Chapter 10: The Appendicular Skeleton Pre-Lab Quiz

The ____________ skeleton is made up of 126 bones of limbs and gridles.

Appendicular

You are studying a pelvis that is wide and shallow. The acetabula are small and far apart. The pubic arch is rounded and greater than 90 degrees. It appears to be tilted forward, with a wide, short sacrum. Is this male or a female pelvis?

Female

The strongest, heaviest bone of the body is in the thigh. It is the:

Femur

The are consists of one long bone, the:

Humerus

The hand consists of three groups of bones. The carpals make up the wrist. The ___________ make up the palm and the phalanges make up the fingers.

Metacarpals

The _______, or "knee cap," is a sesamoid bone that is found within the quadriceps tendon.

Patella

The ________ gridle attaches the upper limb to the axil skeleton.

Pectoral

The _______, on the posterior thorax, are roughly triangular in shape. They have no direct attachment to the axil skeleton but are held in place by the trunk muscles.

Scapula

True or False: The fingers of the hand and the toes of the foot - with the exception of the great toe and the thumb - each have three phalanges.

True

Each foot has a total of __ bones.

26 total 7 tarsals 5 metatarsals 14 phalanges