EXSS 175 CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ upper trapezius.
Answer: elevation, upward rotation of scapula; extends neck
◍ Conoid Tubercle.
Answer: Attachment of the conoid ligament
◍ extensor pollicis brevis.
Answer: extends thumb
◍ Ulna (medial side).
Answer: Trochlear notch articulates with humerus, radial notch articulates
with radial head, olecranon process forms point of elbow, coronoid process
◍ Proximal humerus.
Answer: Head, anatomical neck, greater and lesser tubercles, inter tubercular
sulcus (Bicipital groove), surgical neck, deltoid tuberosity, and shaft
◍ rhomboids.
Answer: retract scapula and rotate scapula downward
◍ supination agonists.
Answer: biceps brachii, supinator
◍ pronation agonists.
Answer: pronator teres, pronator quadratus
◍ medial trapezius.
Answer: adducts scapula
◍ antagonist muscle.
Answer: movement in opposite direction from muscle
◍ Distal Carpal Bones.
, Answer: Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate (From right to left)
◍ pronation.
Answer: turning the palm downward
◍ posterior deltoid.
Answer: extension, external rotation of shoulder
◍ Olecranon fossa.
Answer: Posterior depression for olecranon process of ulna
◍ supination.
Answer: movement that turns the palm up
◍ supraspinatus.
Answer: abduction of shoulder
◍ Carpal Tunnel.
Answer: Tunnel floor= carpal bones Tunnel roof= Flexor retinaculum
Contains: Flexor pollicis longus (1), Flexor digitorum profundus (4), Flexor
digitorum superficialis (4), Medial nerve
◍ Distal humerus.
Answer: -Capitulum -Trochlea -cornoid fossa -olecranon fossa - medial and
lateral epicondyles -supracondylar ridges
◍ lower trapezius.
Answer: upward rotation, depression of scapula
◍ flexors of wrist.
Answer: flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, palmaris longus
◍ Acromion.
Answer: End of scapular spine at acromioclavicular joint-Anterior
side-Where clavicle attaches to scapula
◍ carpals.
Answer: wrist bones
◍ Subscapular.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ upper trapezius.
Answer: elevation, upward rotation of scapula; extends neck
◍ Conoid Tubercle.
Answer: Attachment of the conoid ligament
◍ extensor pollicis brevis.
Answer: extends thumb
◍ Ulna (medial side).
Answer: Trochlear notch articulates with humerus, radial notch articulates
with radial head, olecranon process forms point of elbow, coronoid process
◍ Proximal humerus.
Answer: Head, anatomical neck, greater and lesser tubercles, inter tubercular
sulcus (Bicipital groove), surgical neck, deltoid tuberosity, and shaft
◍ rhomboids.
Answer: retract scapula and rotate scapula downward
◍ supination agonists.
Answer: biceps brachii, supinator
◍ pronation agonists.
Answer: pronator teres, pronator quadratus
◍ medial trapezius.
Answer: adducts scapula
◍ antagonist muscle.
Answer: movement in opposite direction from muscle
◍ Distal Carpal Bones.
, Answer: Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate (From right to left)
◍ pronation.
Answer: turning the palm downward
◍ posterior deltoid.
Answer: extension, external rotation of shoulder
◍ Olecranon fossa.
Answer: Posterior depression for olecranon process of ulna
◍ supination.
Answer: movement that turns the palm up
◍ supraspinatus.
Answer: abduction of shoulder
◍ Carpal Tunnel.
Answer: Tunnel floor= carpal bones Tunnel roof= Flexor retinaculum
Contains: Flexor pollicis longus (1), Flexor digitorum profundus (4), Flexor
digitorum superficialis (4), Medial nerve
◍ Distal humerus.
Answer: -Capitulum -Trochlea -cornoid fossa -olecranon fossa - medial and
lateral epicondyles -supracondylar ridges
◍ lower trapezius.
Answer: upward rotation, depression of scapula
◍ flexors of wrist.
Answer: flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, palmaris longus
◍ Acromion.
Answer: End of scapular spine at acromioclavicular joint-Anterior
side-Where clavicle attaches to scapula
◍ carpals.
Answer: wrist bones
◍ Subscapular.
