Joints and Bone Disorders 2018

This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrate to rotate as in shaking your head no

• condyloid
• gliding
• pivot
• saddle

The knee joint is

• Hinge
• Gliding
• Ball and socket
• Pivot

Carpals and tarsals (flat bones) are examples of this type of joint

• condyloid
• gliding
• hinge
• saddle

Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint

• ball and socket
• condyloid
• hinge
• gliding

Fibrous joints are?

• freely moveable
• partially moveable
• immovable

Articular cartilage found at the ends of the long bones serves to ________.

• A) attach tendons

• B) produce red blood cells (hemopoiesis)

• C) provide a smooth surface at the ends of synovial joints

• D) form the synovial membrane

On the basis of structural classification, which is a fibrous joint?

• A) symphysis

• B) synchondrosis

• C) pivot

• D) syndesmosis

Connective tissue sacs lined with synovial membrane that act as cushions in places where friction develops are called ________.

• A) menisci

• B) bursae

• C) ligaments

• D) tendons

Articulations permitting only slight degrees of movement are ________.

• A) amphiarthroses

• B) synarthroses

• C) diarthroses

• D) synovial joints

Which of the following are cartilaginous joints?

• A) syndesmoses

• B) sutures

• C) synchondroses

• D) gomphoses