What are the bones of the fingers known as?

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Question 1 of 5

What are the bones of the fingers known as?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Phalanges are the finger (and toe) bones, long bones in digits. Metacarpals are hand, carpals are wrist—neither are fingers. Answer is D, per the document.

Question 2 of 5

Which of the listed bones is superior to the rest?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The manubrium (top of sternum) is superior (higher) to the xiphoid process (sternum bottom), coccyx (tailbone), and femur (thigh) in anatomical position. Answer is A, per the document.

Question 3 of 5

Which of the listed bones is the most inferior?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The hyoid (neck) is most inferior (lowest). Ethmoid and sphenoid are skull bones (superior), ‘femoid’ isn’t a bone. Answer is D, per the document.

Question 4 of 5

Synovial joints have all of the following features EXCEPT one. Which one?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Synovial joints have an articular capsule, synovial fluid, and ligaments, but articulating surfaces are covered by hyaline cartilage, not synovial membrane (which lines the capsule). Answer is C, per the document.

Question 5 of 5

To which bones does the word phalanges apply? Those in the

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Phalanges are finger and toe bones. Wrist (carpals), ankle (tarsals), and hand (metacarpals) have different bones. Answer is A, per the document.

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