check up 1 prep

Question 1

motion of a limb in which the free end of the bone moves in a circular motion

Answer 1

circumduction

Question 2

circular motion around a central point, or pivot

Answer 2

rotation

Question 3

act of extending a limb so that the angle between the two points increases

Answer 3

extension

Question 4

act of flexing a limb so that the angle between the two bones decreases

Answer 4

flexion

Question 5

motion in which two bones slide back and forth from side to side against each other

Answer 5

gliding

Question 6

the act of moving the far end of a bone away from the body’s axis

Answer 6

abduction

Question 7

act of moving the far end of the bone towards the body’s axis

Answer 7

adduction

Question 8

synovial joint between the spherical end of one bone and a cup shaped depression of another bone; greatest range of motion

Answer 8

ball-and-socket

Question 9

synovial joint between the rounded end of one bone and a cup-shaped depression of another bone; flexion and extensor

Answer 9

hinge

Question 10

saddle-shaped synovial joint; flexion, extension, abduction, circumduction; only found at the base of the thumb

Answer 10

sellar

Question 11

synovial joint between bones with flat or slightly rounded surfaces; gliding

Answer 11

plane

Question 12

synovial joint between the rounded end of one bone and a ring-shaped depression of another bone; rotation

Answer 12

pivot

Question 13

synovial joint between the elliptical end of one bone and and elliptical shaped depression of another bone; abduction, adduction, flexion, and extension

Answer 13

ellipsoidal