Chapter 9

Question 1

Any point where two bones meet

Answer 1

Joint

Question 2

What are the four major joint categories?

Answer 2

Bony Joints
Fibrous Joints
Cartilaginous Joints
Synovial Joints

Question 3

An immovable joint formed when the gap between two bones ossifies and the bones become a single bone
Can occur in either fibrous or cartilaginous joint

Answer 3

Bony Joints

Question 4

Bony Joints are also know as ________.

Answer 4

Synostosis

Question 5

A point at which bones are have collagen fibers that are bounding them together.

Answer 5

Fibrous Joints

Question 6

Fibrous Joints are also know as _________, or ________.

Answer 6

Synarthrosis or Synarthrodial Joints

Question 7

What are the names of the three types of fibrous joints?

Answer 7

Sutures
Gomphoses
Syndesmoses

Question 8

Immoveable or slightly moveable fibrous joints that closely bind the bones of the skull to each other

Answer 8

Sutures

Question 9

Interlocking wavy line

Answer 9

Serrate

Question 10

Overlapping beveled edges

Answer 10

Lap

Question 11

Straight non overlapping edges

Answer 11

Plane

Question 12

Attachments of a tooth to its socket

Answer 12

Gomphosis (fibrous joint)

Question 13

A fibrous joint at which two bones are bound by longer collagenous fibers than in sutures or gomphosis
Allows for greatest amount of motion but still very slight

Answer 13

Syndesmoses

Question 14

Two bones are linked by cartilage

Answer 14

Cartilaginous Joint

Question 15

Cartilaginous Joint are also know as _________.

Answer 15

Amphiarthrosis Joint

Amphiarthrodial Joint

Question 16

What are two types of Cartilaginous Joints?

Answer 16

Synchondroses

Symphyses

Question 17

Bones are bound by hyaline cartilage
examples:
Temporary Joint in the epiphyseal plate in children
First rib attachment to sternum

Answer 17

Synchrondrosis

Question 18

Two bones joined by fibrocartilage
examples:
Pubic symphysis in which right and left pubic bones joined by interpubic disc
Bodies of vertebrae and intervertebral discs

Answer 18

Symphysis

Question 19

Joints in which two bones are separated by a space called a joint cavity

Answer 19

Synovial Joints

Question 20

Synovial Joints are also known as _________, and ______.

Answer 20

Diarthrosis Joints

Diarthrodial Joints

Question 21

___________, are the most familiar type of joint. They have the ability of movement and they cause the most problems.

Answer 21

Synovial Joints

Question 22

Layer of hyaline cartilage that covers the facing surfaces of two bones.

Answer 22

Articular Cartilage

Question 23

Separates articular surfaces

Answer 23

Joint Cavity

Question 24

Slippery lubricant in joint cavity

Answer 24

Synovial Fluid

Question 25

Connective tissue that encloses the cavity and retains the fluid

Answer 25

Joint Capsule

Question 26

Continuous with periosteum of adjoining bones

Answer 26

Outer Fibrous Capsule

Question 27

Composed mainly of fibroblast- like cells that secrete synovial fluid and macrophages that remove debris from the joint cavity

Answer 27

Inner, Cellular, Synovial Membrane

Question 28

Forms a pad between articulating bones that crosses the entire joint capsule; shock absorbers example: meniscus

Answer 28

Articular Disc

Question 29

In the knee, two cartilages extend inward from left and right but do not entirely cross the joint

Answer 29

Meniscus

Question 30

_________ are associated with synovial joints

Answer 30

Accessory Structures

Question 31

A strip or sheet of tough collagenous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone

Answer 31

Tendon

Question 32

Similar tissue that attaches one bone to another

Answer 32

Ligament

Question 33

A fibrous sac filled with synovial fluid, located between adjacent muscles

Answer 33

Bursa

Question 34

Elongated cylindrical bursae wrapped around a tendon | Located in hand and foot

Answer 34

Tendon Sheaths

Question 35

______ act as levers to enhance the speed or power of limb movement

Answer 35

Long Bones

Question 36

Any elongated, rigid object that rotates around a fixed point called fulcrum.

Answer 36

Lever

Question 37

______ occurs when an effort applied overcomes resistance at some other point

Answer 37

Rotation

Question 38

We have a ________ because we have levers

Answer 38

Mechanical Advantage

Question 39

Fulcrum is in the middle (teter toter) Resistance in front Effort in back

Answer 39

1st Class Lever

Question 40

Resistance is in the middle Effort in front Fulcrum in back

Answer 40

2nd Class Lever

Question 41

Effort is in the middle Fulcrum in front Resistance in back

Answer 41

3rd Class Lever