Mastering A&P Chapter 9

The general structural type of joint between intervertebral discs is __________.

Description of nonaxial movement

Description of other types of movement

In uniaxial movement at the elbow joint, the movement allowed is ________ and _________.

Examples of uniaxial movement permitted at the surfaces of bones can be found at these two articulations, ____________ and _______________.

3. The atlas to axis joint would exhibit ____________.

4. A cylinder-shaped bone articulating with a trough- shaped bone would exhibit ________ and _________.

Biaxial Movement: condylar type of joint

Biaxial Movement: saddle type of joint

Biaxial Movement: both saddle and condylar

Which of the following represents a correct statement about multiaxial joints?

Biaxial Movement

Biaxial Movement

Nonaxial Movement

Uniaxial Movement

Uniaxial Movement

Multiaxial Movement

The Focus Figure of Synovial Joints has examined a number of types of movement and the joints in which they are located. Review the types you have studied, and select a true statement or characteristic of uniaxial movement in a representative joint.

__________ is the special movement that allows humans to grasp objects by touching the thumb to the tips of other fingers.

Which of the following locations is a cartilaginous joint?

What are bursae and what is their function in the synovial joints in which they are located?

During dorsiflexion, __________.

Rheumatoid arthritis

Osteoarthritis

Gouty arthritis

Lyme disease

Ankylosing spondylitis

Chondromalacia patellae

From what tissue do synovial joints develop in the embryo?

Structural classification of joints __________.

Which of the response pairs listed below does not correctly pair the joint category with its functional degree of mobility?

Synarthroses are freely movable joints.

Amphiarthroses are more movable than diarthroses.

An example of a syndesmosis that is amphiarthrotic, allowing a large amount of movement, is __________.

During middle age, fibrous tissue within sutures ossifies, leaving closed sutures called ______.

When the fibrous tissue of sutures ossifies, the resulting joint is called a

An example of a synarthrotic fibrous joint is the

A joint between a tooth and its socket is

What is the functional classification of the joint in the given illustration?

Symphyses and synchondroses __________.

An example of an amphiarthrotic cartilaginous joint is the

A pre-adolescent has more joints than an adult because of these immovable cartilaginous joints.

Plane Joint

Hinge Joint

Pivot Joint

Condyloid Joint

Saddle Joint

Ball and Socket Joint

Extension

Adduction

Circumduction

Retraction

Inversion

Supination

Synovial fluid is a filtrate of blood, but also contains __________ molecules secreted by fibroblasts in the synovial membrane.

What is the function of the synovial membrane of a synovial joint?

All of the following structures are common to all synovial joints EXCEPT __________.

Gliding joints __________.

Which letter indicates a ligament that connects bone to bone and is external to the joint capsule?

Which letter indicates an articulating surface that is comprised of hyaline cartilage?

Which letter indicates the fibrous layer of the articular capsule of this synovial joint?

Which letter indicates the joint/articular cavity that contains a small amount of synovial fluid?

Which letter indicates the layer of the articular capsule that is the most highly vascularized?

Which letter indicates a synovial, diarthrotic, hinge type of joint?

A joint capsule (articular capsule) has two layers. The function of the capsule's internal layer is to

Articular cartilages are found both in symphyses and in

Synovial joint cavities are the only important exceptions to the rule that cavities in the body are always lined with epithelia. The synovial membrane consists of

The main function of synovial fluid is

In abduction of the fingers, the fifth finger moves medially, and the second finger moves

By hyperextending a thigh at the hip joint, you could

The largest ball-and-socket joint in the body is the

What movement occurs when one moves the foot from the anatomical position to point the toes laterally, with the foot flat on the floor?

In pronation,

An example of a multiaxial joint is

The only category of articulations with a joint cavity is a

Synovial fluid is

Tendon sheaths

By plantar flexing your feet at the ankle joints, you will

A bursa differs from the synovial cavity of a joint in that it

The lateral movement of the arms away from the body is called

Expansion of the rib cage during inhalation is possible because the costovertebral joints are

The term synovial joint contains the root word ov, referring to ovum, or egg, because the synovial fluid is viscous like the white of the egg.

Synovial fluid is slippery because of glycoproteins that are secreted by fibroblasts located within the articular cartilage.

Hyaline cartilage forms many menisci, such as are found in the temporomandibular joint and the knee joint.

One could characterize a bursa as a sac of synovial fluid.

A tendon sheath is an elongated membranous sac filled with synovial fluid that wraps around a tendon.

Which type of movement occurs in the intercarpal joint in the wrist?

When you abduct your arm, movement at the sternoclavicular joint includes __________.

Student's elbow is an example of

A chronic disorder of joints in which the articular cartilages degenerate and bony spurs form is

The condition in which excessive amounts of synovial fluid effuse into a joint cavity is called