Joints & Movements

Question 1

the study of joints

Answer 1

arthrology

Question 2

the study of movement

Answer 2

kinesiology (functional relationship between skeleton, muscles, and nerve supply)

Question 3

sutures, syndesmoses, & gomphosis are ____ joints

Answer 3

fibrous

Question 4

symphyses & synchondroses are ____ joints

Answer 4

cartilagenous

Question 5

___ joints can be found in the knee

Answer 5

synovial

Question 6

immovable joints

Answer 6

synarthrosis

Question 7

slightly movable joints

Answer 7

amphiarthrosis

Question 8

freely movable

Answer 8

diarthrosis

Question 9

thin layer of fibrous CT connecting cranial bones, what their function?

Answer 9

sutures, synarthrosis

Question 10

bones fuse to form a single bone

Answer 10

synostosis (fetal frontal bone fuses into 1)

Question 11

articulating bones are held together by fibrous CT, whats their function?

Answer 11

syndesmoses, amphiarthrosis (connecting tibia/fibula- ligament)

Question 12

gomphosis? an example & is functionally a ___

Answer 12

only 1 example- peridontal ligament (teeth)
attaches teeth into their sockets in alveolar bones
synarthrosis

Question 13

__ is a thin pad of fibrocartilage between bones, functionally its…

Answer 13

symphysis

amphiarthrosis

Question 14

__ is hyaline cartilage, and functionally ___

Answer 14

synchondrosis, amphiarthrosis in ribs and vertebrae (except when in epiphyseal plate then synarthrosis)

Question 15

space between articulating bones that has fluid in joint cavity

Answer 15

synovial

Question 16

classifying joints:

• flat articular surface
• a location

Answer 16

gliding joint (most simple movement)
intercarpal/tarsal

Question 17

classifying joints:

• convex surface of one bone fits into concave surface of other bone
• a location

Answer 17

hinge joint

in antecubital area, helps bend upward

Question 18

classifying joints:

• rounded surface of one bone articulates within a ring formned partly by bone and partly a ligament (rotation on single plane)
• location

Answer 18

pivot joint

neck (turning side to side) or wrist

Question 19

classifying joints:

• oval shaped condyle articulating with a cavity of another (movement in 2 planes)
• location

Answer 19

condyloid or ellipsoidal (adduction/abduction)

radiocarpal joint/ radius

Question 20

classifying joints:

• articular surface of one bone is saddle shaped (biaxial)
• location

Answer 20

saddle joint

base of thumb (trapezium)

Question 21

classifying joints:

• ball like surface of one bone fits into a cup like depression of another (triaxial)
• location

Answer 21

ball and socket (spheroid)

shoulder (circumduction)