ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY STUDY GUIDE – APPENDICULAR SKELETON
1. How many bones make up the appendicular skeleton?
2. What is another name for the shoulder girdle?
3. What are the two bones that make up the shoulder girdle?
4. What is the purpose of the clavicle in this girdle?
5. What happens to the shoulder when the clavicle is broken?
6. In terms of muscles what purpose do the scapulae have?
7. What is the name of the socket that attaches the arm to the shoulder girdle?
8. What three factors allow the upper limbs to have exceptionally free movement?
9. What is the drawback to this exceptional flexibility?
10. What is the name of the bone typically called the arm?
11. What are the names of the two bones of the forearm?
12. Name the three groups of bones that make up the hand.
13. How many of each of these groups is in each hand?
14. Of what is the pelvic girdle composed?
15. What other two bones are included in the bony pelvis?
16. Describe the sockets that receive the thigh bones.
17. What is the most important function of the pelvic girdle?
18. Which organs lie within are protected by the bony pelvis?
19. Name the three bones that are fused to make up each coxal bone.
20. What is the importance of the iliac crest in medicine?
21. Which of the three bones is called the “sitdown bone”?
22. What is the name of the joint where the two pubic bones are attached?
23. What is then name of the socket for the thigh?
24. Why are the dimensions of the true pelvis important in women?
25. List 6 ways that the female pelvis differs from that of the male.
26. Why are the bones of the lower limbs thicker and stronger than the comparable bones of the upper
limbs?
27. What is the name of the bone commonly called the thigh bone?
28. Which part of the femur is commonly fractured in old age?
29. Which two bones form the knee joint?
30. Which bone forms the outer part of the ankle?
31. Which three groups of bones form the foot?
32. Name the two functions of the foot.
33. What is the name of the heel bone?
34. How many arches are in the foot?
35. What does the term “flat feet” mean?
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY STUDY GUIDE – APPENDICULAR SKELETON
1. How many bones make up the appendicular skeleton?
2. What is another name for the shoulder girdle?
3. What are the two bones that make up the shoulder girdle?
4. What is the purpose of the clavicle in this girdle?
5. What happens to the shoulder when the clavicle is broken?
6. In terms of muscles what purpose do the scapulae have?
7. What is the name of the socket that attaches the arm to the shoulder girdle?
8. What three factors allow the upper limbs to have exceptionally free movement?
9. What is the drawback to this exceptional flexibility?
10. What is the name of the bone typically called the arm?
11. What are the names of the two bones of the forearm?
12. Name the three groups of bones that make up the hand.
13. How many of each of these groups is in each hand?
14. Of what is the pelvic girdle composed?
15. What other two bones are included in the bony pelvis?
16. Describe the sockets that receive the thigh bones.
17. What is the most important function of the pelvic girdle?
18. Which organs lie within are protected by the bony pelvis?
19. Name the three bones that are fused to make up each coxal bone.
20. What is the importance of the iliac crest in medicine?
21. Which of the three bones is called the “sitdown bone”?
22. What is the name of the joint where the two pubic bones are attached?
23. What is then name of the socket for the thigh?
24. Why are the dimensions of the true pelvis important in women?
25. List 6 ways that the female pelvis differs from that of the male.
26. Why are the bones of the lower limbs thicker and stronger than the comparable bones of the upper
limbs?
27. What is the name of the bone commonly called the thigh bone?
28. Which part of the femur is commonly fractured in old age?
29. Which two bones form the knee joint?
30. Which bone forms the outer part of the ankle?
31. Which three groups of bones form the foot?
32. Name the two functions of the foot.
33. What is the name of the heel bone?
34. How many arches are in the foot?
35. What does the term “flat feet” mean?