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Joints of the Skeletal System

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show 1. Bind parts of skeletal system together 2. Making bone growth possible 3. Permit parts of the skeleton to change shape during childbirth 4. Enable body to move in response to skeletal muscle contractions  
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show Functionally and Structurally  
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show Functionally  
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show Structurally  
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Also called articulations and are connections between bones. This is called ______.   show
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What are the 3 classifications of functionally joints?   show
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show 1. Fibrous Joints 2. Cartilaginous Joints 3. Synovial Joints  
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How many joints are in a average adult?   show
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Held together by dense connective tissue is a _____ joint.   show
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show Cartilaginous  
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show Synovial  
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show 1. Syndesmosis 2. Suture 3. Gomphosis  
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What are fontanels?   show
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Bones bound by a sheet of dense connective tissue (interosseous membrane) or a bundle of dense connective tissue (interosseous ligament) is ____.   show
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Syndesmosis is _____ (flexible, may twist).   show
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Immovable   show
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show Amphiarthrotic  
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Freely movable   show
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show Syndesmosis  
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Only found between flat bones of the skull, where the broad margins of adjacent bones grow together and unite by a thin layer of connective tissue (sutural ligament) and connects bones is a ______.   show
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Suture are ______ (immovable).   show
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show Gomphosis  
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Gomphosis are ____ (immovable).   show
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Root of a tooth in maxilla or mandible held in place by a periodontal ligament is a _____ joint.   show
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Is the joint between the first rib and the manubrium an example of a fibrous, cartilaginous, or synovial joint?   show
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Hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage connects the bones of _____.   show
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show Synchondroses and Symphyses  
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In ______ bands of hyaline cartilage unite the bones.   show
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Synchondrosis are ______ (immovable).   show
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Many synchondrosis joints are _____ ______ that disappear during growth.   show
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show permanent  
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show synchondrosis  
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The joints between the sternum and the coastal cartilages of ribs 2 through 10 are ______.   show
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show symphysis  
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show amphiarthrotic  
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describe two types of cartilaginous joints.   show
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What is the function of an intervertebral disc?   show
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Most joints of the skeletal system are _____ joints.   show
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Synovial joints allow free movements which make it, what?   show
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show Synovial  
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Synovial joints consist of _____; _____; and a _____, which secretes ______ fluid.   show
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The articular ends of the bones in a synovial joint are covered with a _______.   show
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The ______ resists wear and minimizes friction when it is compressed as the joint moves.   show
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show two  
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show Dense connective tissue  
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What is a ligament?   show
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show 0.5 mL or less  
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show 180 or fewer  
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show Infected  
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Name six types of synovial joints.   show
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What is the function of the synovial fluid?   show
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show Ball-and-socket  
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Also called a ellipsoidal joint and permits back-and-forth- and side-to-side movement in two planes (biaxial movement) but not rotation, is a type of what joint?   show
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show Plane  
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A joint that resembles the hinge of a door and permits movement in one plane only (uniaxial movement) is what type of joint?   show
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show Pivot  
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show Saddle  
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Describe how movement occurs at a joint when a muscle contracts.   show
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What is origin?   show
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What is insertion?   show
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Bending of parts at a joint is called ____.   show
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Straightening of parts at a joint is called ____.   show
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Extension beyond normal anatomical position is called ___.   show
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Bending to the side is called ____.   show
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show Abduction  
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Moving a part of body toward midline is called ____.   show
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Ankle movement which points toes upward is ____   show
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Ankle movement which points toes downward is _____   show
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Movement of a part of body in circular path is _____.   show
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show rotation  
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show medial rotation  
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Movement of limb so anterior surface moves away from midline is ______.   show
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show supination  
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show pronation  
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Turning of foot so plantar surface faces midline is called ____.   show
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Turning of foot so plantar surface faces away from midline is called ___.   show
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Movement of a body part forward is _____.   show
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show retraction  
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Raising a body part is called ____.   show
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Lowering a body part is called _____.   show
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What are 4 examples of synovial joints?   show
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