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Forearm and Hand Kinesiology Flash Cards

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Directions

• The first slide asks a question.

• The second slide answers the question.

• Use these slides like flash cards to test your core knowledge.

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Question

What is the prime mover of flexion of the

forearm at the humeroulnar joint?

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Answer

Brachialis

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Question

• What actions are made possible at the radioulnar joints?

A. Abduction & adduction

B. Supination & pronation

C. Flexion & extension

D. Opposition & reposition

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Answer

A. Abduction & adduction

B. Supination & pronationC. Flexion & extension

D. Opposition & reposition

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Question

What muscle can supinate the forearm as it flexes the forearm at the elbow?

A. Brachioradialis

B. Brachialis

C. Biceps brachii

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Answer

A. Brachioradialis

B. Brachialis

C. Biceps brachii

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Question

• What is the common origin of wrist flexor muscles?

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Answer

• The medial epicondyle of the humerus.

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• What is the common origin of the wrist extensor muscles?

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Answer

• The lateral epicondyle of the humerus.

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Question

• What bony landmark is most often described as “the elbow”?

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Answer

The olecranon process

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Question

• What is the anterior portion of the olecranon process called?

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Answer

• The trochlear notch

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Question

• Do wrist extensors lie on the anterior or posterior portion of the forearm?

• What about wrist flexors?

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Answer

• Wrist extensors lie on the posterior forearm.

• Wrist flexors lie on the anterior forearm.

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Question

• How many carpal bones are there?

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Answer

• There are eight carpal bones in each hand.

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Question

• Which one of the eight carpals is a sesamoid bone?

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Answer

• The pisiform bone, which is the bump at the proximal, medial, and anterior part of your wrist.

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Question

• The pisiform bone is part of what muscle’s tendon?

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Answer

• The flexor carpi ulnaris

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Question

• What are the names of the eight carpals?

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Answer

• The proximal row:• Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform

• The distal row:• Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate

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Question

• How many bones are found in the hand?

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Answer

• 27– 8 carpals– 5 metacarpals– 14 phalanges (3 in each finger, but the

thumbs only have 2)

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Question

• What finger is considered the first finger?

• What finger is the fifth finger?

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Answer

• The thumb is the first finger

• The pinky is the fifth finger