Chapter 21: Kinesiology
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which term means the study of human motion?
a. Anatomy
b. Oncology
c. Physiology
d. Kinesiology
ANS: D
Kinesiology is the study of human motion.
2. Which bone is in the upper extremity?
a. Ilium
b. Tibia
c. Radius
d. Temporal
ANS: C
The radius is a bone of the upper extremity.
3. Which joint connects the axial skeleton to the upper extremity?
a. Sternoclavicular
b. Scapulohumeral
c. Acromioclavicular
d. Glenohumeral
ANS: A
The upper extremities join the axial skeleton at the sternoclavicular joints.
4. Injury to the acromioclavicular joint would involve which end of the clavicle?
a. Medial
b. Superior
c. Lateral
d. Anterior
ANS: C
An injury to the acromioclavicular joint would be located at the lateral end of the clavicle.
5. Which bone is most commonly fractured in the body?
a. Scapula
b. Clavicle
c. Humerus
d. Sternum
ANS: B
The clavicle is the most commonly fractured bone in the body.
6. What are the bones of the shoulder girdle?
, a. Femur and tibia
b. Radius and ulna
c. Sacrum and pelvis
d. Clavicle and scapula
ANS: D
The clavicle and the scapula make up the shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle.
7. Which joint is located at the medial end of the clavicle?
a. Sternocostal
b. Costochondral
c. Sternoclavicular
d. Acromioclavicular
ANS: C
The medial end or sternal end of the clavicle articulates with the sternum at the
sternoclavicular joint, or the SC joint.
8. Which bone contains the acromion process?
a. Ulna
b. Radius
c. Scapula
d. Clavicle
ANS: C
The scapula contains the acromion process.
9. Which bone articulates witThEthSeTcBlaAviNclKe SanEdLtLheEhRu.mCerOuMs?
a. Ulna
b. Radius
c. Scapula
d. Metacarpal
ANS: C
The scapula articulates with the clavicle at the acromioclavicular joint, or AC joint, and with
the humerus at the glenohumeral joint or shoulder joint.
10. What is the scientific name for the shoulder joint?
a. Radiocarpal joint
b. Glenohumeral joint
c. Sternoclavicular joint
d. Acromioclavicular joint
ANS: B
The glenohumeral joint is the shoulder joint.
11. Which bone contains the deltoid tuberosity?
a. Ulna
b. Scapula
c. Clavicle
d. Humerus
, ANS: D
The deltoid tuberosity is located on the humerus bone.
12. Which joint do the humeroradial joint and the humeroulnar joint form?
a. Wrist
b. Elbow
c. Knuckle
d. Shoulder
ANS: B
The humeroradial joint and the humeroulnar joint form the elbow joint.
13. Which bone is in the medial forearm?
a. Ulna
b. Radius
c. Humerus
d. Scaphoid
ANS: A
The ulna is the medial forearm bone.
14. Which bone contains the olecranon process?
a. Ulna
b. Radius
c. Scapula
d. Clavicle
ANS: A
The ulna contains the olecranon process.
15. Which bone is in the lateral forearm?
a. Ulna
b. Humerus
c. Radius
d. Pisiform
ANS: C
The radius is the lateral forearm bone.
16. Which joint allows supination and pronation?
a. Radioulnar joint
b. Humeroulnar joint
c. Humeroradial joint
d. Sternoclavicular joint
ANS: A
The movements of the radioulnar joints are supination and pronation.
17. During supination and pronation, the radius rotates over which bone?
a. Ulna
b. Scapula
c. Clavicle
, d. Humerus
ANS: A
The radius rotates over the ulna during the actions of supination and pronation.
18. Which term is collective for the wrist bones?
a. Tarsals
b. Carpals
c. Metatarsals
d. Metacarpals
ANS: B
The carpal bones are the wrist bones.
19. Each wrist contains how many carpal bones?
a. 5
b. 8
c. 12
d. 14
ANS: B
Each wrist contains 8 carpal bones.
20. Which bone is a carpal?
a. Hyoid
b. Xiphoid
c. Pisiform
d. Cuneiform
ANS: C
The pisiform is one of the carpal bones.
21. Which bones articulate with the radius and the metacarpals?
a. Tarsals
b. Carpals
c. Metatarsals
d. Metacarpals
ANS: B
The carpals articulate with the radius at the radiocarpal joint or wrist joint and with the
metacarpals at the carpometacarpal joints, or CMC joints.
22. What is the scientific name for the wrist joint?
a. Radiocarpal joint
b. Glenohumeral joint
c. Sternoclavicular joint
d. Acromioclavicular joint
ANS: A
The radiocarpal joint is the wrist joint.
23. Which structure forms one of the sides of the carpal tunnel?
a. Nuchal ligament
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which term means the study of human motion?
a. Anatomy
b. Oncology
c. Physiology
d. Kinesiology
ANS: D
Kinesiology is the study of human motion.
2. Which bone is in the upper extremity?
a. Ilium
b. Tibia
c. Radius
d. Temporal
ANS: C
The radius is a bone of the upper extremity.
3. Which joint connects the axial skeleton to the upper extremity?
a. Sternoclavicular
b. Scapulohumeral
c. Acromioclavicular
d. Glenohumeral
ANS: A
The upper extremities join the axial skeleton at the sternoclavicular joints.
4. Injury to the acromioclavicular joint would involve which end of the clavicle?
a. Medial
b. Superior
c. Lateral
d. Anterior
ANS: C
An injury to the acromioclavicular joint would be located at the lateral end of the clavicle.
5. Which bone is most commonly fractured in the body?
a. Scapula
b. Clavicle
c. Humerus
d. Sternum
ANS: B
The clavicle is the most commonly fractured bone in the body.
6. What are the bones of the shoulder girdle?
, a. Femur and tibia
b. Radius and ulna
c. Sacrum and pelvis
d. Clavicle and scapula
ANS: D
The clavicle and the scapula make up the shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle.
7. Which joint is located at the medial end of the clavicle?
a. Sternocostal
b. Costochondral
c. Sternoclavicular
d. Acromioclavicular
ANS: C
The medial end or sternal end of the clavicle articulates with the sternum at the
sternoclavicular joint, or the SC joint.
8. Which bone contains the acromion process?
a. Ulna
b. Radius
c. Scapula
d. Clavicle
ANS: C
The scapula contains the acromion process.
9. Which bone articulates witThEthSeTcBlaAviNclKe SanEdLtLheEhRu.mCerOuMs?
a. Ulna
b. Radius
c. Scapula
d. Metacarpal
ANS: C
The scapula articulates with the clavicle at the acromioclavicular joint, or AC joint, and with
the humerus at the glenohumeral joint or shoulder joint.
10. What is the scientific name for the shoulder joint?
a. Radiocarpal joint
b. Glenohumeral joint
c. Sternoclavicular joint
d. Acromioclavicular joint
ANS: B
The glenohumeral joint is the shoulder joint.
11. Which bone contains the deltoid tuberosity?
a. Ulna
b. Scapula
c. Clavicle
d. Humerus
, ANS: D
The deltoid tuberosity is located on the humerus bone.
12. Which joint do the humeroradial joint and the humeroulnar joint form?
a. Wrist
b. Elbow
c. Knuckle
d. Shoulder
ANS: B
The humeroradial joint and the humeroulnar joint form the elbow joint.
13. Which bone is in the medial forearm?
a. Ulna
b. Radius
c. Humerus
d. Scaphoid
ANS: A
The ulna is the medial forearm bone.
14. Which bone contains the olecranon process?
a. Ulna
b. Radius
c. Scapula
d. Clavicle
ANS: A
The ulna contains the olecranon process.
15. Which bone is in the lateral forearm?
a. Ulna
b. Humerus
c. Radius
d. Pisiform
ANS: C
The radius is the lateral forearm bone.
16. Which joint allows supination and pronation?
a. Radioulnar joint
b. Humeroulnar joint
c. Humeroradial joint
d. Sternoclavicular joint
ANS: A
The movements of the radioulnar joints are supination and pronation.
17. During supination and pronation, the radius rotates over which bone?
a. Ulna
b. Scapula
c. Clavicle
, d. Humerus
ANS: A
The radius rotates over the ulna during the actions of supination and pronation.
18. Which term is collective for the wrist bones?
a. Tarsals
b. Carpals
c. Metatarsals
d. Metacarpals
ANS: B
The carpal bones are the wrist bones.
19. Each wrist contains how many carpal bones?
a. 5
b. 8
c. 12
d. 14
ANS: B
Each wrist contains 8 carpal bones.
20. Which bone is a carpal?
a. Hyoid
b. Xiphoid
c. Pisiform
d. Cuneiform
ANS: C
The pisiform is one of the carpal bones.
21. Which bones articulate with the radius and the metacarpals?
a. Tarsals
b. Carpals
c. Metatarsals
d. Metacarpals
ANS: B
The carpals articulate with the radius at the radiocarpal joint or wrist joint and with the
metacarpals at the carpometacarpal joints, or CMC joints.
22. What is the scientific name for the wrist joint?
a. Radiocarpal joint
b. Glenohumeral joint
c. Sternoclavicular joint
d. Acromioclavicular joint
ANS: A
The radiocarpal joint is the wrist joint.
23. Which structure forms one of the sides of the carpal tunnel?
a. Nuchal ligament
