Mastering A&P Ch.7.1

What is the name of the largest carpal bone found in the human body?

Capitate

The conoid tubercle is on the inferior surface at the acromial end of which bone?

Clavicle

Which bone(s) listed below connects the pectoral girdle to the axial skeleton?

Clavicle

Which of the following clavicle features is/are an attachment site(s) for ligaments of the shoulder?

Conoid tubercle and costal tuberosity

How many bones comprise the appendicular skeleton?

126

What is the significance of the glenoid cavity of the scapula?

It is the site at which the scapula articulates with the proximal end of the humerus, to form the shoulder joint.

Which humeral feature marks the insertion point of the subscapularis muscle?

Lesser tubercle

What is the name of the proximal carpal bone located on the lateral border of the wrist adjacent to the styloid process of the radius?

Scaphoid bone

Which of the following are considered to be proximal carpal bones?

Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform

Which of the following is not true of the humerus?

The capitulum forms the medial surface of the articular condyle.

Which of the following statements regarding the scapula is FALSE?

The infraglenoid tubercle marks the origin of the lateral head of the triceps brachii muscle.

Which of the following is not true of the radius?

The radial head articulates with the trochlea of the humerus.

Which of the following statements about the pectoral girdle is FALSE?

The scapula is the only direct connection between the pectoral girdle and the axial skeleton.

Which of the following statements regarding the radioulnar joints is FALSE?

When medial rotation occurs at the distal radioulnar joint, the ulnar notch rolls across the rounded surface of the ulnar head.

Which of the following statements is not true of the ulna?

When the elbow is flexed (bent), the olecranon fits into the olecranon fossa of the humerus.

Which of the following bones is NOT part of the upper limb?

clavicle

Distal to the tubercles of the humerus is a narrow __________ that corresponds to the metaphysis of the growing bone.

surgical neck

Which of the following best describes the only direct connection between the pectoral girdle and the axial skeleton?

the sternoclavicular joint

The appendicular skeleton contains all of the following EXCEPT the __________.

vomer