a ligament stretches from ________ to the __________ to form the carpal tunnel
tubercle of the trapezium | hook of the hamate
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton what passes through the carpal tunnel
tendons nerves blood vessels
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the distal row of the carpal bones articulates with
5 metacarpal bones
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the spaces between the metacarpals are occupied with
soft tissue
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the phalanges are the
digit bones
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton pollex
thumb
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton one or two _______ often form near the junction between proximal phalanx and the metacarpal of the thumb
sesamoid bones
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the lower limb is attached solidly to the _____
coxa
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton function of the pelvic girdle
support and locomotion
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the pelvic girdle consists of
2 ossa coxae (hip bones)
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton each os coxa is formed by the fusion of
ilium ischium pubis
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the ____ is the largest hip bone
ilium
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton inside the ________, the ilium is fused to the ischium (posteriorly) and the pubic (anteriorly)
acetabulum
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the coxae are connected ventrally by a pad of fibrocartilage at a joint called
pubis symphysis
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton function of the pubis symphysis
limits movement between pubis bones of the left and right coxae
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the ____ articulates with the auriuluar surfaces of the ______
ilia | sacrum
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton what attaches the pelvic girdle to the axial skeleton
ilia
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton acetabulum is
a socket with a curved surface
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton acetabulum articulates with
head of femur
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton important sites of muscle attachment on the pelvic girdle
iliac crest iliac spines ischial tuberosity
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the pelvis consists of
hip bones sacrum coccyx
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton subdivisions of the pelvis are
false (greater) pelvis | true (lesser) pelvis
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the true pelvis encloses
the pelvic cavity, a subdivision of the abdominopelvic cavity
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the bony edge of the true pelvis is called the
pelvic brim or linea terminalis
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton enclosed space of pelvic cavity is called
pelvic inlet
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the false pelvis consists of
the expanded bladelike portions of each ilium superior to the pelvic brim
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the pelvic outlet is the opening bound by
coccyx ischial tubersities inferior border of the pubic symphysis
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton the thigh bone is
femur
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton what is the longest bone in body
femur
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton femur articulates with
tibia coxa patella
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton sites of muscle attachment on femur are
greater and lesser trochanters | lateral and medial epicondyles
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton patella is
largest sesamoid bone
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton leg consists of
tibia and fibula
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton tibia articulates with
femur fibula talus
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton fibula articulates with
tibia | talus
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton knee ligaments attach to the ______
intercondyle eminence
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton tendons from the thigh muscles attach to the
tibial tuberosity
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton lateral malleolus is on the
fibula
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton medial malleoulus is on the
tibia
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton how many tarsal bones
7
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton what are the tarsal bones
``` talus calcaneus cuboid lateral cuneiform navicular intermediate cuneiform medial cuneifrom ```
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton hallux
toe
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton how many metatarsals
5
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# Chapter 8 - The Appendicular Skeleton arches in foot
transverse longitudinal lateral

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