Chapter 8

Question 1

The act of bending or decreasing the angle between bones is known as what

Answer 1

Flexion

Question 2

The act of increasing the angle between bones is

Answer 2

Extension

Question 3

Pushing the foot down at the ankle joint is known as what flexion

Answer 3

Plantar

Question 4

Moving a bone or limb away from the midline of the body is known as what

Answer 4

Abduction

Question 5

What is the act of moving a bone around a central axis.

Answer 5

Rotation

Question 6

Moving a bone or limb toward the midline of the body is known as what

Answer 6

Adduction

Question 7

An what joint is a type of joint in which movement is limited to flexion and extension in a single plane.

Answer 7

Hinge

Question 8

What is the movement that occurs only with the thumb, allowing us to use tools.

Answer 8

Opposition

Question 9

Synovial joints are also known as what

Answer 9

Diarthroses

Question 10

What increases the joint angle beyond the anatomical position.

Answer 10

Hyper extension

Question 11

What is raising the foot up at the ankle joint.

Answer 11

Dorsflexion

Question 12

What is pushing the foot down at the ankle joint.

Answer 12

Plantar

Question 13

A ball-and-socket joint is an example of a what joint.

Answer 13

Multiaxial

Question 14

What is an inflammation of the tissues of the gum

Answer 14

Gingivitis

Question 15

An what hip occurs when the head of the femur becomes displaced from the socket of the hip.

Answer 15

Dislocated hip

Question 16

True or false

A joint in which a conical process fits into a socket and is held in place by ligaments is known as a gomphosis

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or false

Synarthroses are joints or unions between bones that do not allow movement

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or false
The sutures between various bones of the skull are considered as much a part of the articular system as the knee or elbow joint

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or false

A ball and socket joint is a uniaxial joint because motion is limited to rotation in a single plane

Answer 19

False

Question 20

True or false

Joints are classified in three main groups based upon the structure and the degree of movement they allow

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True or false

Hey Symphysis is a joint in which the bones are joined by a disc of fibrocartilage

Answer 21

True

Question 22

True or false

Subcutaneous bursae are found between muscles

Answer 22

False

Question 23

True or false

Synchondroses are joints in which two bony surfaces are connected by fibrocartilage

Answer 23

False

Question 24

True or false

Eversion and inversion Refer to movements of the hand

Answer 24

False

Question 25

True or false

The gliding joint only allows gliding movement

Answer 25

True