Upper Body Kin Test

Question 1

Classification on Fibrous Joints; Bones that fit tightly together, bound to one another by more or less inextensible connective tissue

Answer 1

1. Immovable; Synarthroses, growth plate
2. Partly moveable; Syndesmosis, amphiarthrosis

Question 2

Classification of Cartilaginous Joints; Immovable Joints during growth plates, and the joint between the first rib and the sternum

Answer 2

Partly moveable; amphiarthrosis
Immovable; Growth plate

Question 3

Features of Synovial Joints; Freely movable within ligaments, characterized by articulating bones

Answer 3

• Joint cavity
• Joint capsule; Attached close to articulating end of each bone involved
• Synovial membrane
• Synovial Fluid; secreted by membrane for lubrication
• Articular Cartilage
• Ligaments; used for binding & supporting the joint

Question 4

Types of Synovial Joints

Answer 4

-Plane/Gliding; Joints between carpals & torsals, flat or curved bones tightly packed
-Hinge; One plane, convex bone within concave bone
-Pivot; Uniaxial, rounded point of one bone fits into groove of another
-Ball & Socket; Triaxial, hip,shoulder, maximize movement
-Ellipsoid; Biaxial, no axial rotation, oval convex surface fits into concave surface
-Saddle; Biaxial, no axial rotation, 2 concave surfaces

Question 5

Occipital Bone

Answer 5

Superior, site of attachment of layers of posterior cervical, Inferior nuchal line, back side of the skull, buttress (harder bone)

Question 6

Parietal Bone

Answer 6

Superior, top/backside of skull

Question 7

Frontal Bone

Answer 7

Front/Forehead bone

Question 8

Movements the skull can perform

Answer 8

Elevation/depression, protrusion/retraction, lateral movement

Question 9

Maxilla Bone

Answer 9

Located around the nasal cavity, and above the mouth

Question 10

Foreman Magnum

Answer 10

Located directly on top of the skull, and is a hole