joints

Question 1

what joint is the acromioclavicluar joint?

Answer 1

plane joint

Question 2

what joint is the sternoclavicular joint?

Answer 2

plane joint

Question 3

what joint is the shoulder (Glenohumeral) joint?

Answer 3

ball and socket joint

Question 4

what joint is the elbow joint?

Answer 4

forms a synovial hinge joint, consisting of the humeroradial and humeroulnar joints

Question 5

what joint is the proximal radioulnar joint?

Answer 5

forms a pivot joint

Question 6

what joint is the distal radioulnar joint?

Answer 6

forms a pivot joint

Question 7

what joint is the radiocarpal wrist joint?

Answer 7

condylar joint formed by the radius and with the triquetrum, lunate and scaphoid

Question 8

what joint is the mid carpal joint?

Answer 8

plane joint

Question 9

what joint is the carpometacarpal joint?

Answer 9

saddle joint between carpal bone and the first metacarpal bone (thumb), plane joints between the carpal bones and the medial four metacarpal bones

Question 10

what joint is the metacarpophalangeal joint?

Answer 10

condyloid joints that allow flexion and extension abduction and adduction

Question 11

what joint is the interphalangeal joint?

Answer 11

hinge joints that allow flexion and extension

Question 12

what type of joint is between the femur and the patella?

Answer 12

saddle joint

Question 13

knee joint is what type of joint?

Answer 13

condylar type of synovial joint

Question 14

what is the proximal tibiofibular joint?

Answer 14

a plane type synovial joint between the head of the fibula and the tibia

Question 15

what is the distal tibiofibular joint?

Answer 15

a fibrous joint between the tibia and the fibula

Question 16

what is the ankle joint?

Answer 16

a hinge type synovial joint

Question 17

what type of intertarsal joint is the talocalcaneal (subtler) joint?

Answer 17

plane synovial joint between the talus and calcaneous bones

Question 18

what type of intertarsal joint is the talocalcaneonavicular joint?

Answer 18

a ball and socket joint part of the transverse tarsal joint and formed between the head of the talus and the calcareous and navicular bones

Question 19

what type of intertarsal joint is the calcaneocuboid joint?

Answer 19

resembles a saddle joint between the calcaneous and the cuboid bones

Question 20

what type of intertarsal joint is the transverse tarsal joint?

Answer 20

a collective term for the talonavicular part of the talocalcaneonavicular joint and the calcaneocuboid joint. The two joints are separated anatomically but act together functionally, responsible for inversion and eversion

Question 21

what type of joint is the tarsometatarsal joint?

Answer 21

plane synovial joints

Question 22

what type of joint is the metatarsophalangeal joint?

Answer 22

an ellipsoid synovial joint

Question 23

what type of joint is the interphalangeal joints?

Answer 23

hinge type synovial joint

Question 24

where is the lumbosacral joint?

Answer 24

the joint between vertebra L5 and the base of the sacrum joined by an intervertebral disk and supported by the iliolumbar ligaments

Question 25

what type of joint is the sacroiliac joint?

Answer 25

a synovial joint

Question 26

what type of joint is the sacrococcygeal joint?

Answer 26

a cartilaginous joint

Question 27

what type of joint is the pubic symphysis?

Answer 27

cartilaginous or fibrocartilaginous

Question 28

what type of joint is the sternoclavicular joint?

Answer 28

saddle type joint

Question 29

what type of joint is the sternocostal (sternochondral) joint?

Answer 29

the sternum forms SYNCHONDROSES with the first costal cartilage whereas the second to seventh costal cartilages form synovial plane joints

Question 30

what type of joint is the costochondral joint?

Answer 30

synchondroses

Question 31

what type of joint is the manubriosternal joint?

Answer 31

symphysis

Question 32

what type of joint is the xiphisternal joint?

Answer 32

synchondrosis between the xiphoid process and the body of sternum

Question 33

what type of joint is the costovertebral joint?

Answer 33

synovial plane joints of heads of ribs corresponding and supradjacent vertebral bodies

Question 34

what type of joint is the costotransverse joint?

Answer 34

the synovial plane joint of the tubercle of the rib with transverse process of the corresponding vertebra

Question 35

what type of joint is the interchondral joint?

Answer 35

synovial plane joints between the 6th and 10th costal cartilage of the ribs

Question 36

what type of joint is the atlantoccipital joint?

Answer 36

ellipsoid joint

Question 37

what type of joint is the atlantoaxial joint?

Answer 37

pivot joint

Question 38

what are the long bones?

Answer 38

humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia, fibula, metacarpals, and phalanges

Question 39

what are the short bones?

Answer 39

carpal and tarsal bones

Question 40

what are the flat bones?

Answer 40

ribs, sternum, scapulae, and bones in the vault of the skull

Question 41

what are the irregular bones?

Answer 41

bones in the skull, vertebrae and coxa

Question 42

what are the sesamoid bones?

Answer 42

wrist and knee