Wrist Bones

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Which bone in the hand has an anterior hook called the Hook of Hamate?

Hamate

Which row of carpals includes the bones Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, and Hamate?

Distal row of carpals

Which bone articulates with the 4th and 5th metacarpals, capitate, lunate, and triquetrum?

Hamate

Which bone in the hand is an attachment for the transverse carpal ligament?

<p>Scaphoid</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone articulates with the lunate to form an intercarpal joint?

<p>Triquetrum</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone articulates with the base of the first metacarpal to form a carpometacarpal joint?

<p>Trapezium</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bones make up the proximal row of carpals in the wrist?

<p>Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone articulates proximally with the radius and distally with the capitate?

<p>Lunate</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone is the largest in the proximal row of carpals?

<p>Scaphoid</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone lies on the anterior surface of the triquetrum?

<p>Pisiform</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone articulates with the articular disc of the distal radio-ulnar joint and with the hamate distally?

<p>Triquetrum</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone in the wrist is head-shaped with a rounded extremity and is the largest bone?

<p>Capitate</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone articulates with the base of the 3rd metacarpal to form a carpometacarpal joint?

<p>Hamate</p> Signup and view all the answers

What bone is located on the dorsal side and moves proximally along the shaft of the 4th or 5th metacarpal until you reach the base?

<p>Hamate</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can you locate the Pisiform bone?

<p>Draw a line from the base of the index finger to the pisiform</p> Signup and view all the answers

What bone is an attachment for the pisohamate ligament, transverse carpal ligament, and flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU)?

<p>Hamate</p> Signup and view all the answers

What bone forms an intercarpal joint with the capitate?

<p>Lunate</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the Capitate bone?

<p>Articulates with the base of the 3rd metacarpal to form a carpometacarpal joint</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the general palpation technique for the metacarpals and phalanges?

<p>Palpate the dorsal surface of the hand and feel the superficial metacarpal shafts</p> Signup and view all the answers

What forms the MCP joints, also known as 'knuckles'?

<p>Capitate</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone in the forearm is capable of rotational movements such as pronation and supination?

<p>Ulna</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone in the forearm is more mobile and shorter than the other?

<p>Radius</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone in the forearm articulates with the capitulum of the humerus to perform flexion and extension?

<p>Radius</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone in the forearm articulates with the notch of the ulna to perform rotation?

<p>Radius</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone in the forearm has a boney process called the Styloid Process?

<p>Ulna</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone in the forearm has a boney process called the Radial Styloid?

<p>Radius</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone is longer, the radius or the ulna?

<p>Ulna</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the interosseous membrane?

<p>To anchor the bones of the forearm medially</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone forms the humero-ulnar joint of the elbow?

<p>Ulna</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the bony landmark located on the proximal end of the ulna?

<p>Olecranon</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone articulates with the radial head to form the proximal radio-ulnar joint?

<p>Ulna</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone is located on the lateral side of the proximal ulna and forms the proximal radio-ulnar joint?

<p>Radial Notch</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone in the hand is an attachment for the pisohamate ligament, transverse carpal ligament, and flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU)?

<p>Hook of Hamate</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone articulates with the base of the 3rd metacarpal to form a carpometacarpal joint?

<p>Capitate</p> Signup and view all the answers

What bone forms an intercarpal joint with the capitate?

<p>Hamate</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone in the wrist is head-shaped with a rounded extremity and is the largest bone?

<p>Capitate</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone articulates with the articular disc of the distal radio-ulnar joint and with the hamate distally?

<p>Head of the ulna</p> Signup and view all the answers

What bone is located on the dorsal side and moves proximally along the shaft of the 4th or 5th metacarpal until you reach the base?

<p>Listers tubercle</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the Capitate bone?

<p>Acts as an anatomical pulley for extensor pollicis longus</p> Signup and view all the answers

What bone is an attachment for the pisohamate ligament, transverse carpal ligament, and flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU)?

<p>Hook of Hamate</p> Signup and view all the answers

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