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21 Cards in this Set
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What bones make up the antebrachium?
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Radius and the ulan
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What is on the medial side of the antebrachium?
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The ulna, the radius is on the lateral side
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What bone articulates with teh capitulum of the humerus, and what part of the ulna does it articulate with?
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The head of the radius, radial notch
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What is the bony prominence that extends from the radial head, located on the neck?
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radial tuberosity
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What attaches on the radial tuberosity?
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The biceps brachii muscle
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What is at the lateral and distal end of the radius?
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The styloid process
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What is on the medial distal end of the radius?
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ulnar notch
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What type of fracture occurs at the distal end of the radius?
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Colles fracture
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In what group of people are colles fractures most common?
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adults, especially in elderly individuals who suffer from osteoporosis
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What fracture is also known as a dinner fork abnormality?
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A colles fracture
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What articulates with the trochlea of the humerus to form a firm hinge joint?
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The c-shaped trochlear notch
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What forms the anterior portion of the trochlear notch, and what does this articulate with?
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The coronoid process, it articulates with coronoid fossa of the humerus when the elbow is flexed
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What forms the posterior portion of the trochlear notch that fits into what part of the humerus?
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Olecranon, olecranon fossa of the humerus
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What is at the lateral and inferior to the coronoid process?
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Radial notch
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What is at the distal end of the ulna?
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The head and the medial styloid process
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What nerve runs posterior to the medial epicondyle of the humerus?
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The ulnar nerve!
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What connects both the radius and the ulna?
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Dense regular connective tissue of the interosseous membrane.
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what purpose does the interosseous membrane serve/
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Keeps the radius and the ulna at a fixed distance from one another, and allows rotation of te forearm.
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What does the botanist, who is studying the shroud of turin, conclude about the shroud?
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He believes the shourd is much older than the midle ages because of links made between pollen grains of the thistle Gundelia from the Middle East and blood stains on both the shroud and the Sudarium of Oviedo.
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Where would they put the nails in crucifixion?
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Between the distal ends of the radius and the ulna
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What nerve is between the radius and the ulna?
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The median nere, the passage of this nail damages this nerve and causes inward contraction (adduction) of the thumb.
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