Question | Answer |
What are the joints that do not allow movement? | synarthroses |
An articulation which the bones are united by a thin layer of fibrous tissue? | suture |
Bones that are connected by ligaments between the bones? | syndesmosis |
A conical process fits into a socket and hold in place by ligaments? | gomphosis |
Joints allowing only slight movement? | amphlarthroses |
Where bones are connected by a disk of fibrocartilage? | symphysis |
Where two bony surfaces are connected by permanent bone later in life? | synchondrosis |
Freely moving joints? | diarthroses |
Act of bending or decreasing the angle between bones? | flexion |
Act of increasing angle between bones and opposite of flexion? | extension |
Increases the joint angle beyond the anatomic posistion? | hyperexiension |
Moving limbs away from the midline of body? | abduction |
Moving limbs toward midline of body? | adduction |
Act of moving bone around a central axis? | rotation |
Moving the limb in a circle in the air? | circumduction |
Movement of forearm and hand? | supination and pronation |
Movements of the foot? | eversion and inversion |
Moving body forward on a plane parallel to ground? | protraction |
Moving body forward on a plane parallel to ground? | protraction |
Moving body backward on a plane parallel to ground? | retraction |
Raising a part of the body? | depression |
Movement occuring only with the thumb? | opposition |
Occur when digits return to normal positions? | reposition |
Raising the foot up at the ankle? | dorsiflexion |
Pushing the foot down? | plantar flexion |
Motion is limited to flexion and extension in a singles plane? | hinge joint |
Closed sacs with a synovial membrane lining? | bursae |
Found under the skin wherever the skin is on top of an underlying bone process? | subcutaneous bursae |
Located between muscle and found above fascia? | subfascial bursae |
Inflammation of the synovial bursae? | bursitis |
Connective tissue disorder, inflammation of small joints? | rheumatoid arthritis |
Inflammation of a whole joint? | arthritis |
Disease involving mild bacterial infection? | rheumatic fever |
Inflammation of fibrous connective tissue? | primary fibrousitis |
Sometimes referred to as degenerative joint disease? | osteoarthritis |
Accumulation of uric acid? | gout |
Articular surface is concave in one direction and convex in the other? | saddle joint |
formed by either oppsing planes surfaces or slightly convex and concave surfaces? | gliding joint |
Found where one tendon overlies another tendon? | subtendinous bursae |
How many groups are joints classified in? | 3 |