Joint Motion and the Articular System

Question 1

pertaining to, situated on, or affecting the opposite side.

Answer 1

contralateral

Question 2

situated on or affecting the same side

Answer 2

ipsilateral

Question 3

relating to the palm of the hand and/or the sole of the foot

Answer 3

volar

Question 4

toward the nose

Answer 4

rostral

Question 5

situated toward the tail

Answer 5

caudal

Question 6

of or relating to the head

Answer 6

cephalic

Question 7

relating to the palm of the hand

Answer 7

palmar

Question 8

pertaining to the sole of the foot

Answer 8

plantar

Question 9

bent inward

Answer 9

varus

Question 10

bent out; twisted

Answer 10

valgus

Question 11

How do you name a joint?

Answer 11

by the articulating bones

Question 12

The knee is also known as…

Answer 12

femoral tibial joint

Question 13

the elbow made up of what three joints?

Answer 13

humeral ulnar, radial humeral, ulnar radial

Question 14

little to no movement

Answer 14

synarthroses

Question 15

freely moveable

Answer 15

diarthorses

Question 16

what are the two types of synarthroses?

Answer 16

fibrous and cartilaginous

Question 17

What is the sub-type of diarthorses?

Answer 17

synovial

Question 18

How are synovial joints classified?

Answer 18

…by motion permitted

Question 19

movement in all planes ( triplanar)

Answer 19

ball and socket (enarthrosis)

Question 20

flexion and extension (uniplanar)

Answer 20

hinge/ginglymus

Question 21

supination, pronation, rotation

Answer 21

pivot/trochoid

Question 22

all exception rotation and opposition

Answer 22

condyloid

Question 23

reciprocally convex-concave

Answer 23

saddle

Question 24

How is degrees of freedom determined?

Answer 24

number of planes range of motion occurs. (ex. 3 planes equal 3 degrees of freedom.)

Question 25

a combination of 2 motions; flexion and extension.

Answer 25

opposition

Question 26

a combination of 2 motions; abduction and extension

Answer 26

reposition

Question 27

what kind of joint if the tibial femoral (knee) since there are 2 planes of motion?

Answer 27

modified hinge joint

Question 28

How is a joint anatomically described?

Answer 28

1. name the joint
2. describe the joint
3. motions allowed
4. planes allowed
5. degrees of freedom

Question 29

Flexion, extension, hyperextension, dorsiflexion, and plantar flexion

Answer 29

Sagittal Plane Movements

Question 30

Adduction, abduction, radial deviation, and ulnar deviation.

Answer 30

Frontal Plane Movements

Question 31

Left/Right rotation (of the head, neck, trunk), pronation, supination, circumduction.

Answer 31

Transverse Plane Movements