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Ch.9 Joints

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the special joint inside the thumb?

a)

Saddle joint

b)

Hinge joint

c)

Opposable joint

d)

Major joint

2.
What is the name for the place where your body bends?
a)
Joint
b)
Bone
c)
Muscle
d)
Lungs
3.
What word means "able to bend" or "having a skeleton with joints"?
a)
immobilized
b)
opposable
c)
articulated
d)
gliding joint
4.

Which of the following is NOT one of synovial joints?

a)

ellipsoid joint

b)

flexible joint

c)

ball-and-socket joint

d)

hinge joint

5.
In which direction(s) do the ball-and-socket joint move?
a)
back and forth, side to side
b)
back and forth
c)
back and forth, side to side, around
d)
trick question--it's not a joint!
6.
In which direction(s) do the hinge joint move?
a)
back and forth
b)
back and forth, side to side, around
c)
back and forth, side to side
d)
all directions
7.

In which direction(s) do the ellipsoid joint move?

a)

back and forth

b)

back and forth, side to side

c)

back and forth, side to side, around

d)

it only moves one way

8.
Which of the following is a place in your body where you have a HINGE joint?
a)
shoulder
b)
knee
c)
wrist
d)
skull
9.
Which of the following is a place in your body where you have a BALL-AND-SOCKET joint?
a)
ankle
b)
vertebrae
c)
elbow
d)
shoulder
10.

Which of the following is a place in your body where you have a ELLIPSOID joint?

a)

wrist

b)

phalanges

c)

hip

d)

elbow

11.
Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint...
a)
ball and socket
b)
condyloid
c)
hinge
d)
gliding
12.
Joints are also called...
a)
annotations
b)
articulations
c)
affectations
d)
affiliations
13.
What are joints?
a)
A place where one bone meets 
b)
A place where two bones meet 
c)
Bones don't meet 
d)
They connect bone to muscle
14.
Which type of joint is this? 
a)
Ball and Socket
b)
Pivot
c)
Hinge
d)
Saddle 
15.
Which of the following movements could occur at the hip joint?  
a)
Abduction and adduction 
b)
Rotation 
c)
Flexion and extension 
d)
All of the above 
16.

All examples of this type of joint are diarthrosis.

a)

fibrous

b)

cartilaginous

c)

synovial

17.
Pubic symphysis
a)
fibrous/epiphyseal disk
b)
cartilaginous/suture
c)
cartilaginous/symphysis
d)
synovial/symphysis
18.
Synovial joints are freely movable.
a)
True
b)
False
19.

_____ connects bone to bone.

a)

Ligament

b)

Tendon

c)

Muscle

d)

Meniscus

20.
Name this joint
a)
gliding
b)
saddle
c)
condyloid
d)
pivot
21.
Ways that articulations are classified
a)
Structurally
b)
Functionally
c)
Both Structurally & Functionally
d)
Neither
22.
The ribs are an example of a:
a)
synovial joint
b)
cartilaginous joint
c)
fibrous joint
d)
hinge
23.

This is an example of...

a)

synarthrotic

b)

amiphiarthrotic

c)

diarthrotic

24.

Skull sutures are example of...

a)

synarthrotic

b)

amphiarthrotic

c)

diarthrotic

25.

syndesmoses, sutures, & gomphosis

a)

fibrous joints

b)

cartilagenous joints

c)

synovial joints

26.

What type of joint between these bones (green)?

a)

ellipsoid

b)

saddle

c)

pivot

d)

ball and socket

27.

Movement along the sagittal plane that decreases the angel between two bones.

a)

flexion

b)

abduction

c)

extension

d)

elevation

28.

Movement along the frontal plane, away from the body midline; ex. raising the arm

a)

abduction

b)

adduction

c)

extension

d)

supination

29.

Circular movement around the longitudinal bone axis; "NO"

a)

rotation

b)

pronation

c)

gliding

d)

eversion

30.

Slight slipping of carpals of the wrist

a)

gliding

b)

supination

c)

rotation

d)

flexion

31.

Cone-shaped pathway of the arm

a)

circumduction

b)

dorsiflexion

c)

extension

d)

rotation

32.

Lifting or raising; superior movement

a)

elevation

b)

depression

c)

flexion

d)

protraction

33.

Moving hand into palm-up

a)

supination

b)

pronation

c)

flexion

d)

extension

34.

moving foot towards the leg

a)

dorsiflexion

b)

inversion

c)

extension

d)

abduction

35.

turning the foot medially (inside)

a)

inversion

b)

eversion

c)

pronation

d)

supination

36.

jutting jaw forward

a)

protration

b)

extension

c)

gliding

d)

rotation

37.

The sacroiliac joint is

a)

synarthrosis

b)

amphiarthrosis

c)

diarthrosis

38.

A cartilaginous joint that allows little movement in the ribs.

a)

synchondrosis

b)

symphsis

c)

amphiarthrosis

d)

syndesmosis

39.

A diarthosis joint, contain fluid, and provides movement backward & forward.

a)

synovial, hinge joint

b)

synovial, ball-and-socket joint

c)

fibrous, hinge joint

d)

cartilaginous, ball-and-socket joint

40.

The joints in the vertebrae are...

a)

synovial, ellipsoid

b)

synovial, pivot

c)

synovial, hinge

d)

synovial, plane

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