Exam 8: Joints of the Skeletal System

Most of the joints between the short bones in the ankle and wrist are

A football player suffers from a partially torn anterior cruciate ligament. Which joint has been injured?

The synovial membrane reabsorbs fluid and may help remove substances from an infected joint cavity.

In rheumatoid arthritis

A gomphosis is a ________ joint.

Moving a part away from the midline is abduction.

The act of closing the fingers to make a fist is an example of what type of joint movement (at the interphalangeal joints)?

The patellar ligament connects the medial condyle of the femur to the medial condyle of the tibia.

An athlete, after years of pitching, requires surgery to repair his glenohumeral ligaments. Which joint has been injured?

A saddle joint forms between bones whose articulating surfaces have both convex and concave regions.

Joints that are held together by collagen-rich dense connective tissue are ________ joints.

The joint between adjacent vertebral bodies is a

A synovial membrane

Greg trips over a toy and experiences a sharp pain. His physician diagnoses a torn meniscus. Greg has injured his

Fibrocartilage discs that divide the joint into two compartments are called

Osteoarthritis is caused by a bacterial infection.

A condylar joint allows only up-and-down motion in one plane.

To relieve a neckache, you swing your head in a circular motion around your shoulders. This movement where you swing your head circularly around a fixed point is an example of ________. 

The hip joint allows a greater freedom of movement than the shoulder joint.

In ________, joints are inflamed, swollen, and painful.