Appendicular Skeleton: Comprehensive Guide to Pectoral, Pelvic Girdles, and Limbs, Quizzes of Physiology

Download Appendicular Skeleton: Comprehensive Guide to Pectoral, Pelvic Girdles, and Limbs and more Quizzes Physiology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Appendicular Skeleton DEFINITION 1 Limb bones and girdlesAttached to axial skeleton TERM 2 Pectoral Girdle DEFINITION 2 attaches upper limbs to trunk TERM 3 Pelvic Girdle DEFINITION 3 attaches lower limbs to trunk TERM 4 Each limb is composed of 3 segments... DEFINITION 4 Upper: hand, forearm, armLower: foot, leg, thigh TERM 5 Pectoral Girdle DEFINITION 5 Clavicle and scapula (pair; shoulders)Attaches upper limb to trunkProvides muscle attachmentsAllows mobility TERM 6 In the pectoral girdle only the _____ attaches allowing _____ to move freely. DEFINITION 6 ClavicleScapula TERM 7 Clavicle DEFINITION 7 CollarboneS-shapedAnterior TERM 8 Sternal end attaches to... DEFINITION 8 maubrium TERM 9 Acromial end attaches to the>>> DEFINITION 9 scapula TERM 10 Shoulder Blades DEFINITION 10 Triangle-shapedDorsal side of rib cage TERM 21 Olecranon Fossa DEFINITION 21 Posterior sideSuperior to trochlea TERM 22 Forearm DEFINITION 22 Radius and ulna articulate with humerus and wrist bones and with each other at radiolnar joints TERM 23 Where does this happen? DEFINITION 23 Interosseous membrane TERM 24 Ulna DEFINITION 24 Slightly longer than radiusMain bone forming elbow and joint with humerusOlecranon process TERM 25 Head DEFINITION 25 Articulates with radius distally TERM 26 Radius DEFINITION 26 Thin at proximal end --- wide at distal end TERM 27 Head DEFINITION 27 RoundArticulates with humerus TERM 28 Hand DEFINITION 28 CarpalsMetacarpalsPhalanges TERM 29 Carpals DEFINITION 29 Wrist TERM 30 Metacarpals DEFINITION 30 Palm TERM 31 Phalanges DEFINITION 31 Fingers TERM 32 Carpus DEFINITION 32 Proximal region of hand --- distal to wrist joint8 short bones connected by ligaments (2 rows of 4 bones) TERM 33 Proximal Row DEFINITION 33 Lateral to medialScaphoidLunateTriquetralPisiform TERM 34 Distal Row DEFINITION 34 Lateral to MedialTrapeziumTrapezoidCapitateHamate TERM 35 Metacarpus DEFINITION 35 Meta = beyond5 radiate from wrist form palm#1 is thumb side TERM 46 Pubic Symphysis DEFINITION 46 What kind of cartilage TERM 47 Lower Limb DEFINITION 47 Carries body weightThicker and strong than upper3 segments TERM 48 3 Segments of lower limb DEFINITION 48 thighlegfoot TERM 49 Thigh DEFINITION 49 Bone = Femur TERM 50 Head DEFINITION 50 Ball-like shapeCentral pit called fovea capitis TERM 51 Patella DEFINITION 51 Sesamoid bone enclosed in tendon running from quadriceps muscles to tibia TERM 52 Leg DEFINITION 52 Refers to area between knee and ankle TERM 53 Bones DEFINITION 53 TibiaFibula TERM 54 Tibia and Fibula DEFINITION 54 Articulate with each other proximally and distallyInterosseous membrane TERM 55 Tibia DEFINITION 55 Bigger and medial to fibulaArticulates with femur at knee joint and talus at ankle joint TERM 56 Tibial Tuberosity DEFINITION 56 Where patellar ligament attaches TERM 57 Medial malleolus DEFINITION 57 medial bulge of ankle TERM 58 Fibula DEFINITION 58 smallerlateral to tibiadoes NOT contribute to kneehelps stabilize ankle TERM 59 Head DEFINITION 59 Superior end TERM 60 Lateral malleolus DEFINITION 60 inferior end articulates with talusNOT weight bearing, but many muscles attach