Musculoskeletal system part 2

Question 1

What bones make up your shoulder?

Answer 1

• clavicle
  -scapula
  -humerus

Question 2

What is your scapula sometimes called?

Answer 2

shoulder blade

Question 3

Glenoid cavity(fossa)

Answer 3

shallow fossa where the head of the humerus touches the scapula

Question 4

What is the bump on the upper edge of the glenoid cavity?

Answer 4

supraglenoid tubercle

Question 5

coracoid process

Answer 5

looks like a crows beak and juts out where humerus and scapula touch

Question 6

Acromion process

Answer 6

projection of bone that juts out anteriorly from spine of scapula (larger coracoid process)

Question 7

Spine of scapula

Answer 7

posterior surface of scapula that is divided by a thin “wall” of bone

Question 8

Subscapular fossa

Answer 8

anterior surface of scapula that is a large smooth depression

Question 9

Supraspinous fossa

Answer 9

superior surface of the spinous process and posterior face of scapula

Question 10

Superior border

Answer 10

edge that separates supraspinous fossa from subscapular fossa

Question 11

Medial Border

Answer 11

runs from superior angle, downward

Question 12

Lateral Border

Answer 12

runs from glenoid cavity, downward

Question 13

What is another word for clavicle?

Answer 13

Collar Bone

Question 14

What is your shoulder joint formed by?

Answer 14

scapula and humerus

Question 15

Nutrient Foramen

Answer 15

small holes on shaft that provide passageways for nerves and blood vessels

Question 16

greater tubercle

Answer 16

larger bump or head of humerus

Question 17

lesser tubercle

Answer 17

smaller bump on head of humerus

Question 18

intertubercular sulcus

Answer 18

small groove between tubercles

Question 19

deltoid tuberosity

Answer 19

rough region that provides attachment point for muscle

Question 20

capitulum

Answer 20

touches radius, distal head

Question 21

trochlea

Answer 21

smooth, spool- shaped structure next to capitulum, articulates with ulna

Question 22

Coronoid fossa

Answer 22

depression on anterior humerus

Question 23

Olecranon fossa

Answer 23

depression on posterior humerus

Question 24

Medial epicondyle

Answer 24

smallish bump near trochlea

Question 25

lateral epicondyle

Answer 25

smallish bump near capitulum

Question 26

Elevation

Answer 26

scapula is raised

Question 27

depression

Answer 27

scapula is lowered

Question 28

retraction

Answer 28

scapula is pulled toward spine

Question 29

protraction

Answer 29

scapula is pulled away from spine