Joints

Question 1

cartilaginous joints

Answer 1

articulating bone ends are connected by cartilage.

Question 2

what type of joint are the intervertebral joints, and the pubic symphysis?

Answer 2

cartilaginous joints

Question 3

Synovial joints

Answer 3

articulating bone ends are separated by a joint cavity containing synovial fluid. All synovial joints are diarthrosis.

Question 4

fibrous joints

Answer 4

articulating bone ends are joined by fibrous tissues. Two types, sutures, and sydnesmoses

Question 5

sutures

Answer 5

irregular edges of bones interlock and are joined by short connective tissue fibers.

Question 6

syndesmoses

Answer 6

articulating bones are connected by short ligaments of dense fibrous tissue, bones do not interlock

Question 7

Is the following a cartilaginous, fibrous, or synovial joint? typically allow a slight degree of movement

Answer 7

cartilaginous

Question 8

Is the following a cartilaginous, fibrous, or synovial joint? include joints between the vertebral bodies and the pubic symphysis

Answer 8

cartilaginous

Question 9

Is the following a cartilaginous, fibrous, or synovial joint? essentially immovable joints

Answer 9

fibrous

Question 10

Is the following a cartilaginous, fibrous, or synovial joint? sutures are the most remembered examples

Answer 10

fibrous

Question 11

Is the following a cartilaginous, fibrous, or synovial joint? cartilage connects the bony portions

Answer 11

fibrous

Question 12

Is the following a cartilaginous, fibrous, or synovial joint? have a fibrous articular capsule lines with a synovial membrane surrounding a joint cavity

Answer 12

synovial

Question 13

Is the following a cartilaginous, fibrous, or synovial joint? all are freely moveable or diarthrotic

Answer 13

synovial

Question 14

Is the following a cartilaginous, fibrous, or synovial joint? bone regions are united by fibrous connective tissue

Answer 14

fibrous

Question 15

Is the following a cartilaginous, fibrous, or synovial joint? include the hip, knee, and elbow joints

Answer 15

synovial

Question 16

What is the joint between most skull bones?

Answer 16

Suture

Question 17

What is the joint between the axis and the atlas?

Answer 17

pivot

Question 18

What type of joint is the hip joint?

Answer 18

ball and socket

Question 19

what is the joint between the forearm bones and wrist?

Answer 19

condyloid

Question 20

what kind of joint is the elbow?

Answer 20

Hinge

Question 21

what kind of joint are the interphalangeal joints?

Answer 21

hinge

Question 22

what kind of joint are the inter carpal joints?

Answer 22

plane

Question 23

supination

Answer 23

Moving the palm from facing posterior to an anterior position

Question 24

pronation

Answer 24

moving the palm from the anterior position (anatomical position) to the posterior position

Question 25

eversion

Answer 25

lateral turning of the sole of the foot (rolling your ankle on the outside of it)

Question 26

inversion

Answer 26

a movement that results in the medial turning of the sole of the foot. Ankles rolling towards the arches.

Question 27

plantar flextion

Answer 27

pointing the toes

Question 28

dorsiflextion

Answer 28

flexing ones feet

Question 29

flexion

Answer 29

decreases the angle of the joint and reduces the distance between two bones.

Question 30

extension

Answer 30

increases the angle of a joint and the distance between two bones.

Question 31

rotation

Answer 31

turing around on a logitunial axis, such as the C1 C2 and the radius around the ulna.

Question 32

abduction

Answer 32

movement of a limb away from the midline or the body.

Question 33

adduction

Answer 33

movement of a lim toward the midline of the body.

Question 34

Circumduction

Answer 34

combo of flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction. Seen in ball and socket joints.

Question 35

hinge

Answer 35

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Question 36

plane

Answer 36

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Question 37

saddle

Answer 37

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Question 38

condyloid

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Question 39

pivot

Answer 39

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Question 40

ball and socket

Answer 40

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Question 41

![]() ![]() Ligament joint cavity (contains synovial fluid) articular (hyaline) cartilage fibrous capsule synovial membrane periosteum Articular capsule

Answer 41

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Question 42

•Synarthroses

Answer 42

–Immovable joints

Question 43

•Amphiarthroses

Answer 43

–Slightly moveable joints

Question 44

•Diarthroses

Answer 44

–Freely moveable joints

Question 45

•Fibrous joints

Answer 45

–Generally immovable

Question 46

•Cartilaginous joints

Answer 46

–Immovable or slightly moveable

Question 47

•Synovial joints

Answer 47

–Freely moveable

Question 48

–Syndesmoses

Answer 48

* Allows more movement than sutures but still immobile * Example: Distal end of tibia and fibula

Question 49

–Gomphosis

Answer 49

•Immobile fibrous joints. Only seen in connecting the teeth to the mandible and maxilla

Question 50

•Bursae

Answer 50

—flattened fibrous sacs –Lined with synovial membranes –Filled with synovial fluid –Not actually part of the joint

Question 51

•Tendon sheath

Answer 51

–Elongated bursa that wraps around a tendon

Question 52

![]() Joint cavity containing synovial fluid articular (hyaline) cartilage synovial membrane fribrous layer of the articular capsule Acromion of scapula ligament (twice) brusa Tendon sheath tendon of the biceps muscle

Answer 52

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Question 53

Connie = Condylar Siddled = Saddle Politely = Plane Past = Pivot Harry’s = Hinge Brother = Ball and socket

Answer 53

Connie = Condylar; eg. Metacarpalphalangeal OR Metatarsalphalangeal (“knuckle”) Siddled = Saddle; eg. Carpometacarpal of thumb OR Talocalcaneal of ankle Politely = Plane; intercarpal of wrist OR intertarsal of ankle Past = Pivot; proximal radioulnar joint OR C1 on C2 in spine Harry’s = Hinge; humeroulnar joint at elbow OR Tibia and Talus at ankle Brother = Ball and socket; shoulder OR hip