Ch. 20 Elbow, hand, and wrist

The humerus articulates with the radius and ulna, forming a ____ joint.

• ball and socket

• hinge

• fixed

• gliding

• sutured

The eight bones that make up the wrist are the

• phalanges

• radius

• carpals

• metacarpals

• ulna

The bones in the fingers are called

• humerus

• phalanges

• metacarpals

• ulna

• radius

The upper arm bone is called

• phalanges

• metacarpals

• ulna

• radius

• humerus

In anatomical position, the lateral forearm bone (on the thumb side) is the

• ulna

• radius

• humerus

• femur

• carpals

The bones that make up the palm of the hand are called the

• radius

• ulna

• phalanges

• metacarpals

• humerus

The processes on both sides of the distal humerus are the

• epicondyles

• ganglion cyst

• glenoid fossa

• olecrenon process

• acromion process

The olecrenon process is another name for the ____________.

• wrist

• elbow

• fingers

• knuckles

• collar bone

The ligaments of the elbow joint are the annular, the ulnar collateral, and the _____.

• acromioclavicular

• coracoacromial

• anterior cruciate

• radial collateral

• medial collateral

The nerve that makes the "funny bone" is the _______________ nerve.

• ulnar

• median

• radial

• brachial

• carotid