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Arthrology Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of Synovial Joint provides the greatest 'range of motion'?

a)

Ball and Socket

b)

Hinge

c)

Saddle

d)

Ellipsoid

e)

Pivot

2.

Example of this joint type includes your teeth in the jaw as well as the plates of your skull.

a)

Immovable Fibrous

b)

Partly Movable Fibrous

c)

Immovable Cartilaginous

d)

Partly Movable Cartilaginous

3.

The picture shows what type of synovial joint?

a)

Gliding Joint

b)

Hinge Joint

c)

Saddle Joint

d)

Ellipsoid Joint

e)

Pivot Joint

4.

The picture shows what type of synovial joint?

a)

Gliding Joint

b)

Hinge Joint

c)

Saddle Joint

d)

Ellipsoid Joint

e)

Pivot Joint

5.

The picture shows what type of synovial joint?

a)

Gliding Joint

b)

Hinge Joint

c)

Saddle Joint

d)

Ellipsoid Joint

e)

Pivot Joint

6.

The picture show what type of synovial joint?

a)

Ball and Socket

b)

Hinge Joint

c)

Saddle Joint

d)

Ellipsoid Joint

e)

Pivot Joint

7.

The picture shows what type of synovial joint?

a)

Ball and Socket

b)

Hinge Joint

c)

Saddle Joint

d)

Ellipsoid Joint

e)

Pivot Joint

8.

The picture shows what type of synovial joint?

a)

Ball and Socket

b)

Hinge Joint

c)

Saddle Joint

d)

Ellipsoid Joint

e)

Pivot Joint

9.

What is a joint?

a)

The place where 2 or more bones meet.

b)

A thin membrane that covers the surface of bone.

c)

A band of tissue that hold bones together.

d)

Connective tissue

10.

A tough band of tissue that holds bones together at the joint are called a __________________________.

a)

tendon

b)

cartilage

c)

periosteum

d)

ligament

11.

What kind of joints are fibrous joints?

a)

Immovable Joints

b)

Partially Movable Joints

c)

Freely Movable Joints

12.

Where would you find cartilaginous joints?

a)

Spine

b)

Vertebra

c)

Ankle

d)

Elbow

13.

What are two examples of hinge joints?

a)

Knee

b)

Neck

c)

Ankle

d)

Elbow

e)

Shoulder

14.
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
15.
Carpals and tarsals (flat bones) are examples of this type of joint
a)
condyloid
b)
gliding
c)
hinge
d)
saddle
16.
Name this joint
a)
gliding
b)
saddle
c)
condyloid
d)
pivot
17.
The gliding joint moves...
a)
with two bones siding past each other
b)
in two directions
c)
up and down; forward and back
d)
up and down; all around
18.
The skull is an example of what type of joint?
a)
Cartilaginous
b)
Synovial
c)
Fibrous
19.

Name this joint

a)

gliding

b)

saddle

c)

ball and socket

d)

condyloid

20.

The joints that allow the most movement are called

a)

Fixed

b)

Fibrous

c)

Cartilaginous

d)

Synovial

21.

Which of the following is part of a Synovial joint

a)

Synovial membrane

b)

Joint cavity

c)

Ligament

d)

Cartilage

22.
Fibrous joints are?
a)
freely moveable
b)
partially moveable
c)
immovable
23.

What is the study of joints called?

a)

Myology

b)

Biology

c)

Anatomy

d)

Arthology

24.

The classification of joints is based on what two things?

a)

Structure and Function

b)

Movement and Muscle

c)

Location and Shape

d)

Structure and Shape

25.

Which bones are limited in rotation and are a good example of a pivot joint?

a)

The hip and shoulder

b)

The sternum and clavicle

c)

The radius and ulna

d)

The elbow and knee

26.
Which joint allows movement in only one direction?
a)
ball and socket
b)
fiibrous
c)
hinge
d)
pivot
27.

The skull is an example of what type of joint?

a)

Cartilaginous (amphiarthrosis)

b)

Synovial (diarthrosis)

c)

Fibrous (synarthrosis)

28.

Which connective tissue attaches bone to muscle?

a)

Ligaments

b)

Synovial Fluid

c)

Cartilage

d)

Tendons

29.

The majority of the joints of the body are:

a)
Synovial Joints
b)
Fibrous Joints
c)
Cartilagenous Joints
d)
Synarthroses
30.
Along with the synovial fluid, this structure permits friction-free movement in the synovial joints
a)
Joint Capsule
b)
Ligaments
c)
Synovial Membrane
d)
Articular Cartilage
31.

gliding movement ONLY

a)

ball-and-socket joint

b)

hinge joint

c)

pivot joint

d)

planar joint

32.

What are the 2 types of Fibrous joints?

a)

suture

b)

pivot

c)

gomphosis

d)

ball-and-socket

33.

A slightly moveable joint is called -

a)

synarthrosis

b)

amphiarthrosis

c)

diarthrosis

d)

reddusarthrosis

34.

A freely movable joint is called -

a)

synarthrosis

b)

amphiarthrosis

c)

diarthrosis

d)

reddusarthrosis

35.

Synchondrosis means "held by hyaline cartilage" which allows for some movement, (like the rib cage). This type of joint would be -

a)

synarthosis

b)

amphiarthrosis

c)

diarthrosis

d)

redduarthrosis

36.

Symphyses – are thin plates of hyaline cartilage separate a disc of fibrocartilage in the vertebra, and also in the pubic symphysis shown above. this type of joint is known as a -

a)

synarthrosis

b)

amphiarthrosis

c)

diarthrosis

d)

reddudarthrosis

37.

This type of joint found in the phalanges or metacarples of the hands has an oval convex shape while the other is convex, but can move in simple directions.

a)

saddle joint

b)

condyloid joint

c)

ball and socket joint

d)

hinge joint

38.

This type of joint can be found around the radius and ulna. It allows you to twist your lower arm while keeping your upper arm straight. It is called a -

a)

hinge joint

b)

gliding joint

c)

saddle joint

d)

pivot joint

39.

This type of joint can be found between the humerus & ulna, or the femur and tibia. It can only do forwards and backwards movements.

a)

ball and socket joint

b)

gliding joint

c)

hinge joint

d)

saddle joint