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Synovial joints and movement

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What joint is displayed in picture?

a)

hinge joint

b)

plane joint

c)

pivot joint

d)

condyloid

2.

What joint is displayed in picture

a)

Hinge Joint

b)

Saddle joint

c)

Ball and socket joint

d)

pivot

3.

What type of joint is displayed in the picture?

a)

Saddle joint

b)

Ellipsoid joint

c)

Pivot joint

d)

ball and socket

4.

What type of joint is displayed in the picture?

a)

Pivot joint

b)

Ellipsoid joint

c)

Hinge joint

d)

Saddle joint

5.

What type of joint is displayed in the picture?

a)

Ellipsoid joint

b)

Pivot joint

c)

Synovial joint

d)

Plane joint

6.

What joint is displayed in the picture?

a)

Synovial Joint

b)

Pivot joint

c)

Hip joint

d)

Ellipsoid joint

7.

Where is the hinge joint located

a)

neck

b)

elbow

c)

carpals

d)

skull sutures

8.

Where is the pivot joint located ?

a)

Neck

b)

Knee

c)

Thumb

d)

phalanges

9.
Moving a part forward (thrusting the head forward).
a)
protraction
b)
retraction
c)
elevation
d)
supination
10.
This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrate to rotate as in shaking your head no
a)
condyloid
b)
gliding
c)
pivot
d)
saddle
11.
Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint
a)
ball and socket
b)
condyloid
c)
hinge
d)
gliding
12.
The elbows, knees and phalanges are examples of this type of joint
a)
ball and socket
b)
condyloid
c)
gliding
d)
hinge
13.
Movement away from the mid-line is called _____________.
a)
abduction
b)
adduction
c)
internal rotation
d)
external rotation
14.
Turning the hand so that the palm is upward or facing anteriorly (in anatomical position).
a)
supination
b)
pronation
c)
flexion
d)
dorsiflexion
15.
 The pivot joints occur in our skeleton at
A) Forearm
B)  knee
C) neck
D) hip 
a)
a) A and B    
b)
b) B and C
c)
c) A and C
d)
d) B and D
16.

An example of a Saddle joint is in the

a)

Knee

b)

Hip

c)

Thumb

d)

Vertebral column

17.

Flexion means to

a)

Increase the angle of a joint

b)

Decrease the angle of a joint

c)

Take a limb away from the body

d)

Return a limb towards the body

18.

Adduction means

a)

Increase the angle of a joint

b)

Decrease the angle of a joint

c)

Take a limb away from the body

d)

Return a limb towards the body

19.

When kicking a football the knee

a)

Flexes

b)

Extends

c)

Abducts

d)

Adducts

20.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Abduction
d)
Adduction
21.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Extension
b)
Flexion
c)
Abduction
d)
Adduction
22.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Circumduction
b)
Lateral Rotation
c)
Medial Rotation
d)
Eversion
23.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Circumduction
b)
Lateral Rotation
c)
Medial Rotation
d)
Eversion
24.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Inversion
b)
Eversion
c)
Plantarflexion
d)
Dorsiflexion
25.

Identify the joint action being performed.

a)

Pronation

b)

Supination

c)

Inversion

d)

Eversion

26.
Identify the joint action being performed.
a)
Inversion
b)
Eversion
c)
Plantarflexion
d)
Dorsiflexion
27.

What motion is indicated by letter C

a)

Abduction

b)

Flexion

c)

Extension

d)

Hyperextension

28.

What motion is indicated by letter B

a)

Plantarflextion

b)

Rotation

c)

Inversion

d)

Dorsiflexion

29.

What motion is indicated by Letter A

a)

Plantarflexion

b)

Inversion

c)

Eversion

d)

Dorsiflexion

30.

What movement is indicated by Letter A

a)

Pronation

b)

Supination

31.

Movement at the ankle joint that points the toes and increases the angle at the ankle joint, is...?

a)

Flexion

b)

Dorsiflxion

c)

Plantar flexion

d)

Extension

32.

Movement of the ankle joint that flexes the foot upwards and decreases the angle at the joint, is ...?

a)

Flexion

b)

Dorsiflexion

c)

Plantarflexion

d)

Extension

33.

Movement of hand/foot so that the thumb/big toe moves away from the midline

a)

inversion

b)

eversion

c)

adduction

d)

abduction

34.

Movement of arm/leg toward the midline

a)

flexion

b)

extension

c)

adduction

d)

abduction

35.

Rotating away from the center of the body

a)

rotation

b)

internal rotation

c)

external rotation

d)

eversion

36.

Rotating toward the center of the body

a)

transverse rotation

b)

circumduction

c)

external rotation

d)

internal rotation

37.

Movement of the forearm/hand so palm faces downward or backwards

a)

supination

b)

pronation

c)

palmar

d)

flexion