The Pectoral Girdle
The pectoral girdle consists of two bones that attach the upper limbs to the axial skeleton.
What are the clavicle and scapula?
The upper limb is divided into these three regions.
What is the arm, forearm, and hand?
Another name for the hip bone.
What is the coxal bone?
The lower limb contains this many bones including the femur, tibia, fibula, patella, tarsal, metatarsal, and phalanges.
What is 30 bones?
All of the girdle and limb bones form through endochondral ossification except for..
What is the clavicle?
Of the three regions of the clavicle, this region has a triangular shape and articulates with the manubrium of the sternum.
What is the sternal end of the clavicle?
The single bone of the upper limb.
What is the humerus?
The adult hip bone is formed by three separate bones that fuse together during the late teenage years. These bony components are the _________,__________, and _____________.
What are the ilium, ischium, and pubis?
It is the longest, strongest bone of the body and accounts for approximately one-quarter of a person's total height.
What is the femur?
Embryologically, the appendicular skeleton arises from this type of embryonic tissue that can differentiate into many types of tissue, including bone or muscle tissue.
What is mesynchyme?
The shallow depression which articulates with the humerus bone of the arm to form the glenohumeral joint (or shoulder joint).
What is the glenoid cavity or glenoid fossa?
The eight bones that make up the base of the hand.
What are the carpal bones?
The pelvis consists of four bones, the right and left hip bones, the _____________ and the __________.
What are the sacrum and the coccyx?
Another name for the kneecap.
What is patella?
During the sixth week of development, the distal ends of the upper and lower limb buds expand and flatten into a paddle shape, eventually becoming...
What is the hand or foot?
The acromion forms the bony tip of the superior shoulder region and articulates with the lateral end of the clavicle to form this joint.
What is the acromioclavicular joint?
The ulna in located on the__________ side of the forearm, while the radius is located on the _________ side.
What are medial and lateral?
In the pelvis, the subpubic angle for females is ____ and for males is ______.
What is 80 degrees for females and 70 degrees for males?
This is a measure of the amount of lateral deviation of the femur from the vertical line of the tibia.
What is the Q-angle?
The primary and secondary ossification centers are separated by this plate, which is located between the diaphysis and each epiphysis.
What is epiphyseal plate?
The scapula has three depressions, each of which is called a fossa. Of the three, these two are found on the posterior scapula, above and below the scapular spine.
What are the supraspinous fossa and the infraspinous fossa.
The fingers and thumb contain 14 bones, each of which is called a _______________bone.
What is phalanx?
A female's pelvic inlet is round or oval shaped, while the pelvic inlet in males has this shape.
What is heart shaped?
This bone is the weight-bearing bone of the lower leg, located on the medial side of the leg.
What is the tibia?
Ossification of the clavicle is not complete until this age.
What is 25?