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What two bones make up the pectoral girdle?

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•Clavicle
•Scapula

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What is the medial end of the clavicle?

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Sternal end

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What is the lateral end of the clavicle?

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Acromial end

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What is the vernacular for scapula?

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Shoulder blade

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What is the ridge of bone on the posterior side of the scapula?

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Spine of the scapula

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What bony prominence of the scapula can be palpated on the lateral side?

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Acromion

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What is the overall shape of the scapula?

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Triangular

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The scapula is a flat bone. What are its three edges?

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•Superior border
•Medial border
•Lateral border

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What are the three meeting points of the edges of the scapula?

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•Superior angle
•Inferior angle
•Lateral angle

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With what part of the scapula does the humerus articulate?

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Glenoid cavity

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What bony process lies superior to the scapulas articulation with the humerus and serves as the origin for the long head of the biceps brachii?

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Supraglenoid tubercle

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What bony process lies inferior to the scapulas articulation with the humerus and serves as the origin for the long head of the triceps brachii?

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Infraglenoid tubercle

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What is the broad relatively smooth anterior depression of the scapula?

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Subscapular fossa

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What is the depression superior to the spine or the scapula?

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Supraspinous fossa

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What is the depression inferior to the spine of the scapula?

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Infraspinous fossa

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What is the anterior process that has the form of a crows beak on the scapula?

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Coracoid process

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What is the only bone of the brachium?

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Humerus

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What part of the humerus articulates with the scapula?

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Head

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What bony prominence of the humerus lies proximally and laterally?

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Greater tubercle

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What bony prominence of the humerus lies proximally and anteriorly?

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Lesser tubercle

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Through what feature of the humerus does the tendon of the long head of the biceps brachii run?

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Intertubercular groove

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What feature of the humerus is the location of the Epiphyseal plate or line?

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Anatomical neck

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What feature of the humerus lies in the proximal region where the bone begins to narrow?

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Surgical neck

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What are two terms for the long central region of the scapula or any other long bone?

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Shaft or diaphysis

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What rough prominence lies on the lateral side of the middle portion of the humerus?
Deltoid tuberosity
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What are distal easily palpated bony projections on the humerus?
Epicondyles
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What feature of the humerus articulates with the head of the radius?
Capitulum
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What feature of the humerus articulates with the ulna?
Trochlea
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What is the distal lateral depression in the anterior side of the humerus?
Radial fossa
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What is the distal medial depression on the anterior side of the humerus?
Coronoid fossa
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What is the distal depression in the posterior side of the humerus?
Olecranon fossa
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What are the prominent rough distal lateral and medial margins of the humerus proximal to the epicondyles?
Supracondylar ridges
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From lateral to medial what are the two bones of the forearm?
•Radius (lateral) •Ulna (medial)
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What is the relation of the radius and ulna in the anatomical position?
Parallel
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Which of the two bones of the forearm moves during pronation?
Crossed (the radius rotates around the ulna)
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What portion of the radius articulates with the humerus?
Head
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What narrow region of the radius lies just distal to the articulation with the humerus?
Neck
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On what prominence of the radius does the biceps brachii insert?
Radial tuberosity
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What bony projection of the radius can be palpated on the distal lateral side of the forearm?
Styloid process
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What distal feature of the radius articulates with the ulna?
Ulnar notch
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What feature of the ulna articulates with the humerus?
Trochlear notch
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What prominent projection of the ulna forms the posterior bump of the elbow?
Olecranon
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What prominence of the ulna forms the inferior lip of the trochlear notch?
Coronoid process
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What feature of the ulna forms a part of the proximal radioulnar joint?
Radial notch
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What feature of the ulna appears as a bump on the distal medial side of the forearm?
Head
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What feature of the ulna can be palpated on the distal medial side of the forearm?
Styloid process
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What sheet of dense regular connective tissue lies between the radius and ulna?
Interosseous membrane
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What is the collective name of the eight small bones of the wrist?
Carpals
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From lateral to medial what bones form the proximal row of carpals?
•Scaphoid •Lunate •Triquetrum •Pisiform
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From lateral to medial what bones form the distal row of carpals?
•Trapezium •Trapezoid •Capitate •Hamate
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What long bones support the palm of the hand?
Metacarpals
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How are the bones in the palm of the hand numbered?
From lateral to medial 1-5
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What are the bones in the digits?
Phalanges
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How many bones are in the thumb?
2
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What bone in the thumb articulates with the first metacarpal?
Proximal phalanx
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What bone in the thumb lies within the segment of that digit with the nail?
Distal phalanx
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Digits ll through V each have three bones. How are they designated?
•Proximal phalanx •Middle phalanx •Distal phalanx
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What is the difference between the digits and the phalanges?
•Digits are fingers and toes •Phalanges are the skeletal elements
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What saddle joint is the only articulation between the pectoral girdle and the axial skeleton?
Sternoclavicular joint
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What saddle joint is the only articulation between the pectoral girdle and the axial skeleton?
Sternoclavicular joint
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What is the name of the articulation between the clavicle and the scapula?
Acromioclavicular joint
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What is the most unstable joint of the body?
Glenohumeral joint (shoulder)
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What three joints occur at what is commonly called the elbow?
Humeroulnar joint Humeroradial joint Proximal radioulnar joint
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Which of the two bones of the forearm is involved in the articulation with the carpals?
Radius
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Which of the two bones of the forearm is involved in the articulation with the carpals?
Radius
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Of the eight carpals which are involved in the articulation with the forearm?
•Scaphoid •Lunate •Triquetrum
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What articulation occur between the carpals?
Intercarpal articulations
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What joints lie between the carpals and metacarpals?
Carpometacarpal joints
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What joints lie between the metacarpals and the phalanges?
Metacarpophalangeal joints
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What joints lie between the proximal phalanx and the middle phalanx of digits 2-5?
Proximal interphalangeal joints
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What joints lie between the middle phalanx and the distal phalanx of digits 2-5?
Distal interphalangeal joints
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What joint lies between the phalanges of the first digit?
Interphalangeal joint

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