Exam Practice 1

Identify (match) the number of bones for each of the following.

• 8

• Carpals (wrist)

• 27

• Metacarpals (palm)

• 5

• Total

• 14

• Phalanges (fingers and thumb)

The two portions of the thumb (first digit) are the

The three portions of each finger (second through fifth digits) are the

• Proximal Phalanx

• Middle Phalanx

• Distal Phalanx

The three parts of each phalanx, starting distally, are the

• Head

• Body (shaft)

• Base

List the three parts of each metacarpal, starting proximally

• Base

• Body (shaft)

• Head

The name of the joint between the proximal and distal phalanges of the first digit is the

Which is the largest of the carpal bones?

What is the name of the hooklike process extending anteriorly from the Hamate?

Which is the most commonly fractured carpal bone?

List one of the mnemonics given in the textbook that uses the first letter of each of the preferred terms of the eight carpal bones