WorksheetsJoints
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The majority of the joints of the body are:
Which type of joints are the suture joints in the skull?
Cartilaginous
Synovial
Fibrous
Cranial
Which type of joint allows for gliding movements and is sometimes referred to as a gliding joint?
Condyloid joint
Planar joint
Pivot joint
Hinge joint
What type of joint allows for rotational movement, as the rounded bone moves around its own axis?
Saddle joint
Condyloid joint
Ball-and-socket joint
Pivot joint
The carpometacarpal joints in the thumb are examples of which type of joint?
Ball-and-socket joint
Hinge joint
Planar joint
Saddle joint
Bones that have complex shapes are called...
Flat bones
Irregular bones
Sesamoid bones
Long bones
Which of there body parts uses a pivot joint?
Spine
Neck
Finger
shoulder
What is the purpose of synovial fluid in synovial joints?
To hold the joint together
To lubricate the joint
To prevent bone rubbing
To provide flexibility to the joint
Which connective tissue attaches bone to bone?
Ligaments
Synovial Fluid
Cartilage
Tendons
Where is the lamboidal suture located
between right and left parietal bones
next to the temporal bones
between the parietal and occipital bones
Where is the sagittal suture located?
between right and left parietal bones
between temporal and parietal bones
between the parietal and occipital bones
Where is the coronal suture?
between the parietal and occipital bones
between right and left parietal bones
between the frontal and parietal bones
Which is one of the structural ways a joint is classified?
Cartilaginous—both immovable and slightly
movable
Synarthroses—immovable joints
Diarthroses—freely movable joints
What type of joint is displayed in the picture?
Ellipsoid joint
Pivot joint
Synovial joint
