Appendicular Skeleton Lab (Chapter 7)

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Identify the bony posterior wall of the pelvis.
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Sacrum. The sacrum articulates with the hip bones on the auricular surface of the ilium forming the sacroiliac joint. The sacrum makes up the back wall of the pelvic girdle.
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Name the number of vertebrae that fuse together to form the sacrum.
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5
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Identify the region of the sacrum that articulates with the hip bone.
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Auricular Surface The auricular surface articulates with the sacrum, forming the sacroiliac joint.
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Identify the tailbone.
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Coccyx. The coccyx is the tailbone. It articulates with the vertebral column inferior to the sacrum.
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Identify the typical number of vertebrae that fuse during development to form the coccyx.
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3-5
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Which landmark is composed of fused spinous processes?
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Median Sacral Crest
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Identify the bone of the lower limb that bears the least amount of weight.
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Fibula
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What part of the fibula is found near the knee joint?
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Head
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Name the noticeable bump on the outside of the ankle.
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Lateral Malleolus
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Identify the 2 bones that the fibula articulates with in the skeleton.
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Tibia and the foot
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What type of bone is the fibula?
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Long
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Identify the common name for the clavicle.
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Collarbone
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Identify the bone that articulates with the clavicle medially.
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Sternum
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Identify the bone that articulates with the clavicle laterally.
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Scalpula
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Which region of the clavicle is known as the acromial end?
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Lateral
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The inferior surface of the clavicle has a projection called the:
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Conoid Process
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The clavicle belongs to which of the following areas?
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Appendicular Skeleton
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Where is the radius located in reference to the ulna?
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Lateral
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Identify the region of the radius that articulates with the ulna.
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Head
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Which of the following regions of the radius help form the wrist joint?
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Styloid Process
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Which digit is the radius closest to?
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1 The radius runs parallel to the ulna on the same side as the thumb
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What type of joint is formed between the radius and ulna?
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Pivot
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Identify the type of movement enabled by the articulation between the radius and ulna at the elbow.
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Supination
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Which of the following landmarks is found on the posterior surface of the scapula?
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Spine
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Identify the socket of the shoulder joint.
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Glenoid Fossa
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Identify the region of the scapula that articulates with the clavicle.
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Acromion Process
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Which region of the scapula is found on the anterior surface?
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Subscapular Fossa
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The suprascapular notch is found on:
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Superior boarder
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Identify the process on the scapula that does not articulate with another bone.
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Coracoid Process
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Identify the bones that make up the wrist.
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Carpals
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How many carpals make up the wrist?
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8
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Identify the bones that make up the palm of the hand.
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Metacarpals
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What type of bones are the phalanges?
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Long
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How many phalanges are located in the hand?
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14
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Which digit is composed of only two phalanges?
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Thumb
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The adult hip bone consists of _____ regions.
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3
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Which region of the hip bone articulates with the sacrum?
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Anticular surface of the Ilium
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Which landmark of the hip bone can be felt on a hard chair?
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Ischial tuberosity
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Identify the indentation that is inferiorolateral to the auricular surface.
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Greater sciatic notch
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Which of the following is the largest region of the hip bone?
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Ilium
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Identify the articulation site for the femur.
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Acetabulum
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Identify the large hole found in this bone.
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Obturator foramen
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The ridge like superior edge of the ilium is known as the _____.
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Iliac crest
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What region of the vertebral column does the hip bone articulate with?
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Sacral
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Which bony landmarks can be palpated on the anterior surface of the body, close to the midline?
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Pubic tubercle
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T or F: The palpable hip bone projections in the front of the body felt when you put your hands on your hips are the posterior inferior iliac spines.
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False
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T or F: The projection at the inferior end of the greater sciatic notch is the ischial spine.
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True
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T or F: The hip bone is part of the axial skeleton.
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False
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Which landmark is found on the anterior surface of the femur?
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Patellar surface
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Identify the region of the femur that forms part of the hip joint.
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Head
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The condition known as a "fractured hip" is most often a break in the femur. Where is the femur particularly susceptible to a fracture?
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Neck
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Identify the landmark that is unique to the femur.
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Trochanter
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Identify the landmark found on the diaphysis of the femur.
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Linea Aspera
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Identify the best description for the location of the head of the femur.
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Medial and Proximal
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Identify the tarsal that articulates with the tibia and fibula.
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Talus
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Name the number of tarsals.
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7
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Identify the anatomical term for the "heel bone".
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Calcaneus
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Identify the bones that make up the middle portion of the foot.
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Metatarsals
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Which of the following digits contain only 2 phalanges?
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1
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What type of bone is a phalanx?
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Long
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Where in the skeleton is the ulna located in reference to the humerus?
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Distal
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Identify the primary region of the ulna that forms the hinge joint with the humerus.
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Trochlear notch
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Identify the projection found on distal end of the ulna.
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Styloid Process
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Identify the region of the ulna that articulates with the humerus when the forearm is in full extension.
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Olecranon Process
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Identify the landmark found on the proximal end of the humerus.
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Greater Tubercle
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Identify the depression found on the posterior surface of the distal humerus.
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Olecranon fossa
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Identify the region of the humerus that articulates with the ulna, located between the medial epicondyle and capitulum.
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Trochlea
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Which of the following landmarks is found on the distal end of the humerus?
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Lateral epicondyle
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What part of the humerus articulates with the scapula to form the shoulder joint?
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Head
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Which region of the skeleton contains the humerus?
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Appendicular
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The flat surface of the tibia that articulates with the femur is the superior surface of which landmark?
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Medial and lateral condyles
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Identify the bone found lateral to the tibia.
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Fibula
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Identify the anatomical landmark resulting in a noticeable bump found on the medial surface of the ankle.
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Medial Malleolus
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Name bone that articulates with the proximal end of the tibia.
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Femur
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Identify the blunt elevation found on the anterior surface of the tibia between the lateral and medial condyles.
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Tibial Tuberosity
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Which part of the leg does the tibia form?
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Medial