Joints

Question 1

Synarthroses

Answer 1

False joints

immovable

Question 2

diarthrosis

Answer 2

True joint

free movable

Question 3

Amphiarthroses

Answer 3

Stiff joints

slightly movable

Question 4

Classes of levers

Answer 4

1. RFE/EFR
2. FRE
3. FER

Question 5

Spheroidal joints (ball and socket)

Answer 5

1. Hip joint

2. Shoulder joint

Question 6

Hinge joint

Answer 6

1. Elbow joint

2. knee joint

Question 7

Pivot joint

Answer 7

Only rotation is allowed

Inferior and superior radio-ulnar joints

Question 8

Ellipsoid joint

Answer 8

4 movements (Biaxial)
Wrist joint

Question 9

Saddle joint

Answer 9

4 movements (Biaxial)
Carpo-metacrapal

Question 10

Atlanto-occipital joint

Answer 10

Condylar-ellipsoid joint

Question 11

Pivot joint

Answer 11

Atlantoaxial joint

Question 12

Describe the atlantoaxial joint

Answer 12

Are synovial joints, consisting of two lateral plane joints, which are between articular facets of the atlas and axis, and one median pivot joint
between the dens of the axis and the anterior arch of the atlas.

Question 13

Atlantoaxial joint has

Answer 13

Cruciform ligament
Transverse ligament
Longitudinal ligament
Apical ligament
Alar ligament
Tectorial membrane

Question 14

Ligamentum flavum

Answer 14

Connects the lamina of two adjacent vertebrae

Forms the posterior wall of the vertebral canal between

Question 15

Ligamentum nuchae

Answer 15

(back of neck)
extend from
vertebra C7 to the external occipital protuberance and crest.

Question 16

Anterior longitudinal ligament

Answer 16

on the anterior surface of the vertebral bodies and intervertebral disks.

Question 17

Posterior longitudinal ligament

Answer 17

Supports the posterior aspect of the vertebral bodies and the anulus fibrosus, but it runs anterior to the spinal cord within the vertebral canal.

Question 18

Acromioclavicular joint

Answer 18

Is a synovial plane joint that allows a gliding movement

Question 19

Shoulder (glenohumeral) joint

Answer 19

Is surrounded by the fibrous capsule

The capsule is reinforced by the rotator cuff, the glenohumeral ligaments,
and the coracohumeral ligaments.

Question 20

Bursae around the shoulder

Answer 20

Form a lubricating mechanism between the rotator cuff and the coracoacromial arch during movement of the shoulder joint.

1. Subacromial bursa
2. Subdeltoid bursa
3. Subscapular bursa

Question 21

Annular ligament is found

Answer 21

Elbow joint
forms nearly four-fifths of a circle around the
head of the radius; the radial notch forms the remainder.