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The Appendicular
Skeleton
Advance Preparation
1. Have articulated skeletons (male and female) available.
2. Set out disarticulated skeletons. One per group of 3–4 students is ideal.
3. Set out male and female articulated pelves in a demonstration area.
4. Set out blunt probes or unsharpened pencils with erasers for use during bone identification.
5. Set out X rays of bones of the appendicular skeleton.
6. Set out six numbered bones concealed in Kraft paper or muslin bags.
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The Appendicular Skeleton
S H E E T
Bones of the Pectoral Girdle and Upper Limb
1. Match the bone names and bone markings in the key with the leader lines in the figure. The bones are numbered 1–8.
Coracoid
process Key:
R E V I E W
capitulum
Greater
tubercle carpals
Scapula
1 clavicle
coracoid process
Deltoid
tuberosity coronoid fossa
coronoid process
3 Humerus
deltoid tuberosity
phalanges
Radius 4 5 Ulna
radial tuberosity
radius
Styloid Styloid process
process scapula
6 Carpals
styloid process
7 Metacarpals
trochlea
8 Phalanges ulna
2. Why is the clavicle at risk to fracture when a person falls on his or her shoulder? It is a slender bone.
3. Why is there generally no problem in the arm clearing the widest dimension of the thoracic cage?
The clavicle serves as a brace to hold the arm away from the top of the thorax.
7. What organs are protected, at least in part, by the pelvic girdle? Reproductive organs, urinary bladder, and part of large
intestine
9. Use terms from the key to identify the bones and bone markings on this illustration of the hip bone. Note: The bones are
designated with a leader line with a dot at the end.
Ilium Key:
ischium
Ischial tuberosity
obturator foramen
Ischium Pubis
pubis
Obturator foramen
10. The pelvic bones of a four-legged animal such as a cat or pig are much less massive than those of a human. Make an educated
guess as to why this is so.
They do not have to bear as much weight as two-legged animals. Also, an animal distributes its weight on four limbs.
11. A person instinctively curls over the abdominal area in times of danger. Why? To protect internal organs
12. Match the terms in the key with the appropriate leader lines on the diagram of the femur. Also decide if this bone is a right
or left bone.
Fovea capitis
Greater trochanter
Key:
Head of fovea capitis
femur
Neck of Intertrochanteric crest gluteal tuberosity
femur
greater trochanter
Lesser trochanter Gluteal tuberosity
head of femur
intercondylar fossa
intertrochanteric crest
lateral condyle
lateral epicondyle
lesser trochanter
medial condyle
medial epicondyle
neck of femur
Lateral epicondyle
Medial epicondyle
Medial condyle
Intercondylar Lateral condyle
fossa
The femur shown is the posterior view of the right member of the two femurs.
13. Match the bone names, joints, and markings in the key with the leader lines in the figure. The bones are numbered 1–11.
Key:
Sacroiliac
acetabulum (rim)
joint
1 Ilium
calcaneus
Acetabulum
2 Pubic femur
Neck
symphysis
Greater 3 fibula
trochanter Ischium
greater trochanter
Pubis
ilium
Lesser
trochanter ischium
Femur 4
lateral condyle
lateral malleolus
medial condyle
Lateral 5 Medial condyle
condyle medial malleolus
Tibial tuberosity
metatarsals
neck
Fibula 6 7 Tibia
patella
phalanges
pubic symphysis
Lateral Medial
malleolus malleolus pubis
8
Talus 9 Calcaneus
sacroiliac joint
Tarsals
talus
10 Metatarsals
tarsals
11 Phalanges tibia
tibial tuberosity