Chapter 8: Joints

Question 0

Supination

Answer 0

Movement of the form so the palm is turned

Question 1

Pronation

Answer 1

Movement of the forearm so that the palm is turned backwards

Question 2

Plantar flexion

Answer 2

Bending of the foot towards the plantar surface (stand on your toes)

Question 3

Dorsiflexion

Answer 3

Bending of the foot in the direction of the dorsum (stand on your heels)

Question 4

Eversion

Answer 4

The movement of the soles laterally so that they face away from each other

Question 5

Protraction

Answer 5

The movement of a body part forward

Question 6

Elevation

Answer 6

The upward movement of a body part

Question 7

Circumduction

Answer 7

The movement of the distal end of a part of the body in a circle

Question 8

Adduction

Answer 8

Movement of the bone toward the midline

Question 9

Flexion

Answer 9

Decrease in the angle between the articulating bones

Question 10

Gliding movement

Answer 10

Movement back-and-forth and side to side

Question 11

Ball and socket joint

Answer 11

Permit flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction, and rotation

Hip and shoulder joints

Question 12

Saddle joints

Answer 12

Permits flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and circumduction

Joint in the thumb

Question 13

Condyloid joint

Answer 13

Permits flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and circumduction

Wrists and metacarpophalangeal joints

Question 14

Pivot joints

Answer 14

Atlantoaxial joint

Allows you to shake your head no

Question 15

Synovial joint

Answer 15

Diathroses

They are freely movable

They contain a joint capsule, synovial membrane, joint cavity, articular cartilage, and ligaments

Have a synovial cavity

Question 16

Cartilaginous joints

Answer 16

Amphiarthroses

Cartilage joins bones together, they are slightly movable.

Example the pubis symphysis

Question 17

Three types of joints

Answer 17

Fibrous

Cartilaginous

Synovial

Question 18

Inversion

Answer 18

The movement of the soles medially so they face each other

Question 19

Retraction

Answer 19

The movement of a protracted part back

Question 20

Depression

Answer 20

The downward movement of a body part

Question 21

Rotation

Answer 21

A bone resolves around its own longitudinal axis

Question 22

Abduction

Answer 22

Movement of bones away from the midline

Question 23

Hyperextension

Answer 23

Continuing the extension beyond the anatomical position

Question 24

Extension

Answer 24

There is an increase in the angle between the articulating bones

Question 25

Hinge joints

Answer 25

Allow flexion and extension

Knee, elbow, ankle

Question 26

Planar joints

Answer 26

Gliding joints

Found in the wrist bones and the ankle bones between the carpal bones

Question 27

Types of synovial joints

Answer 27

Planar joint

Hinge joint

Pivot joint

Condyloid joint

Saddle joint

Ball and socket joint

Question 28

Fibrous joint

Answer 28

Synthoroses

Collagen fibers from one bone penetrate the adjacent bone anchoring them together making them immovable

Example sutures in the skull