Here’s a comprehensive set of 100 multiple-choice questions on the upper
extremities, covering the shoulder girdle, humerus, radius, ulna, and hand
bones.
Shoulder Girdle
1. What bones make up the shoulder girdle?
• A) Humerus and scapula
• B) Scapula and clavicle
• C) Clavicle and sternum
• D) Radius and ulna
• Answer: B) Scapula and clavicle
2. The scapula is positioned on which part of the rib cage?
• A) Anterior
• B) Lateral
• C) Posterior
• D) Superior
• Answer: C) Posterior
3. What is the fossa subscapularis, and what muscle fills it?
• A) A cavity in the clavicle filled by musculus subclavius
• B) A groove in the humerus filled by musculus biceps brachii
• C) A large pit in the scapula filled by musculus subscapularis
• D) A fossa in the radius filled by musculus brachialis
• Answer: C) A large pit in the scapula filled by musculus
subscapularis
4. What projection divides the posterior surface of the scapula into
two parts?
• A) Processus coracoideus
, • B) Spina scapulae
• C) Acromion
• D) Fossa glenoidalis
• Answer: B) Spina scapulae
5. Which structure articulates with the acromion?
• A) Clavicle
• B) Humerus
• C) Radius
• D) Sternum
• Answer: A) Clavicle
6. What is the Cavitas glenoidalis?
• A) A cavity in the clavicle
• B) An articular surface for the humerus
• C) A groove in the radius
• D) A projection on the scapula
• Answer: B) An articular surface for the humerus
7. The processus coracoideus serves as an attachment for which
muscle?
• A) Musculus deltoideus
• B) Musculus pectoralis minor
• C) Musculus latissimus dorsi
• D) Musculus trapezius
• Answer: B) Musculus pectoralis minor
8. The scapula’s superior angle provides an attachment for which
muscle?
• A) Musculus deltoideus
• B) Musculus trapezius
, • C) Musculus levator scapulae
• D) Musculus teres major
• Answer: C) Musculus levator scapulae
9. What is the significance of the incisura scapulae?
• A) It forms an articulation with the humerus
• B) It is the thinnest edge of the scapula, forming a notch
• C) It provides an attachment point for the deltoid muscle
• D) It is a large depression on the anterior scapula
• Answer: B) It is the thinnest edge of the scapula, forming a notch
10. Which nerve and artery pass through the hole formed by the
ligamentum transversum scapulae superius?
• A) Radial nerve and profunda brachii artery
• B) Suprascapular nerve and suprascapular artery
• C) Axillary nerve and circumflex humeral artery
• D) Median nerve and brachial artery
• Answer: B) Suprascapular nerve and suprascapular artery
Clavicle
11. What shape is the clavicle?
• A) Straight
• B) Cylindrical
• C) S-shaped
• D) Circular
• Answer: C) S-shaped
12. The lateral end of the clavicle is called the:
• A) Extremitas sternalis
extremities, covering the shoulder girdle, humerus, radius, ulna, and hand
bones.
Shoulder Girdle
1. What bones make up the shoulder girdle?
• A) Humerus and scapula
• B) Scapula and clavicle
• C) Clavicle and sternum
• D) Radius and ulna
• Answer: B) Scapula and clavicle
2. The scapula is positioned on which part of the rib cage?
• A) Anterior
• B) Lateral
• C) Posterior
• D) Superior
• Answer: C) Posterior
3. What is the fossa subscapularis, and what muscle fills it?
• A) A cavity in the clavicle filled by musculus subclavius
• B) A groove in the humerus filled by musculus biceps brachii
• C) A large pit in the scapula filled by musculus subscapularis
• D) A fossa in the radius filled by musculus brachialis
• Answer: C) A large pit in the scapula filled by musculus
subscapularis
4. What projection divides the posterior surface of the scapula into
two parts?
• A) Processus coracoideus
, • B) Spina scapulae
• C) Acromion
• D) Fossa glenoidalis
• Answer: B) Spina scapulae
5. Which structure articulates with the acromion?
• A) Clavicle
• B) Humerus
• C) Radius
• D) Sternum
• Answer: A) Clavicle
6. What is the Cavitas glenoidalis?
• A) A cavity in the clavicle
• B) An articular surface for the humerus
• C) A groove in the radius
• D) A projection on the scapula
• Answer: B) An articular surface for the humerus
7. The processus coracoideus serves as an attachment for which
muscle?
• A) Musculus deltoideus
• B) Musculus pectoralis minor
• C) Musculus latissimus dorsi
• D) Musculus trapezius
• Answer: B) Musculus pectoralis minor
8. The scapula’s superior angle provides an attachment for which
muscle?
• A) Musculus deltoideus
• B) Musculus trapezius
, • C) Musculus levator scapulae
• D) Musculus teres major
• Answer: C) Musculus levator scapulae
9. What is the significance of the incisura scapulae?
• A) It forms an articulation with the humerus
• B) It is the thinnest edge of the scapula, forming a notch
• C) It provides an attachment point for the deltoid muscle
• D) It is a large depression on the anterior scapula
• Answer: B) It is the thinnest edge of the scapula, forming a notch
10. Which nerve and artery pass through the hole formed by the
ligamentum transversum scapulae superius?
• A) Radial nerve and profunda brachii artery
• B) Suprascapular nerve and suprascapular artery
• C) Axillary nerve and circumflex humeral artery
• D) Median nerve and brachial artery
• Answer: B) Suprascapular nerve and suprascapular artery
Clavicle
11. What shape is the clavicle?
• A) Straight
• B) Cylindrical
• C) S-shaped
• D) Circular
• Answer: C) S-shaped
12. The lateral end of the clavicle is called the:
• A) Extremitas sternalis
