Chapter 8: The Appendicular Skeleton: Upper limbs and girdles Flashcards
What is the primary function of the appendicular skeleton?
Movement
What makes up the appendicular skeleton?
Both upper and lower limbs and the girdles of of both that attach the limbs to the axial skeleton
What attaches the bones of the upper limbs to the axial skeleton?
Two pectoral (shoulder) girdles
What does each pectoral girdle consist of?
A clavicle and a scapula
WHat is the anterior bone that articulates with the manubrium of the sternum at the sternoclavicular joint?
The clavicle
What is the posterior bone that articulates with the clavicle at teh acromioclavicular joint and with the humerous at the glenohumeral (shoulder) joint?
Scapula
What is attached to the vertebral column and ribs to the scapula that hold the scapula in positon and keep it stabilized?
a large group of muscles
What is the name of the joint where the clavicle and scaula join?
Acromioclavicular joint
Where is the acromioclavicular joint?
At the clavicle and scapula meeting point
What is the name of the joint where the scapula articulates with the humerus?
Glenohumeral joint
Where is the glenohumeral joint located?
At the articualtion of the head of the humerus bone and the scapula
What part of the clavicle articulates with the clavicular notch of the manubrium of the sternum to form the sternoclavicular joint?
The rounded, sternal end of the clavicle
What part of the clavicle is broad, flat and articulates with the scapula to form the acromioclavicular joint?
The acromial end
What meets to form the acromioclavicular joint?
The acromial end of the clavicle and the scapula
This part of the pectoral girdle is a large, triangular, flat bone on the superior, posterior thorax between the levels of the second and seventh ribs
scapula
What is the prominent ridge called that runs diagonally across the posterior surface of the scapula?
The spine
What is the lateral end of the scapular spine called that projects as a flattened, expanded process?
Acromion
This is a shallow depression on the scapula that is below the the acromion and receives the head of the humerus to form the glenohumeral joint
The glenoid cavity
What forms the glenohumeral joint?
The glenoid cavity of the scaulpa and the head of the humerus
What is the thin edge of the scapula, closest to the spine, called?
Medial or vertebral border
What is the thick edge of the scapula, closer to the arm, called?
Axillary or lateral border
What is form at the joint borders of the lateral (axilllary) border and the medial (verterbal) border of the scapula?
The inferior angle
What is the border at the top of the scapula called?
Superior border
What does the superior border and medial border joining area create?
The superior angle