How many bones are in the shoulder girdle?
2
How many bones in the upper arm?
1
What two bones are in the forearm?
The Radius and the Ulna.
What bones are included in the hands?
The carpals, the metacarpals, and the phalanges.
This process is an enlarged end of the spine of the scapula.
The coracoid process.
What is the science term for the "collar bone"?
Clavicle
What do the Greater and Lesser Tubercles do?
They are two bony projections at the sites of muscle attachment.
On which side of the arm are the two bones located?
The Radius is the lateral bone to the thumb in anatomical positions.
The Ulna is medial bone to the fingers when in anatomical position.
How many carpal bones make up the wrist?
These fossas allow the corresponding processes of the ulna to move freely when the elbow is bent and extended.
Coronoid fossa and Olecranon fossa.
Another term for the scapula(s) are?
"Shoulder blades"
What is the Upper Arm bone called?
The Humerous.
What 2 joints are attached to the Radius?
The elbow and the Wrist.
What part of the hand are the metacarpals located?
In the palm of the hand.
These 2 processes grip the trochlea of the humerus in a pliers-like joint. Is separated by the trochlear notch.
Coronoid process and the Olecranon process.
What is this landmark?
Lateral Border
How many bones are in the whole arm? Name them.
3. Humerus, Ulna, and radius.
What is the radial tuberosity?
A location below the head of the humerus where the tendon of the biceps muscle attaches.
How many phalanges are in each finger? Thumb?
3; the distal, the medial, and the proximal. 2 in the thumb.
This cavity is a shallow socket that receives the head of the arm bone.
Glenoid Cavity
What cavity does the humerus bone attach to on the proximal end?
The Glenoid Cavity.
Where is the styloid process located?
The radial styloid process projects obliquely downward from the distal end of the radius.
What are the knuckles known as in the hand?
Metacarpals.