Diarthrosis Contemporary classification

Question 1

What is a simple synovial joint?

Answer 1

only one pair of articulating surfaces is observed

Question 2

what is a compound synovial joint?

Answer 2

more than two articulating surfaces are presetn in the same synovial joint

Question 3

What is a complex synovial joint ?

Answer 3

within the simple join or the compound joint, the articulating surfaces are separated by an articular disc or meniscus

Question 4

what morphological classification of synovial joints is classified as nonaxial?

Answer 4

plane

Question 5

what morphological classifications of synovial joints would be classified as uniaxial?

Answer 5

hinge and pivot

Question 6

what morphological classifications of synovial joints would be classified as biaxial?

Answer 6

bicondylar, condylar, ellipsoidal and saddle

Question 7

what morphological classification of synovial joints would be classified as multiaxial?

Answer 7

ball and socket, diarthrosis spheroidal, diarthrosis cotyloid are all classifications given to the same joint

Question 8

what are examples of synovial plane joints?

Answer 8

most zygapophyses of the vertebral column

Intercarpal, carpometacarpal and intermetacarpal joints of the hand

intercuneiform, tarsometatarsal and intermetatarsal joints of the foot

Question 9

what are examples of synovial hinge joints?

Answer 9

humero ulnar joint of the elbow and interphalangeal joints of the fingers and toes

Question 10

what are the examples of synovial pivot joints?

Answer 10

median atlanto axial joint and proximal radio ulnar joint

Question 11

What are examples of diarthrosis condylar or diarthrosis bicondylar joints?

Answer 11

temporomandibular joint and femur tibia joint of the knee

Question 12

what are examples of diarhtrosis ellipsoidal joints?

Answer 12

radiocarpal joint of the wrist, metacarpo phalangeal joints of the hand, metatarsal phalangeal joints of the foot and the atlanto occipital joint of the vertebral column

Question 13

which synovial joint classifications are now often interchanged in textbooks?

Answer 13

ellipsoidal and condylar synovial joints

Question 14

What are examples of synovial saddle (diarthrosis sellar) joints?

Answer 14

carpometacarpal joint of the thumb, talocrural joint of the ankle and the calcaneocuboid joint of the foot

Question 15

What are examples of diarthrosis enarthrosis joints?

Answer 15

femur acetabulum of the innominate articulation at the hip and the humerus-glenoid cavity of the scapula articulation at the shoulder