Hands And Forearm Flashcards
Three groups of bones that comprise the hands and wrist and indicate the number of bones in each group
Phalanges 14 bones
Metacarpals (5)
Carpals (8)
Metacarpals are classified as what bone
Long
What bone classification are the carpal bones
Short bone
What bone articulate with the heads of the metacarpal bones
Proximal phalanges
What group of bones articulates with the bases of metacarpal bones
Carpometacarpal
What part of a metacarpal bone (base or head) forms part of each metacarpophalageal joint
Head
Which of the following types of upper extremity joints are formed in part by the bases of the metacarpals
Carpometacarpal
What is the most distal portion of each metacarpal
Head
What kind of movements do the interphalangeal joints allow
Flexion and extension
The metacarpals and phalanges are classified as what type of bones
Long bones
The head of all the phalanges and metacarpals are: proximal or distal
Distal
The base of all the phalanges are metacarpals are proximal or distal
Proximal
IP STANDS FOR
interphalangel
PIP STAND FOR
Proximal interphalangeal
DIP STANDS FOR
distal interphalangeal
