Ch 8: The Appendicular Skeleton.

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Which are the appendicular bones?

The bones on the laterals of the body.

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How many bones are in the appendicular skeleton?

126.

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What are the main structures of the appendicular skeleton?

The upper and lower limbs, the pectoral and pelvic griddles.

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What do the upper limb bone structures consist of?

The bones of the arms and the hands.

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What are the bones of the upper limbs?

The humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges.

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Which bones of the upper limbs come in pairs?

  • Humerus

  • Radius

  • Ulna

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How many humerus bones are in each arm?

One.

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How many radius bones are in each arm?

One.

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How many ulna bones are in each arm?

One.

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How many carpals are in each hand?

8.

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How many metacarpals are in each hand?

5.

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How many phalanges are in each hand?

14.

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How many phalanges are in each thumb?

2.

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How many phalanges are in each finger?

3.

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What are the three types of phalanges?

  • Proximal

  • Medial

  • Distal

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<p>What bone is at letter D?</p>

What bone is at letter D?

The proximal phalanx.

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<p>What bone is at letter E?</p>

What bone is at letter E?

The medial phalanx.

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<p>What bone is at letter F?</p>

What bone is at letter F?

The distal phalanx.

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How many bones in one upper limb total?

30.

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How many humerus bones are in both arms?

Two.

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How many radius bones are in both arms?

Two.

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How many ulna bones are in both arms?

Two.

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How many carpals are in both hands?

16.

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How many metacarpals are in both hands?

10.

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What is the order or metacarpals?

The thumb is 1, pinky is 5 and the others are respectively numbered.

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How many phalanges are in both hands?

28.

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How many bones in all upper limbs total?

60.

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<p>What bone is at ‘5’?</p>

What bone is at ‘5’?

The humerus.

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<p>What bone is at ‘6’?</p>

What bone is at ‘6’?

The radius.

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<p>What bone is at ‘7’?</p>

What bone is at ‘7’?

The ulna.

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<p>What bone is at ‘8’?</p>

What bone is at ‘8’?

The carpals.

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<p>What bone is at ‘9’?</p>

What bone is at ‘9’?

The metacarpals.

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<p>What bone is at ‘10’?</p>

What bone is at ‘10’?

The phalanges.

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What bone is this? Where is it located on the body?

The phalanges of the hand.

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<p>What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?</p>

What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?

The anterior view of the humerus bone.

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<p>What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?</p>

What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?

The anterior view of the radius bone.

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<p>What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?</p>

What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?

The anterior view of the ulna bone.

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<p>What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?</p>

What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?

The anterior view of the carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The styloid process of the ulna.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The styloid process of the radius.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The head of the humerus.

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Where does the head of the humerus attach to?

The glenoid fossa/cavity of the scapula.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The surgical neck of the humerus.

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Why is the surgical neck of the humerus called that?

It is a common fracture site.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The deltoid tuberosity of the humerus.

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What attached to the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus?

The deltoid muscle.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The head of the ulna.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The lateral epicondyle of the humerus.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The medial epicondyle of the humerus.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The head of the radius.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The olecranon fossa of the humerus.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The olecranon of the ulna.

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What do the lower limb bone structures consist of?

The bones of the legs and the feet.

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What are the bones of the lower limbs?

The femur, fibula, tibia, tarsals, patella, metatarsals, and phalanges.

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Which bones of the upper limbs come in pairs?

  • Femur

  • Fibula

  • Tibia

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How many femur bones are in each leg?

One.

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How many tibia bones are in each leg?

One.

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How many fibula bones are in each leg?

One.

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How many patella bones are in each leg?

One.

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How many tarsals are in each foot?

7.

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How many metatarsals are in each foot?

5.

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How many phalanges are in each foot?

14.

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How many bones in one lower limb total?

30.

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How many femur bones are in both legs?

Two.

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How many fibula bones are in both legs?

Two.

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How many tibia bones are in both legs?

Two.

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How many tarsals are in both feet?

14.

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How many metatarsals are in both hands?

10.

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How many phalanges are in both feet?

28.

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How many bones in all lower limbs total?

60.

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<p>What bone is at letter A?</p>

What bone is at letter A?

The femur.

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<p>What bone is at letter B?</p>

What bone is at letter B?

The patella.

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<p>What bone is at letter E?</p>

What bone is at letter E?

The fibula.

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<p>What bone is at letter F?</p>

What bone is at letter F?

The tibia.

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What is the common name for the tibia?

The shin bone.

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<p>What bone is at section D?</p>

What bone is at section D?

The phalanges.

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<p>What bone is at section C?</p>

What bone is at section C?

The metatarsals.

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<p>What bone is at section A?</p>

What bone is at section A?

The tarsals.

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<p>What bone is at letter B?</p>

What bone is at letter B?

The calcaneus.

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What is the calcaneus?

The largest tarsal bone.

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<p>What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?</p>

What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?

The anterior view of the femur bone.

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<p>What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?</p>

What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?

The anterior view of the fibula bone.

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<p>What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?</p>

What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?

The anterior view of the tibia bone.

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<p>What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?</p>

What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?

The anterior view of the tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges of the foot.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The head of the femur.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The lateral epicondyle of the femur.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The medial epicondyle of the femur.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The lateral malleolus of the tibia.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The medial malleolus of the tibia.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The lateral condyles of the tibia.

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<p>What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?</p>

What is this pointing to? What bone is it on?

The medial condyles of the tibia.

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What does the pectoral griddle bone structure consist of?

The scapulae and the clavicles.

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How many scapulae are in the appendicular skeleton?

2.

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How many clavicles are in the appendicular skeleton?

2.

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<p>What bone is at letter A?</p>

What bone is at letter A?

The clavicle.

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What is the common name for the clavicle?

The collarbone.

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<p>What bone is at letter F?</p>

What bone is at letter F?

The scapula.

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<p>What structure is at letter G?</p>

What structure is at letter G?

The coastal cartilage.

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<p>What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?</p>

What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?

The anterior view of the scapula bone.

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<p>What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?</p>

What bone is this? What view of the bone is this?

The posterior view of the scapula bone.