Joints and Movement

Which is one of the structural ways a joint is classified?

• Cartilaginous—both immovable and slightly

  movable

• Synarthroses—immovable joints

• Diarthroses—freely movable joints

Where is the plane joint located?

• Elbow

• Between tarsal bones

• Between c1 and c2 vertebrae

Where is the hinge joint located

• neck

• elbow

• knee

Where is the pivot joint located ?

• Neck

• Knee

• Thumb

Where is the coronal suture?

• between the parietal and occipital bones

• between right and left parietal bones

• between the frontal and parietal bones

Which of the following is a joint that can freely move?

• fibrous

• cartilaginous

• synovial

What are joints

• A place where one bone meets 

• A place where  two  bones meet 

• Bones don't meet 

• A place where three bones meet 

Movement away from the mid-line is called _____________.

• abduction

• adduction

• internal rotation

• external rotation

Ways that articulations are classified

• Structurally

• Functionally

• Both Structurally & Functionally

• Neither

Classifying joints as synarthrotic, amphiarthrotic, or diarthrotic represents  

• location in the body

• the composition of the joint

• the number of bones that joint affects

• degree of movement possible at the joint