OT 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4.3: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Metacarpal Bones, Carpal Bones
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4. 3 bones and joints of the shoulder girdle and upper limb. Deformity - a permanent structural deviation from the normal. Colles fracture - fracture of the distal radius at the wrist. Distal - situated away from the center of the body. The bones and joints of your shoulder girdle connect your axial skeleton to your upper. The bones of the shoulder girdle are the scapulae (shoulder blades) and clavicles. The scapula extends over the top of the shoulder joint to form a roof called the. Several ligaments hold together the articulating (two separate bones have formed a. This broad range of motion does have one drawback; because the shoulder joint. Disorders of the shoulder girdle (lo 4. 2 and 4. 7) is very unstable, it"s prone to dislocation fall onto the point of the shoulder. Shoulder separation is a dislocation of the acromioclavicular joint, often caused by a. Shoulder dislocation occurs when the ball of the humerus slips out of the scapula.
