Bones and Joints of the Upper Limb

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

What bones make up the shoulder girdle?

Back (Answer)

Clavicle (1) Scapula (1)

Front (Question)

What bones make up the different parts of the upper limb?

Back (Answer)

Arm: Humerus (1) Forearm: Radius (1) Ulna (1) Wrist: Carpals (8) Hand: Metacarpals (5) Phalanges (14)

Front (Question)

Where is the only point of contact between the upper limb and axial skeleton?

Back (Answer)

Collar bone/clavicle Occurs at the sternoclavicular joint

Front (Question)

Which end of the clavicle articulates medially?

Back (Answer)

Sternal end - Rounded - Articulates with the manubrium of the sternum at the sternoclavicular joint

Front (Question)

Which end of the clavicle articulates laterally?

Back (Answer)

Acromial end - Flattened - Articulates with the acromion process of the scapular spine at the acromioclavicular joint

Front (Question)

Which bone typically breaks in a FOOSH fracture?

Back (Answer)

Clavicle

Front (Question)

What is a FOOSH fracture

Back (Answer)

“Fall on an outstretched hand”

Front (Question)

Which bone is also known as the shoulder blade?

Back (Answer)

Scapula

Front (Question)

Which borders make up the superior angle of the scapula?

Back (Answer)

Superior border and medial border

#10

Front (Question)

Which borders make up the inferior angle of the scapula?

Back (Answer)

Medial border and lateral border

#11

Front (Question)

Which feature of the scapula articulates with the clavicle?

Back (Answer)

Acromion process (lateral part of spine)

#12

Front (Question)

Which feature of the scapula articulates with the humerus?

Back (Answer)

Glenoid fossa

#13

Front (Question)

How are the two necks of the humerus different from one another?

Back (Answer)

Anatomical neck: - Just distal of the humeral head Surgical neck: - Where shaft begins; common area of fracture

#14

Front (Question)

What structure travels in the intertubercular groove?

Back (Answer)

Long head of biceps brachii tendon

#15

Front (Question)

Which epicondyle of the humerus is more prominent?

Back (Answer)

MEDIAL

#16

Front (Question)

What are the names of the two condyles at the distal end of the humerus? Which is medial and which is lateral?

Back (Answer)

Capitulum: Lateral (articulates with head of radius) Trochlea: Medial (articulates with trochlear notch of ulna)

#17

Front (Question)

Which features of the humerus, ulna, and radius articulate at the elbow joint?

Back (Answer)

Trochlear notch of ulna articulates with trochlea of humerus The head of the radius articulates with the capitulum of the humerus Head of radius attaches to radial notch of ulna

#18

Front (Question)

Is the ulna medial or lateral?

Back (Answer)

MEDIAL (pinky)

#19

Front (Question)

Is the radius medial or lateral?

Back (Answer)

LATERAL (thumb)

#20

Front (Question)

Is the head of the RADIUS proximal or distal?

Back (Answer)

Proximal

#21

Front (Question)

Is the head of the ULNA proximal or distal?

Back (Answer)

Distal

#22

Front (Question)

Is the styloid process of the ULNA and RADIUS proximal or distal?

Back (Answer)

DISTAL

#23

Front (Question)

How many carpals are there?

Back (Answer)

#24

Front (Question)

Which three carpal bones help make the carpal tunnel?

Back (Answer)

hook of the hamate pisiform tubercle of the trapezium