Exercise 9

T/F The fingers of the hand and the toes of the foot (with the exception of the great toe and thumb) each have THREE phalanges

False

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°. It appears to be tilted forward, with a wide short sacrum. Is this male or female

Female

The ____ skeleton is made up of 126 bones of the limbs and girdles

appendicular

The strongest and heaviest bone of the body

femur

The arm consists of one long bone, the __________.

humerus

Each foot has a total of _____ bones

26

The hand consists of three groups of bones. The carpals make up the wrist. The ___ make up the palm

Metacarpals

The ___ or "kneecap"

Patella

The ___ attaches the upper limb to the axial skeleton

Pectoral

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

Scapula