Joints And Muscle

Question 1

What is the collective name for the fibrous joints of the skull?

Answer 1

Sutures

Question 2

Where is the coronal suture situated?

Answer 2

Between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones

Question 3

Which is the sagittal suture situated?

Answer 3

Between the two parietal bones

Question 4

Where are the lambdoid sutures located?

Answer 4

Between the occipital bone and the two parietal bones

Question 5

What is the name of the point where the coronal and sagittal sutures meet?

Answer 5

Bregma

Question 6

What is the name of the point where the sagittal and lambdoid sutures meet?

Answer 6

Lambda

Question 7

What is the last point of the skull to become ossified?

Answer 7

The bregma

Question 8

What is the name of the only synovial joint of the skull?

Answer 8

Temperomandibular joint

Question 9

What are the cartilaginous joints of the pelvis called?

Answer 9

Sacroccoccygeal joint

Pubic symphysis

Question 10

What is the name of the ligament which attaches the patella to the tibia?

Answer 10

Patella tendon

Question 11

What is the name of the tendon that attaches the patella to the quadriceps muscle?

Answer 11

Quadriceps tendon

Question 12

What type of bone is the patella?

Answer 12

Sesamoid bone

Question 13

To what bone does the patella articulate with?

Answer 13

Femur

Question 14

What is the purpose of the menisci of the knee?

Answer 14

To adapt surfaces so that they articulate better with one another and to act as a shock absorber

Question 15

What are the attachment points of the anterior cruciate ligament?

Answer 15

The posterior side of the femur and the anterior surface of the tibia

Question 16

What are the attachment sites of the posterior cruciate ligament?

Answer 16

The posterior surface of the femur and the posterior surface of the tibia

Question 17

What is the general function of a ligament in a synovial joint?

Answer 17

To resist strain
Hold joint together
Limit movement of the joint

Question 18

Between what do ligaments provide a connection?

Answer 18

Between two skeletal elements

Question 19

What is the name given to flat tendons?

Answer 19

Aponeuroses

Question 20

Between what do tendons provide a connection?

Answer 20

Mostly they join muscle to skeleton but sometimes muscle to muscle

Question 21

What is the name of the covering surface of muscle which allows two muscles to flide past each other?

Answer 21

Fascia

Question 22

What is a muscles range of movement dependent on?

Answer 22

Muscle length

Question 23

What is the strength of a muscle dependent on?

Answer 23

The number of muscle fibres

Question 24

What is the anatomical term for the fusion of bones?

Answer 24

Synostosis

Question 25

Where on the ulna does the head of the radius attach?

Answer 25

Radial notch

Question 26

Which ligament strengthens the joint between the radius and ulna?

Answer 26

Annular ligament

Question 27

What is the name of the fibrous joint which exists distally between the ulna and radius?

Answer 27

Interosseous membrane

Question 28

Between which structures does the medial collateral ligament of the elbow exist?

Answer 28

Medial epicondyle and coronoid process

Question 29

Between which structures does the lateral collateral ligament of the elbow exist?

Answer 29

Lateral epicondyle and the supinator ridge of the ulna

Question 30

What is the carrying angle of the elbow?

Answer 30

5-15 degrees

Question 31

Tennis elbow is degenerative tendinosis of which epicondyle of the humerus?

Answer 31

Lateral epicondyle