Bio 111 Exam 2 Review

Which type of joint gives you the largest range of motion?

• Pivot joint

• Ball-and-socket joint

• Hinge joint

• condylar joint

The main purpose of synovial fluid is:

• Keeping bones moist

• Lubrication

• Strengthening tendons and cartilage

• Protecting the spinal cord

Where is the lamboidal suture located

• between right and left parietal bones

• next to the temporal bones

• between the parietal and occipital bones

Which type of joint is a synchondrosis?

• joint between the tibia and fibula

• joint between the bones of the skull

• joint between the manubrium and the first rib

• joint between the pelvis bones

Which type of tissue lines the trachea?

• stratified squamous epithelium

• transitional epithelium

• pseudostratified columnar epithelium

• simple squamous epithelium

what is the name of the tissue that surrounds the bone and is continuous with the tendon

• endosteum

• periosteum

• articular cartilage

• epiphyseal plate

what type of connective tissue serves as a shock absorber?

• hyaline cartilage

• dense regular connective tissue

• elastic cartilage

• fibrocartilage

What is the name of the small tunnels that connect lacunae in neighboring lamellae and allow cells to communicate?

• cannaliculi

• central canal

• perforating channels

• osteocytes

Which type of junction is like a spot weld and resists shearing forces and is found in the skin?

• gap junction

• tight junction

• desmosome

• adherens

Which protein binds to calcium and regulates cross bridge cycling?

• myosin

• actin

• tropomyosin

• troponin