JOINT AND MOV

What is a joint?

• The cushion between two bones
• Where two bones meet and move
• The outer coating of the bone
• The hard part of a skeleton

Which is not a type of joint in our skeleton?

• Hinge
• swinging
• ball-and-socket
• pivot

What type of joint provides the most range of movement, in which the spherical head of one bone lodges in the spherical cavity of another; examples of these joints are in the shoulder and hip?

• saddle joint
• condylar joint
• ball and socket joint
• plane joint

Which two joints move the same way in our skeleton?

• shoulder joints and elbow joints
• ankle joints and neck joints
• Knee joints and neck joints
• knee joints and elbow joints

What tasks would be difficult if your knee joints did not work?

• eating
• throwing
• running
• chewing

Which is an example of an immovable joint? (doesn't move)

• shoulder
• skull
• elbow 
• ankle

The bony structure that encases the brain is called the cranium.

• True
• false

Tiger Woods is primarily moving in the sagittal plane

• True
• False

The tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects a muscle to a bone is known as a _____.

• Tendon
• Joints
• Cartilage
• Ligament

Which mineral is important for bone growth and formation?

• Oxygen
• Iron
• Calcium
• Silica