Articulations

Question 1

Articulation

Answer 1

Place where bone meets another bone, cartilage or teeth

Question 2

Fibrous Joint

Answer 2

Bones held together by dense regular CT

Question 3

Cartilaginous Joint

Answer 3

Bones joined by cartilage

Question 4

Synovial Joint

Answer 4

Bones seperated by fluid filled cavities

Question 5

Synarthroses

Answer 5

Immobile Joint

Question 6

Amphiarthrosis

Answer 6

Slightly mobile joint

Question 7

Diarthrosis

Answer 7

Fully mobile joint

Question 8

Gomphoses

Answer 8

Joint between teeth and skull

Question 9

Sutures

Answer 9

Joints between skull bones

Question 10

Syndesmoses

Answer 10

Joint between tibia and fibula or radias and ulna

Question 11

Synchondroses

Answer 11

Bones joined by hyaline cartilage

Question 12

Symphyses

Answer 12

Bones joind by pads of fibrocartilage

Question 13

Articular capsule

Answer 13

Bilayer capsule surrounding a synovial joint

Question 14

Articular capsule’s outer layer

Answer 14

Dense regular CT

Question 15

Articular capsule’s inner layer

Answer 15

Synovial membrane

Question 16

Synovial fluid

Answer 16

The fluid in synovial joints serving as lubricant, shock absorption and nourishment

Question 17

Ligaments

Answer 17

Dense regular CT joining bone to bone, can serve to reinforce articular capsules

Question 18

Bursae

Answer 18

Sacs of synovial fluid outside of synovial joints at points of rubbing

Question 19

Tendon sheaths

Answer 19

Elongated bursae around groups of tendons

Question 20

Fat pads

Answer 20

Pads of fat that act primarily as packing

Question 21

Uniaxial

Answer 21

Joint moves in 1 axis or plane

Question 22

Biaxial

Answer 22

Joint moves in 2 axes or planes

Question 23

Multiaxial

Answer 23

Joints move in more than 2 axis or planes

Question 24

Plane joints

Answer 24

2 planes sliding over each other

Question 25

Hinge joint

Answer 25

Acts as a hinge

Question 26

Pivet joint

Answer 26

A point of rotation

Question 27

Condylar joints

Answer 27

Can move left/right or forward/back but cannot rotate, like the wrist

Question 28

Saddle joints

Answer 28

Same movement capabilities as a condylar joint but structured in a saddle like way

Question 29

Ball and socket joint

Answer 29

Capable of rotation in all directions

Question 30

Gliding

Answer 30

Opposing surfaces slide over each other

Question 31

Flexion

Answer 31

The angle between articulating bones decrease

Question 32

Extension

Answer 32

The angle between articulating bones increase

Question 33

Hyper-extension

Answer 33

The angle between articulating bones increase pasr anatomical position

Question 34

Lateral flexion

Answer 34

The vertebral column bends laterally along a coronal plane

Question 35

Abduction

Answer 35

Movement away from midline

Question 36

Adduction

Answer 36

Movement towards body midline

Question 37

Circumduction

Answer 37

Continous circular movement of a limbs distal end

Question 38

Pronation

Answer 38

Turning the palm from anatomical position to palm facing posterior

Question 39

Supination

Answer 39

Turning the palm from facing posterior to the anatomical position

Question 40

Depression

Answer 40

Movement of a body part inferiorly

Question 41

Elevation

Answer 41

Movement of a body part superiorly

Question 42

Dorsiflexion

Answer 42

Ankle movement bringing foot's superior surface towards leg's anterior surface

Question 43

Plantarflexion

Answer 43

Ankle movement bringing foot's inferior surface towards the leg's posterior surface

Question 44

Inversion

Answer 44

Twisting movement of foot turning sole medially

Question 45

Eversion

Answer 45

Twisting movement of foot turning sole laterally

Question 46

Protraction

Answer 46

Anterior movement

Question 47

Retraction

Answer 47

Posterior movement

Question 48

Opposition

Answer 48

Movement of thumb to other fingers

Question 49

Joints of upper limb

Answer 49

Glenohumeral, Humeroulnar, Humeroradial, Radioulnar, Radiocarpal, Metacarpophalangeal and Interphalangeal

Question 50

Joints of lower limb

Answer 50

Coxal, Talocrural and Knee joint

Question 51

Medial and lateral menisci

Answer 51

Fibrocartilaginous disc in the knee joint

Question 52

Patellar ligament

Answer 52

Ligament joining patella and tibia

Question 53

Fibular collateral ligament

Answer 53

Ligament on the lateral side of the knee joint

Question 54

Tibial collateral ligament

Answer 54

Ligament on medial side of knee joint

Question 55

Anterior cruciate ligament

Answer 55

Ligament crossing from the posterior of the femur to the anterior of the tibia

Question 56

Posterior cruciate ligament

Answer 56

Ligament crossing from the anterior of the femur to the posterior of the tibia