Exam 8: The Skeletal System: Articulations

Which of the bones listed below is not part of the appendicular skeleton?

Which of the following statements concerning the fibula is false?

In the proximal row of carpals, there are the scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, and pisiform, from lateral to medial.

Which border of the scapula is proximal to the vertebral column?

The coracoid process of the scapula articulates with the clavicle.

The pelvic inlet (brim) is widest

Describe some of the anatomical characteristics of the female pelvis that are adaptations for childbearing.

The bone of the palm that articulates with the shortest digit is

The acromion of the scapula

The ischium forms the posteroinferior region of the pelvic girdle.

The metacarpus is the palm of the hand.

The pelvic girdle consists of the paired .

These three tarsal bones lie just distal to the navicular are the

Which of these bone combinations represents a pair of pivoting bones?

The trochlear notch is found on which of the bones listed below?

The styloid process on lateral side of the antebrachium is found on which of the bones listed below?

The ischium joins the pubis in the acetabulum and at the

In the wrist, lateral to the lunate is the scaphoid, and medial to the lunate is the .

When you sit cross-legged for a while on a hard surface, your ʺrear endʺ hurts because you have been distributing weight directly over your bony tuberosities.

When an individual ʺbreaks a hip,ʺ the most common location of the fracture is the