Kinesiology vocab #1

Movement of a limb TOWARDS the body is called _____.

• ADduction

• ABduction

• Extension

• Supination

Movement of a limb AWAY from the body is called _____.

• ADduction

• Extension

• Flexion

• ABduction

Inflammation of a joint is called _____.

• Myocarditis

• Arthritis

• Sinusitis

• Pancreatitis

A _____ is a freely moveable joint where a round end of one bone, sits in a indented end of another bone.

• Hinge joint

• Gliding joint

• Ball-and-socket joint

• Saddle joint

A concave surface is when the surface has an indentation of a half circle.

• True

• False

A protrusion (jutting out) of a surface in a half circle is called a convex surface.

• True

• False

_____ covers the ends of long bones in a joint.

• Ligaments

• Tendons

• Articular Cartilage

• Gout

Slightly moveable joints are called diarthroses joints.

• True

• False

Slightly moveable joints connected by fibrocartilage are called _____.

• Diarthroses

• Saddle joints

• Amphiarthroses

• Ball-and-socket joints

Ellipsoidal (condyloid) joints a freely moveable joints that allow movements in many directions.

• True

• False