Exam 8: Joints

What is moving a limb away from the median plane of the body along the frontal plane called?

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name. -Joint 4.

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name. -Joint 1.

Supination is the movement of the forearm in which the palm of the hand is turned from posterior to anterior..

A person who has been diagnosed with a sprained ankle has an injury to the ligaments that attach to that joint.

Joint 3.

Which of the following is a correct statement about development of joints?

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name. -Joint 3.

The amount of movement permitted by a particular joint is the basis for the functional classification of joints.

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, what type of axis does each joint have? -Joint 1.

The hip joint is a good example of a(n) synovial joint.

Figure 8.1 Using Figure 8.1, match the following: -Synovial membrane.

Figure 8.1Using Figure 8.1, match the following: -Periosteum.

A joint united by dense fibrocartilaginous tissue that usually permits a slight degree of movement is a .

Figure 8.1 Using Figure 8.1, match the following: -The hip joint, like the shoulder joint, is a joint.

Movement at the hip joint does not have as wide a range of motion as at the shoulder joint.

Match the following: -Bones united by fibrocartilage

Figure 8.1 Using Figure 8.1, match the following: -Articular cartilage.

Mary has been suffering from a "bad knee" for several months. She is a tennis player who often slides in to attack a ball; she is an aerobic devotee and a jogger. She visited an orthopedic surgeon last week who told her that he would "like to have a look at her knee joint." He also told her that her symptoms indicated damage to the meniscus, and it might have to be removed. What will the doctor do to see the joint, and if the meniscus is removed will Mary be able to play tennis again?

The wrist joint can exhibit adduction and eversion movements.