Deck 8: Bones, Part 2: The Appendicular Skeleton

Question 1

The olecranon process is found on which of the bones listed below?

A) radius
B) tibia
C) ulna
D) humerus

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The deltoid tuberosity is found on which of the bones listed below?

A) radius
B) tibia
C) ulna
D) humerus

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Figure 8.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the gluteal tuberosity of the femur?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Figure 8.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the bone that has tuberosities that are the strongest parts of the hip bones?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 5

Figure 8.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates a deep hemispherical socket where all three pelvic bones intersect?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 6

Figure 8.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the weakest region of the femur, which may be fractured in a fall?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 7

Figure 8.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates a depression that is the site where a femoral ligament attaches to the acetabulum?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 8

Figure 8.3
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the anterior-most boundary of the intertubercular groove?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 9

Figure 8.3
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the greater tubercle of the humerus?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 10

Figure 8.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates a pad of a fibrocartilage known as the pubic symphysis?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 11

Figure 8.3
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the fossa where the ulna articulates with the humerus?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 12

Figure 8.3
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the bony landmark of the humerus that articulates with the head of the radius?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 13

Figure 8.3
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the bony landmark of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 14

The coronoid fossa is found on which of the bones listed below?

A) radius
B) tibia
C) ulna
D) humerus

Question 15

Figure 8.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the greater trochanter of the femur?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 16

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

A) radius
B) tibia
C) ulna
D) humerus

Question 17

Figure 8.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter identifies the anterior superior iliac spine?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 18

Figure 8.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the iliac crest?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 19

The intercondylar eminence is found on which of the bones listed below?

A) radius
B) tibia
C) ulna
D) humerus

Question 20

Figure 8.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the groove that articulates with the patella?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 21

The coronoid process is found on which of the bones listed below?

A) radius
B) tibia
C) ulna
D) humerus

Question 22

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

A) metacarpal I.
B) metacarpal II.
C) metacarpal III.
D) metacarpal V.

Question 23

The medial malleolus is found on which of the bones listed below?

A) radius
B) tibia
C) ulna
D) humerus

Question 24

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

A) radius
B) tibia
C) ulna
D) humerus

Question 25

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

A) radius
B) tibia
C) ulna
D) humerus

Question 26

The pubic bone is characterized by all of the following except that it

A) forms part of the obturator foramen.
B) forms part of the acetabulum.
C) forms part of the greater sciatic notch.
D) fuses with the ischium.

Question 27

The acromion of the scapula

A) articulates with the humerus.
B) attaches the biceps muscle of the arm.
C) is an extension of the scapular spine.
D) lies anterior to the coracoid process.

Question 28

Which of the appendicular foramen listed below is "closed up" and has very few vessels or nerves passing through it?

A) obturator foramen
B) olfactory foramen
C) foramen lacerum
D) foramen magnum

Question 29

In anatomical position,

A) the head of the radius is medial to the ulna.
B) the radius is lateral to the ulna.
C) the styloid process of the radius is medial to the ulna.
D) the ulna is lateral to the radius.

Question 30

The bone of the forearm that directly and functionally articulates with the carpals is the

A) ulna.
B) radius.
C) humerus.
D) lunate.

Question 31

The tallest arch of the foot is the ________ arch.

A) medial
B) lateral
C) transverse
D) intermediate

Question 32

How is it possible to tell whether an isolated clavicle is the right or left one?

A) The medial end is cone-shaped, the lateral end is flat, and the inferior surface is ridged.
B) The lateral end is flat, the medial end is cone-shaped, and the superior surface is curved.
C) The medial end is S-shaped, the lateral end is straight, and the superior surface is ridged.
D) The coronoid process is on the lateral end, the ridge is on the superior surface, and the socket is in the medial end.

Question 33

Which of the following statements concerning the fibula is False?

A) It helps stabilize the ankle.
B) It helps stabilize the knee.
C) It is the thinnest of the two leg bones.
D) It forms the lateral malleolus.

Question 34

The area between the crest of the ilium and the arcuate line is called the

A) False pelvis.
B) pelvic inlet.
C) pelvic outlet.
D) true pelvis.

Question 35

All of these bony landmarks contribute to the pelvic inlet (brim) except the

A) sacral promontory.
B) ischial tuberosities.
C) arcuate lines on the ilia.
D) pubic crests.

Question 36

Which bone is the keystone of the medial arch of the foot?

A) calcaneus
B) cuboid
C) navicular
D) talus

Question 37

The rotator cuff muscles attach to the humerus at the

A) deltoid tuberosity.
B) epicondyles.
C) supracondylar ridges.
D) tubercles.

Question 38

Which of the following statements about the male pelvis is False?

A) The bones are heavier and rougher than in the female.
B) The male pelvis is narrow and deep.
C) The male pubic arch is wider than that of the female.
D) The cavity of the true pelvis is smaller in the female.

Question 39

Which of the following statements about the patella is False?

A) It is roughly triangular in shape.
B) It is a sesamoid bone.
C) It acts to protect the knee joint anteriorly.
D) It articulates with the femur, tibia, and fibula.

Question 40

The bony landmark which is the attachment point for the patellar ligament is found on which of the bones listed below?

A) radius
B) tibia
C) ulna
D) humerus

Question 41

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

A) tibia and fibula
B) ulna and radius
C) pisiform and triquetrum
D) clavicle and scapula

Question 42

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

A) superior
B) inferior
C) lateral
D) medial

Question 43

The ischium joins the pubis in the acetabulum and at the

A) superior pubic ramus.
B) inferior pubic ramus.
C) sacroiliac joint.
D) pubic symphysis.

Question 44

Which of the following bones primarily bears the weight of the body?

A) talus
B) navicular
C) cuboid
D) cuneiforms

Question 45

The anatomical neck of the humerus lies

A) proximal to the tubercles.
B) distal to the tubercles.
C) beside the deltoid tuberosity.
D) near the radial groove.

Question 46

The fibula

A) articulates with the femur.
B) crosses the tibia when the leg is rotated.
C) forms the lateral border of the knee joint.
D) stabilizes the ankle joint.

Question 47

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

A) patella
B) femur
C) sacrum
D) navicular

Question 48

The auricular surface of the ilium

A) attaches gluteal muscles.
B) forms the lateral borders of the False pelvis.
C) forms the sacroiliac joint.
D) lines the interior of the acetabulum.

Question 49

Which of the bony landmarks listed below is not part of the distal end of the humerus?

A) capitulum
B) trochlea
C) intertubercular sulcus
D) olecranon fossa

Question 50

Which tarsal bone lies directly anterior to the talus?

A) lateral cuneiform
B) navicular
C) cuboid
D) calcaneus

Question 51

The boundaries of the pelvic outlet include all those listed below except the

A) ischial tuberosity.
B) sacrum.
C) coccyx.
D) gluteal tuberosity.

Question 52

What is the cause of carpal tunnel syndrome?

A) compression of the carpal bones
B) fibrosis of the interosseous membrane
C) compression of the median nerve
D) damage to the radioulnar joint

Question 53

Which of the bones listed below does not articulate with the clavicle?

A) scapula
B) rib 1
C) manubrium
D) 7th vertebra

Question 54

The pelvic inlet (brim) is widest

A) from anterior to posterior.
B) from side to side.
C) obliquely.
D) superior to inferior.

Question 55

At the shoulder joint, the head of the humerus articulates with the scapula at the

A) glenoid cavity.
B) coracoid process.
C) subscapular fossa.
D) acromion process.

Question 56

When an individual "breaks a hip," the most common location of the fracture is the

A) acetabulum of the os coxa.
B) diaphysis of the femur.
C) iliac crest of the os coxa.
D) neck of the femur.

Question 57

Which of the bones listed below is not found a carpal bone?

A) cuboid
B) triquetral
C) scaphoid
D) hamate

Question 58

The coronoid process is part of the

A) ulna.
B) humerus.
C) radius.
D) carpal bones.

Question 59

As it runs from the hip to the knee, the femur projects ________ as well as inferiorly.

A) medially
B) anteriorly
C) laterally
D) posteriorly

Question 60

Which of the bones listed below is the "heel" bone?

A) hamate
B) talus
C) calcaneus
D) cuboid

Question 61

The subscapular fossa lies inferior to the spine and faces posteriorly.

Question 62

Which of these bones of the appendicular skeleton are unpaired?

A) humerus
B) clavicle
C) os coxae
D) None; all appendicular bones are paired.

Question 63

Which of the statements below regarding the metatarsals is False?

A) They are numbered 1-5 from lateral to medial, just like the metacarpals.
B) They articulate proximally to the cuneiforms and cuboid.
C) They contribute to the three arches of the feet.
D) They support some of the body's weight.

Question 64

The ischium has all of these features listed below except the

A) ischial tuberosity.
B) ischial spine.
C) body.
D) superior ramus.

Question 65

The bone that has a trochlear notch, an olecranon process, and a coronoid process is the

A) tibia.
B) radius.
C) ulna.
D) femur.

Question 66

The bony landmark at the lateral angle of the scapula is the

A) suprascapular notch.
B) glenoid cavity.
C) spine.
D) acromion.

Question 67

All of these statements regarding the acetabulum are true except

A) The acetabulum is where the three pelvic bones intersect.
B) The acetabulum participates in the hip joint.
C) The acetabulum is cup-shaped.
D) The acetabulum articulates with the sacrum.

Question 68

The supraspinous fossa is in the ________ region of the scapula.

A) anterosuperior
B) anteroinferior
C) posterosuperior
D) posteroinferior

Question 69

The fibula has all of the following features except the

A) head.
B) inferior tibiofibular joint (facet).
C) medial malleolus.
D) lateral malleolus.

Question 70

The posterior inferior iliac spine is superior to the ischial spine.

Question 71

The clavicle functions to

A) transmit compression forces from the upper limb to the axial skeleton.
B) protect the lungs.
C) allow the arm to extend further for reaching.
D) provide balance for the scapula on the other side of the body.

Question 72

All of the bones of the digits are collectively known as

A) phalanges.
B) tarsals.
C) carpals.
D) metacarpals.

Question 73

The bone that has a trochlea, a capitulum, and a greater tubercle is the

A) tibia.
B) femur.
C) humerus.
D) fibula.

Question 74

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

A) cuneiforms.
B) cuboids.
C) trapezoids.
D) naviculars.

Question 75

The coracoid process of the scapula articulates with the clavicle.

Question 76

The metacarpus is the palm of the hand.

Question 77

All of these bones are in the proximal row of four carpal bones except the

A) scaphoid.
B) triquetral.
C) pisiform.
D) trapezoid.

Question 78

The bone in the upper limb that corresponds to the femur in the lower limb is the

A) humerus.
B) radius.
C) ulna.
D) ischium.

Question 79

By anatomical definition the leg extends from the

A) back (including the pelvis) to the tips of the toes.
B) the top of the femur to the ankle.
C) acetabulum to the metatarsals.
D) knee to the ankle.

Question 80

The thumb has no middle phalanx.