Joints and Movement

Question 1

ankle joint

Answer 1

hinge joint

Question 2

hip joint

Answer 2

ball and socket, weight bearing, flexion and extension, abduction and adduction, rotation, circumduction

Question 3

shoulder joint

Answer 3

ball and socket, not weight bearing, large range of motion

Question 4

knee joint

Answer 4

hinge joint, patella protects joint, flexion and extension

Question 5

depression

Answer 5

lower a joint

Question 6

hexorizontal flexion

Answer 6

forward movement on a horizontal plane

Question 7

caracoid process

Answer 7

site of connection for bicep, pectoralis minor and conacobrachialis

Question 8

ankle is a

Answer 8

freely movable joint

Question 9

slightly movable

Answer 9

cartilaginous, connected by more pliable cartilage, joints between vertebrae,

Question 10

freely movable

Answer 10

synovial joints, most common joints, 2 or more bones meeting surrounded by fiberious joints capsule, surrounded by sleevelike capsule that encloses joint cavity

Question 11

3 types of joints

Answer 11

immovable, slightly movable and freely movable joints

Question 12

immovable joints

Answer 12

fiberous, bones of the skull, tightly joined by fiberous connective tissue

Question 13

joints

Answer 13

when bones meet bones

Question 14

joints in the skull

Answer 14

sutures

Question 15

abduction

Answer 15

take away from midline

Question 16

lateral flexion

Answer 16

sideways bend

Question 17

supination

Answer 17

turn up

Question 18

horizontal flexion

Answer 18

backward movement in a horizontal plane (only happens at shoulder joint)

Question 19

extension

Answer 19

straightening a limb

Question 20

pronation

Answer 20

turn down

Question 21

lateral flexion

Answer 21

bend sideways with trunk or neck

Question 22

retraction

Answer 22

drawing shoulders back, pulling chin back

Question 23

elevation

Answer 23

lifting joint

Question 24

saddle joint

Answer 24

one bone concave, one bone convex (base of thumb)

Question 25

ball and socket joint

Answer 25

ball-like, end of 1 bone coupled with a cup like end of another

• 3 planes of movement
• hips and shoulders

Question 26

scapula

Answer 26

forms shoulder joint with humerus, forms acromioclavicular joint with clavicle

Question 27

wrist

Answer 27

condyloid joint

-4 movements- flexion, extension, adduction, abduction

Question 28

pivot joint

Answer 28

purely rotational

Question 29

synovial fluid

Answer 29

lubricates joint, provides nourishment for articular cartilage on ends of bones

Question 30

adduction

Answer 30

brings towards or across the body

Question 31

shoulder girdle

Answer 31

clavicle and scapula

Question 32

gliding synovial joint

Answer 32

flat or slightly curved bones

-carpals, tarsals, AC, joint

Question 33

types of synovial joints

Answer 33

gliding
hinge
pivot
condyloid
saddle
ball & socket

Question 34

protraction

Answer 34

rounding shoulders, jutting out chin

Question 35

plantar flexion

Answer 35

point toes away from body

Question 36

synovial membrane

Answer 36

inner layer of joint capsule which secretes synovial fluid– synovial fluid (lubricates joint), cartilage (end of each bone)

Question 37

flexion

Answer 37

bending a limb

Question 38

rotation

Answer 38

rotary movement

Question 39

circumduction

Answer 39

circular movement of body

Question 40

hinge joint

Answer 40

elbow or knee

Question 41

dorsi flexion

Answer 41

pull toes toward body

Question 42

condyloid joint

Answer 42

similar to shallow ball and socket

• movement in 2 planes
• wrist ulna, radis and carpals