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Procedures Ch 4

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How many bones are in the hand?   27  
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The digits contain how many phalanges?   14  
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Where do you center for an AP hand projection?   perpendicular to the 3rd metacarpal joint  
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The hand contains how many metacarpals?   5  
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How many phalanges does the 1st digit contain?   2  
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How many phalanges do the other 4 digits contain?   3  
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Name the phalanges of the other 4 digits.   proximal, middle, distal  
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Name the 3 parts of each phalanx   head, body, base  
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Name the 4 parts of each metacarpal   head, neck, body, base  
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Name the area below the head of the metacarpal where fractures often occur   neck  
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Name the distal end of the metacarpal   head  
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Name the proximal end of the metacarpal   base  
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Name of the 2 small bones located on the palmar aspect of the first metacarpal below the neck   sesamoid bones  
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The metacarpal heads are commonly known as:   knuckles  
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How many carpal bones are in the wrist?   8  
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Name the 4 bones of the proximal row of carpals, nearest the forearm   scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform  
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Name the 4 bones of the distal row of carpals   trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate  
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The carpals are classified as:   short bones  
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The metacarpals are classified as:   long bones  
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the largest bone in the proximal carpal row - has a tubercle on the anterior and lateral aspect for muscle attachment and is palpable near the base of the thumb   scaphoid  
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articulates with the radius proximally and is easy to recognize because of its crescent shape   lunate  
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roughly pyramidal and articulates anteriorly with the hamate   triquetrum  
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a pea-shaped bone situated anterior to the triquetrum and is easily palpated   pisiform  
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begins the distal row of carpals on the lateral side   trapezium  
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located next to trapezium and has a smaller surface anteriorly than posteriorly   trapezoid  
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articulates with the base of the third metacarpal and is the largest and most centrally located carpal   capitate  
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medial carpal in the distal row   hamate  
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a triangular depression located on the posterior surface of the wrist and is visible when the thumb is abducted and extended   anatomic snuffbox  
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a clinical sign suggesting fracture of the scaphoid   tenderness in the snuffbox area  
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the most commonly fractured carpal bone   scaphoid  
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The anterior or palmar surface of the wrist is concave from side to side and forms the ______ _______.   carpal sulcus  
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a strong fibrous band that attaches medially to the pisiform and hook of hamate and laterally to the tubercles of the scaphoid and trapezium   flexor retinaculum  
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the passageway created between the carpal sulcus and flexor retinaculum   carpal tunnel  
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The _____ _____ and the _____ _____ pass through the carpal tunnel.   median nerve and flexor tendons  
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results from compression of the median nerve inside the carpal tunnel   carpal tunnel syndrome  
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Name the 2 bones that are contained in the forearm that lie parallel to each other   radius and ulna  
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located on the lateral side of the forearm   radius  
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located on the medial side of the forearm   ulna  
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