Chapter 6: Appendicular Skeletal System
Which bones form the shoulder joint?
Humerus and Scapula
identify the bones that make up the elbow joint
Humerus, Ulna and Radius
Vertebrae are characterized as _________, whereas the parietal bone is characterized as __________.
Irregular bones; flat bones
Which of the following bones has features including the ala, crest and greater sciatic notch?
Pubis
A lateral projection on the femur's proximal epiphysis is the:
a
How does a fractured coracoid process affect motion?
a
How does the structure of the pelvic gridle differ from the pectoral gridle and how do these differences affect motion at each joint?
a
Hypothesize how a decrease in lumbar vertebrae thickness would affect standing?
a
In head-on vehicular accidents where the occupants are wearing their seatbelts, which bone is frequently fractured?
a
Predict how surgery to remove the vertebral spinous process of L3 would affect how people move.
a
Predict what would happen if there was a fracture of the superior articular facet of the atlas (C1) vertebrae.
a
The prominent knob of the elbow is the ______
a
The twelve pairs of ribs articulate with _______ via _______ joints.
a
Which bone forms a joint between the femur and the tarsal bones?
a
Which bone(s) bear(s) most of the body weight when a person is sitting?
a
Which of the following appendicualar skeleton bones does NOT have a styloid process? Temporal Radius Ulna Fibula Sphenoid
a
Which of the following best illustrates why the sacral vertebrae become fused as a person starts to walk?
a
Which of the following bones has features including the glenoid cavity and the acromoin process?
a
Which of the following correctly states a common difference between the male and female pelvis?
a
Which of the following is not distal tarsal bone? Immediate cuneiform cuboid medial cuneiform lateral cuneiform distal stylate
a
Which of the following statements best differentiates between the cervical and lumbar vertebrae?
a
Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the major functions of the pectoral and pelvic gridles?
a
Which statement best demonstrates the effect of walking on spinal curvatures
a
Which statement best distinguishes the difference between the tibia and the fibula?
a
predict what would happen if the joints between the ribs and the sternum were fused into a single bone?
a
The lesser tubercles are located on the _____ bone.
humerus
what part of the scapula articulate with the clavicle?
the acromion
The pelvic brim is the boundary between the greater and lesser pelvis. (true or false)
true
The superior (top) edge of the ilium is the iliac crest (true or false)
true
The two pubic bones articulate at the pelvic symphysis (true or false)
true
Which of the following is the heel of your foot?
Calcaneus
The connection between the pectoral gridle and axial skeleton is made through the ...
Clavicle and sternum
the head of the humerus forms a joint with the ______
Glenoid Fossa
Which of the following is not a proximal carpal bone? Hamate Pisiform Schapoid Lunate Triquetrum
Hamate
The scaphoid and the lunate bones both articulate with the:
Radius only
Which type of bone is commonly found within tendons that pass across phalangeal joints?
Sesamoid Bone
Which bone in the forearm is on the same side as the thumb?
Ulna
