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64 Cards in this Set
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Medical term for the thoracic cage
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costa/costae
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What are ribs attached to in the front and back?
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Back - thoracic portion of the spine
Front - sternum |
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How many pairs of ribs do we have and what are the different kinds called?
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12; 7 true, 3 false, 2 floating
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Where do true ribs attach?
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The sternum
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Where do false ribs attach?
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To the cartilage of the rib above it
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What are floating ribs attached to?
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Nothing in front, only to the vertebral column in back. They are embedded in muscles.
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What are the three parts of the sternum?
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Manubrium, gladiolus, xiphoid process
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What is the joint between the sternum and the clavicle called?
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The sternoclavicular joint
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What is another name for the shoulder girdle?
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The pectoral arch
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What is the shoulder girdle made up of?
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the scapula and the clavicle
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What is projection over the scapula sometimes called?
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The spine of the scapula
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What process forms the tip of the shoulder?
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acromion process
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What is a muscle attachment site at the tip of the shoulder?
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coracoid process
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What is the medical term for the shoulder socket?
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glenoid fossa
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What is the joint called at the distal ends of the acromion process and the clavicle?
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acromioclavicular joint
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What is the muscle that turns the head?
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sternocleidomastoid
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What is the rounded protuberance on the distal end of the humorous called?
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capitulum
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What is another protruberance on the humorous called?
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trochlea
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What does the radius articulate; distally and proximally?
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Proximally, the capitulum. Distally, the thumb.
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What does the radius align with?
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The thumb
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What does the ulna articulate with, proximally?
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The elbow
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What is the medical term for elbow?
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olecranon
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What is the bump on one's outer wrist called?
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The styloid process
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What is a nickname for the deltoid muscles?
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shoulder pads
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What muscles are in the upper arm?
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Biceps, brachilradialis, triceps
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How many tendons are there at the top of the bicep and tricep muscles?
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2 and 3, respectively.
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What is the upper arm bone called?
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The humerus
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What are the two protrusions on its upper end?
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The greater tubercle and the lesser tubercle
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what groove lies between the greater and lesser tubercles?
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intertubercular groove
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What is the rouphened protrusion near the center of the humerus called?
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the deltoid tuberosity
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What is the muscle that turns the head?
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sternocleidomastoid
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What is the rounded protuberance on the distal end of the humorous called?
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capitulum
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What is another protruberance on the humorous called?
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trochlea
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What does the radius articulate; distally and proximally?
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Proximally, the capitulum. Distally, the thumb.
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What does the radius align with?
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The thumb
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What does the ulna articulate with, proximally?
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The elbow
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What is the medical term for elbow?
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olecranon
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What is the bump on one's outer wrist called?
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The styloid process
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What is a nickname for the deltoid muscles?
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shoulder pads
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What muscles are in the upper arm?
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Biceps, brachilradialis, triceps
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How many tendons are there at the top of the bicep and tricep muscles?
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2 and 3, respectively.
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What is the upper arm bone called?
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The humerus
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What are the two protrusions on its upper end?
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The greater tubercle and the lesser tubercle
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what groove lies between the greater and lesser tubercles?
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intertubercular groove
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What is the rouphened protrusion near the center of the humerus called?
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the deltoid tuberosity
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What is the depression between the epicondyles of the humerus that receives the coronoid process of the ulna?
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The coronoid fossa
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what depression receives the olecranon process?
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The olecranon fossa
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What is the medical term for wrist?
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Carpus. adj.; carpal
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How are the 8 wrist bones arranged?
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two rows, one on top of the other.
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What is the passage way under the first row of wrist bones called?
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the carpal tunnel
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What are the bones called which are between the fingers and the wrist?
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The metacarpus or the metacarpals.
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What joint is beyond the carpus?
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The metacarpal joint
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Medical term for finger?
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phalange
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How many phalanges does each finger have?
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three; the thumb has two
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How many of each finger bone are there?
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8 carpals, 5 metacarpals, 14 phalanges
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Singular form of phalange?
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phalanx
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Medical term for finger?
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Digit
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Medical term for between two fingers?
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Interdigital
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The joint between two phalanges?
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Interphalangeal
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Where the big knuckles meet the proximal phalanx
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Metocarpophalangeal joint
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What is the muscle under the thumb called?
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thenar eminence
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What is the muscle on the outside of the hand, aligned with the pinky?
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hypothenar eminence
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Ligate means
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to tie
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Suture means
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to sew
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