Exam 8: Joints of the Skeletal System

With advancing age, ________ become less elastic as the cross-links that hold collagen molecules together break down.

Movement at the ankle that brings the foot closer to the shin is ________.

Kicking a soccer ball is flexion of the leg at the knee joint as the foot draws back and then extension as it contacts the ball.

A synchondrosis is a cartilaginous joint.

Artificial joints are built of

A synchondrosis

Classifying joints as synarthrotic, amphiarthrotic, or diarthrotic represents

If the synovial membrane could not secrete synovial fluid,

The type of joint that joins the fibula and tibia is called a(n)________.