spinal cord, spinal nerve, and dorsal scapular region

Question 1

what are the seven type of synovial joints?

Answer 1

plane
hinge
pivot
bicondylar
condylar
saddle
ball and socket

Question 2

what movements does plane joints allow?

Answer 2

sliding or gliding

(acrioclavicular joint + radio-ulnar)

Question 3

what movements do hinge joints allow?

Answer 3

flexion and extension

(elbow!)

Question 4

what movements do pivot joints allow?

Answer 4

rotation on one axis

(AA joint)

Question 5

what movement does the bicondylar joint allow?

Answer 5

movement in one axis with limited rotation around a second axis

(knee joint)

Question 6

what movement does condylar joint allow?

Answer 6

allow movements around two axes that are at right angles to each other

flexion, extension, abduction, adduction , and limited circumduction

(wrist joint)

Question 7

what movement does saddle joints allow?

Answer 7

permit flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and circumduction

(joint of the thumb)

Question 8

what movement does ball and socket joints allow?

Answer 8

movement around multiple axes
(hip joint)

Question 9

what are the three types of joints?

Answer 9

fibrous joints
synovial joints
cartilaginous joints

Question 10

what are examples of fibrous joints?

Answer 10

sutures = skull,
gomphoses = teeth
syndesmoses = bones attached by ligament

Question 11

what are examples of cartilaginous joints?

Answer 11

synchondroses = growth plates
symphyses = pubic symphysis

Question 12

what is spina binifida?

Answer 12

a disorder in which the two sides of vertebral arches fail to fuse during development

Question 13

what is spina bifida occulta?

Answer 13

there is a defect in the vertebral arch of L5 or S1

Question 14

Describe a severe form of spina bifida (FIX THIS)

Answer 14

the defect allows a large out pouching of the meninges

Question 15

What are the five groups/regions of the spinal nerves?

Answer 15

cervical (8)
thoracic (12)
lumbar (5)
sacral (5)
coccygeal (1)