connects the upper limb to the axial skeleton and the trunk; it provides attachment for muscles

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- also called shoulder blade

- bone that connects the humerus with the clavicle

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-largest bone in the upper limb

- smooth head articulates with the glendoid fossa of the scapula

-includes the greater and lesser tubercles

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-shorter of the two forearm bones

- extends from the lateral side of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist

-longer bone of the forearm

-it is shaped like a prism

-located at the side of the forearm closest to the body, the side of the pinky finger

-eight small bones of the wrist

- arranged in proximal and distal rows (each has four)

-five miniature long bones

-extend from the carpus to the digits

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-each one is a miniature long bone, consitsting of a body a larger proximal end or base and a smaller distal end or head

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Mnemoic for Carpal bones

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Proximal Row: Scaphoid Lunate Triquetrum Pisiform

Distal Row: Trapezium Trapezoid Capitate Hamate

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- connects the upper limb to the axial skeleton on each side

- consists of the clavicle and scapula