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Upper Extremities
ch 4
Upper limb structures are divided into 4 main groups | 1. Hand & wrist 2. Forearm 3. Arm (Humerus) 4. Shoulder Girdle |
How many bones are in the hand & wrist? | 27 |
Hand and Wrist bones are divided into 3 groups: | 1. Phalanges (fingers & thumb) 2. Metacarpals (palm) 3. Carpals (wrist) |
How many Phalanges are on each hand? | 14 |
How many Metacarpals are on each hand? | 5 |
How many Carpals are on each hand? | 8 |
Phalanges are: | the most distal bones of the hand |
Metacarpals are: | the bones that make up the palm of the hand |
Carpals are: | the bones in the wrist |
Each finger and thumb is called a | digit |
Each digit consists of two or three small bones called | Phalanges |
Digits are numbered starting with the thumb as 1, and ending w/ the little finger as | 5 |
Digits 2-5 have ___ phalanges which are: | 3, Distal, Middle, & Proximal |
The thumb or the first digit has just ___ phalanges which are: | 2, Proximal & Distal |
Each Phalanx consists of 3 parts: | Head (rounded distal) Body (shaft) Base (expanded & similar to the expanded base of the metacarpals) |
Each Metacarpal is number the same way as the | Digits |
The Thumb (first digit) only has 2 phalanges, therefore the joint between them is ____________ | Interphalangeal or IP Joint |
Joint between the first Metacarpal and the proximal Phalanx of the thumb is called the _______ _______ | Metacarpophalangeal Joint or first MCP |
Fingers 2-5 have 3 phalanges therefore they have _____ joints each. | 3 |
There are how many Carpal bones? | 8 |
What are the names of the Carpal Bones? | Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate & Hamate |