Chapter 9

Question 1

Place of contact between 2 or more bones

Answer 1

Joint

Question 2

Bones connected by dense regular connective tissue

Answer 2

Fibrous

Question 3

Bones connected by plates of cartilage

Answer 3

Cartilaginous

Question 4

Articular capsule with joint cavity

Answer 4

Synovial

Question 5

Immobile, between teeth and sockets, short strands of dense connective tissue

Answer 5

Gomphosis

Question 6

Immobile joint between skull bones that are connected by small amounts of dense connective tissue

Answer 6

Suture

Question 7

Slightly mobile, large amounts of dense regular connective tissue

Answer 7

Syndesmosis

Question 8

Immobile, connected by hyaline cartilage

Answer 8

Synchondrosis

Question 9

Slightly mobile, connected by fibrocartilage

Answer 9

Symphysis

Question 10

Very mobile joints, articular capsule with joint cavity

Answer 10

Synovial joints

Question 11

Movement of bones that slide across each other on a plane

Answer 11

Nonaxial

Question 12

Movement around one axis

Answer 12

Uniaxial

Question 13

Movement can occur around 2 axes/planes, front to back and side to side

Answer 13

Biaxial

Question 14

Movement around all 3 axes/planes, front to back, side to side, rotation/twisting

Answer 14

Multiaxial

Question 15

Primarily flat surfaces moving against each other

Answer 15

Gliding

Question 16

Movement around a single axis (uniaxial)

Answer 16

Hinge

Question 17

Rotation around a central axis (uniaxial)

Answer 17

Pivot

Question 18

Motion in 2 directions (biaxial)

Answer 18

Condylar

Question 19

Adjoining bones that have both convex and concave surfaces (biaxial)

Answer 19

Saddle

Question 20

Greatest range of motion, movement in 3 axes (multiaxial)

Answer 20

Ball and socket

Question 21

Decreases angle, movement anteriorly

Answer 21

Flexion

Question 22

Increases angle, movement posteriorly

Answer 22

Extension

Question 23

Away from the midline, laterally

Answer 23

Abduction

Question 24

Toward the midline, medially

Answer 24

Adduction

Question 25

Twisting a bone or set of bone around a longitudinal axis

Answer 25

Rotation

Question 26

Rotating inward, toward midsagittal plane (hand toward body)

Answer 26

Medial rotation

Question 27

Rotating outward, away from midsagittal plane (hand away from body)

Answer 27

Lateral rotation

Question 28

Rotate palm anteriorly (forward)

Answer 28

Supination

Question 29

Rotate palm posteriorly (back)

Answer 29

Pronation

Question 30

Turns sole of foot medially (inward)

Answer 30

Inversion

Question 31

Turns sole of foot laterally (outward)

Answer 31

Eversion

Question 32

To move a structure superiorly (up)

Answer 32

Elevation

Question 33

To move a structure inferiorly (down)

Answer 33

Depression