Lesson 6: Bones of the Upper Limbs

Question 1

What forms the pectoral girdle?

Answer 1

The clavicle and scapula, which lie anterior and posterior to the rib cage, respectively

Question 2

The axial skeleton, also referred to as the shoulder girdle, by which the upper limb is attached to the body

Answer 2

Pectoral girdle

Question 3

A a large, flat, triangular bone that lies obliquely on the back and side of the thorax.

Answer 3

Scapula

Question 4

What does the scapula articulate with?

Answer 4

The acromial end of the clavicle and the head of the humerus (glenohumeral joint)

Question 5

What are the parts of the scapula?

Answer 5

Acromion, coracoid process, glenoid fossa, infraspinous fossa, spine, subscapular fossa, supraspinous fossa

Question 6

A slightly S-shaped bone that lies at the base of the neck, in front of the first rib.

Answer 6

Clavicle

Question 7

What does the clavicle articulate with?

Answer 7

The acromion of the scapula and the manubrium of the sternum

Question 8

What are the parts of the clavicle?

Answer 8

Sternal end and acromial end

Question 9

A long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow

Answer 9

Humerus

Question 10

What are the parts of the humerus?

Answer 10

The head, capitulum, trochlea, and olecranon fossa

Question 11

What are the bones of the forearm?

Answer 11

Ulna and radius

Question 12

What articulations are with the forearm?

Answer 12

Ulna and radius articulate with the humerus at the elbow and with the carpal bones at the wrist

Question 13

The medial long bone of the forearm

Answer 13

Radius

Question 14

What are the parts of the radius?

Answer 14

Head and styloid process

Question 15

The lateral long bone of the forearm?

Answer 15

Ulna

Question 16

What are the parts of the ulna?

Answer 16

Trochlear notch, olecranon, and styloid process

Question 17

What consists of the hands of the bone?

Answer 17

Eight small, irregular carpal bones in the wrist, five metacarpal bones in the palm, three in the phalanges in the fingers, and two phalanges in the thumb

Question 18

What do the carpal bones articulate with?

Answer 18

The distal end of the radius, the distal end of the ulna (via an articular disc), adjacent carpal bones, and the proximal ends of the metacarpals

Question 19

What are the parts of the carpal bones?

Answer 19

Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, hamate, capitate, trapezoid, and trapezium

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Question 20

What are the five miniature long bones that support the palm of the hand?

Answer 20

Metacarpals

Question 21

What are the articulations of the metacarpals?

Answer 21

Caropmetacarpal joints, intermetacarpal joints, and metacarpophalangeal joints

Question 22

What are the parts of the metacarpals?

Answer 22

The base, head, and shaft

Question 23

What are the 14 miniature long bones of the digits, three in each finger and two in the thumb?

Answer 23

Phalanges

Question 24

What are the articulations of the phalanges?

Answer 24

The distal ends of the metacarpals and the adjacent phalanges in the same finger

Question 25

What are the types of phalanges?

Answer 25

Proximal, middle, and distal