Joints

Question 1

bones that come together at a joint

Answer 1

Articulating Bones

Question 2

immovable joint classification

Answer 2

Synarthrotic

Question 3

slightly moveable joint classification

Answer 3

Ampiarthrotic

Question 4

freely movable joint classification

Answer 4

Diarthrotic

Question 5

joints held together by dense connective tissue

Answer 5

fibrous joint (suture, syndesmosis, gomphosis)

Question 6

fibrous joint between flat bones of skull

Answer 6

suture joint

Question 7

fibrous joint bounds bones with sheets of dense connective tissue or bundles of connective tissue

Answer 7

syndesmosis joint

Question 8

fibrous joint with cone shaped bony process in a socket in jawbone

Answer 8

gomphosis joint

Question 9

joints held together with hyaline cartilage or fobrocartialge

Answer 9

cartilaginous joints (synchondrosis, symphysis, synovial)

Question 10

cartilaginous joint with bands of hyaline cartilage that unite bones

Answer 10

synchondrosis joint

Question 11

cartilaginous joint with pad of fibrocartilage between bone

Answer 11

symphysis joint

Question 12

cartilaginous joint with fluid filled cavity

Answer 12

synovial joint

Question 13

joint of wrist and ankle, nonaxial movement

Answer 13

plane joint

Question 14

cylindrical surface of one bone articulates with ring of bone and fibrous tissue

Answer 14

pivot joint

Question 15

convex surface of one bone articulates with concave surface of another

Answer 15

hinge joint

Question 16

oval-shaped condyle of one bone articulates with elliptical cavity of another

Answer 16

condyloid joint

Question 17

articulating surfaces have both concave and convex surfaces which articulates in a variety of ways but mainly in two plains

Answer 17

saddle joint

Question 18

ball-shaped head of one bone articulates with a cup-shaped socket of another bone

Answer 18

ball-and-socket joint

Question 19

articulating surfaces are nearly flat or slightly curved

Answer 19

gliding

Question 20

bending at a joint to decrease the angle

Answer 20

flexion

Question 21

movement increasing the angle between parts of a joint

Answer 21

extension

Question 22

excess extension, continuing extension beyond anatomical position

Answer 22

hyperextension

Question 23

moving a part away from midline

Answer 23

abduction

Question 24

moving a part towards midline

Answer 24

adduction

Question 25

moving a part around an axis

Answer 25

rotation

Question 26

moving a part so that its end follows a circular path

Answer 26

circumduction

Question 27

turning the hand so the palm is downward or facing posteriorly

Answer 27

pronation

Question 28

turning the hand so the palm is upward or facing anteriorly

Answer 28

supination

Question 29

bending the foot at the ankle towards the shin

Answer 29

dorsiflexion

Question 30

bending the foot at the ankle towards the sole

Answer 30

plantar flexion

Question 31

turning the foot so the toes face laterally

Answer 31

eversion

Question 32

turning the foot so the toes face medially

Answer 32

inversion

Question 33

moving a part forward

Answer 33

protraction

Question 34

moving a part backward

Answer 34

retraction

Question 35

raising a part

Answer 35

elevation

Question 36

lowering a part

Answer 36

depression

Question 37

touching the tip of thumb to the tip of another finger

Answer 37

opposition

Question 38

disc of fibrocartilage that can divide synovial joints

Answer 38

menisci

Question 39

small fluid filled sac

Answer 39

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