Appendicular Skeleton 1

  1. What bones make up the Pectoral girdle?
    Clavicle and the scapula
  2. What is the articular surface of the scapula with the humerus called?
    Glenoid cavity
  3. What articulations form the shoulder joint?
    • 1.Sternoclavicular
    • 2. Acromioclavicular
    • 3. Glenohumeral
    • 4. Scapulothoracic
  4. What articulations form the elbow joint?
    • 1. Humeroulnar
    • 2. Humeroradial
    • 3. Proximal Radioulnar
  5. What limits the range of elbow extension?
    the ulna, the olecranon fossa of the humerus, and the olecranon process of the ulna
  6. Which bone pivots in the radio-ulnar joints for supination and pronation?
    the head of the radius
  7. The wrist joint is formed by articulations between which antebrachial and carpal bones?
    • the distal end of the radius and first 3 bones of the wrist: scaphoid, the lunate, and the triquetral
    • the radio-carpal joint
  8. What ligaments are found in the shoulder?
    • Coracoacromial ligament
    • Coracoclavicular ligament
    • Coracohumeral ligament
  9. What ligaments are found in the elbow?
    • Anular ligament
    • Radial (lateral) ligament
    • Ulnar (medial) ligament
  10. What ligaments are found in the wrist?
    • the anterior and posterior radio-carpal ligament
    • the anterior and posterior ulno-carpal ligament
    • the radial (lateral) collateral ligament
    • the ulnar (medial) collateral ligament
  11. What are the two structures of bone?
    compact or cortical and spongy or cancellous
  12. List the 8 bones in the wrist based on the mnemonic you learned.
    Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate
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Appendicular Skeleton 1
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Appendicular Skeleton
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