Upper Arm Exam Review Q&A

Upper Arm Exam Review Q&A Pectoral Girdle - Answer-Clavicle and Scapula Links it to the axial skeleton Clavicle - Answer-Sternal End Acromial End Sternoclavicular Joint - Answer-Where clavicles meet Acromioclavicular Joint - Answer-Outer part of clavicle Scapula - Answer-Shoulder blades Supraspinous Fossa - Answer-Smooth concavity above the spine on the dorsal surface of the scapula that gives origin to the supraspinatus muscle Infraspinous Fossa - Answer-Hollow on the dorsal aspect of the scapula inferior to the spine, attaches to the infraspinatus muscle Acromion - Answer-Bony process on the scapula, together with the coracoid process it extends over the shoulder joint Glenoid Cavity - Answer-Hollow in the head of the scapula into which the head of the humerus sits to make the shoulder joint Suprascapular Notch - Answer-Allows nerves and vessels to go through CONTINUES...