JOINTS OF LOWER EXTREMITY

Question 1

WHAT ARE THE JOINTS OF THE PELVIS

Answer 1

LUMBOSACRAL JOINT
SACROCOCCYGEAL JOINT
SACROILIAC JOINT
PUBIS SYMPYSIS

Question 2

THE SACROILIAC JOINT INVOLVES WHICH BONES

Answer 2

sacrum and illium

Question 3

WHICH BONES ARE INVOLVES IN THE PUBIC SYMPHYSIS

Answer 3

BILATERAL PUBIS BONES

Question 4

WHAT IS THE CLASSIFICATION OF SIJ

Answer 4

COMPOUND JOINT = PART PLANE SYNOVIAL, PART SUNDESMOSIS

Question 5

WHAT MOVEMENTS ARE POSSIBLE AT SIJ

Answer 5

SLIGHGT GLIDING MOVEMENTS
SLIGHT ROTARY MOVEMENTS RESULTING IN NUTATITON AND COUNTERNUTATION

Question 6

PUBIC SYMPHYSIS JOINT CLASSIFICATION

Answer 6

SECONDARY CARTILAGENOUS WITH A FIBROCARTILAGINOUS

Question 7

WHAT DO THE SACROSPINOUS AND SACROTUBEROUS LIGAMENTS PREVENT IN THE PELVIS

Answer 7

EXCESSIVE NUTATION THAT WOULD BE DUE TO FORCE OF BODY WEIGHT ON SACRAL BASE

Question 8

WHAT BONES ARE INVOLVED IN THE HIP JOINT

Answer 8

FEMORAL HEAD AND ACETABULUM OF PELVIS

Question 9

WHICH LIGAMENTS PREVENT HYPEREXTENSION IN THE HIP JOINT

Answer 9

ILIOFEMORAL
PUBOFEMORAL
ISCHIOFEMORAL

Question 10

WHAT DEGREE OF MOVEMENT IS AVALIABLE AT THE SIJ

Answer 10

1-4˚ OF ROTATION MOTION

Question 11

WHAT IS THE NORMAL ANGLE OF INCLINATION IN THE NECK OF THE FEMUR

Answer 11

125˚ IN ADULTS
145˚ AT BIRTH

Question 12

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR WHEN THE ANGLE OF INCLINATION IS LESS THAN NORMAL

Answer 12

COXA VARA

Question 13

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR WHEN THE ANGLE FO INCLINATION IS MORE THAN NORMAL

Answer 13

COXA VALGA

Question 14

HOW MANY DEGREES OF MOVEMENT ARE AVAILABLE IN HIP FLEXION

Answer 14

120˚

Question 15

HOW MANY DEGREES OF MOVEMENT ARE AVAILABLE IN HIP EXTENSION

Answer 15

20

Question 16

HOW MANY DEGREES OF MOVEMENT ARE AVAILABLE IN HIP ABDUCTION

Answer 16

40˚

Question 17

HOW MANY DEGREES OF MOVEMENT ARE AVAILABLE IN HIP ADDUCTION

Answer 17

25˚

Question 18

HOW MANY DEGREES OF MOVEMENT ARE AVAILABLE IN HIP INTERNAL ROTATION

Answer 18

35˚

Question 19

HOW MANY DEGREES OF MOVEMENT ARE AVAILABLE IN HIP EXTERNAL ROTATION

Answer 19

45˚

Question 20

WHAT TYPE OF JOINT IN A KNEE JOINT

Answer 20

MODIFIED HINGE SYNOVIAL

Question 21

WHAT MOVEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE KNEE JOINT

Answer 21

FLEXION
EXTENSION
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ROTATAION

Question 22

THE SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR JOINT IS BETWEEN WHICH BONES

Answer 22

TIBIA AND FIBULA

Question 23

WHAT TYPE OF JOINT IS THE SUPERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR JOINT

Answer 23

PLANE SYNOVIAL JOINT

Question 24

WHAT TYPE OF JOINT IS THE INFERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR JOINT

Answer 24

FIBOROUS SYNDESMOSIS JOINT

Question 25

WHAT MOVEMENT IS AVALIABLE AT INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR JOINTS

Answer 25

SUP = SLIGHT GLIDING
INF = SLIGHT MOVEMENT

Question 26

WHAT IS A NORMAL Q ANGLE

Answer 26

13-15˚

Question 27

WHAT IS THE ANGLE OF THE NORMAL ALIGNMENT OF THE KNEE

Answer 27

5-10˚ OFF VERTICAL, 170-175˚

Question 28

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR TIBIAL AND FEMORAL ALIGNMENT THAT IS LESS THAN 170˚

Answer 28

GENU VALGUM (KNOCKED KNEES)

Question 29

WHAT IS THE TERM OF TIBIAL AND FEMORAL ALIGNMENT THAT IS MORE THAN 180˚

Answer 29

GENU VARUM (BOW LEGGED)

Question 30

HOW MANY DEGREES OF FLEXION ARE AVAILABLE AT THE KNEE

Answer 30

140˚

Question 31

HOW MANY DEGREES OF EXTENSION ARE AVAILABLE AT THE KNEE

Answer 31

5-10˚ PAST NEUTRAL