Lab 7 Pre-Reading Joints Connect

Identify the fibrous joints.

- Gomphoses - Syndesmoses - Sutures

Places in the skeleton where bones meet are called ______.

- articulations - joints

Categorize each fibrous joint by matching the specific joint to its structural classification. 1. Dentoalveolar 2. squamous 3. radioulnar

1. gomphosis 2. suture 3. synedesmosis

Select the types of angular movements allowed at synovial joints.

Abduction Extension Flexion

Fibrous sacs filled with synovial fluid and located in areas where friction must be reduced are called .

Bursae

True or false: All attachments between the ribs and sternum are classified as synchondroses.

False

List the joint classifications used to describe how the bone ends in a joint are held together.

Fibrous, cartilaginous, or synovial

Articular cartilage is composed of what type of cartilage?

Hyaline

Identify the types of cartilaginous joints.

Symphyses Synchondroses

What is a cartilaginous joint in which hyaline cartilage binds the bones together called?

Synchondrosis

Which are found in a joint capsule?

Synovial membrane Fibrous capsule

The type of movements where one linear part of the body bends relative to another part would be ______ movements.

angular

The thin layer of hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones at the joint is called the _______cartilage.

articular

The knuckles are examples of ______ joints.

biaxial

A joint that occurs around two axes situated at right angles to each other is a(n) ___ joint

bitaxial

A synostosis forms when two _____ grow together.

bones

Cartilaginous joints unite two bones by means of ______.

cartilage

Joints joined together by hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage would be classified as ______ joints.

cartilaginous

Synchondroses and symphyses are types of ______ joints.

cartilaginous

A movement that straightens a joint or moves a body part posterior to the coronal plane is called ______.

extension

A gomphosis is structurally classified as a _____ joint

fibrous

A gomphosis is structurally classified as a ______ joint

fibrous

A syndesmosis would be structurally classified as a ______ joint.

fibrous

Any joint consisting of two bones joined by dense regular connective tissue without a joint cavity would be classified as a(n) ______ joint.

fibrous

Sutures and syndesmoses are both types of ______ joints.

fibrous

The structural classification of a gomphosis is ______.

fibrous

A layer of dense irregular connective tissue that forms the outer layer of a synovial joint capsule is called the ______.

fibrous capsule

Movement that bends or decreases the angle of a joint is called .

flexion

The type of movement that bends a body part anterior to the coronal plane is called ______.

flexion

In a newborn, some sutures of the skull have a membranous area called ______.

fontanels

The membranous areas in the sutures of infants are called .

fontanels

The simplest types of movement at a synovial joint are ______ movements.

gliding

A joint in which a hard object, such as a tooth, is held in a bone cavity is called a ______.

gomphosis

Teeth anchored in their sockets are the only examples of ______ in the human body.

gomphosis

An extension of a joint beyond the anatomical position is called

hyperextension

The movement of the neck when you are looking up is called ______.

hyperextension

A point where two bones meet is called a(n)

joint

The narrow space separating bone ends within a synovial joint is called a(n) ______ cavity.

joint

The connective tissue structure that encloses a synovial joint cavity is the _____.

joint capsule

A ______ is a type of articular disc that only partially spans a synovial cavity.

meniscus

A fibrocartilage pad found between the bones within the knee joint is called a(n)

meniscus

Gomphosis joints are only found in the ______.

mouth

Plantar flexion may best be described as ______.

moving the foot downward, such as standing on the toes

Dorsiflexion can be described as _____.

moving the foot upwards as occurs when walking on your heels

A joint that moves in all three anatomical planes or around several axes would be classified as .

multitaxial

A gomphosis can best be described as joining _____.

pegs into sockets

A synovial joint may be described as a joint ______.

separated by a narrow, fluid-filled space allowing for significant mobility

Fibrous joints that bind the bones of the skull to each other are ______.

sutures

Synarthrotic fibrous joints between the bones of the skull are called .

sutures

A joint in which hyaline cartilage binds bones together would be classified as a ______.

sychondrosis

A joint in which fibrocartilage binds bones together is a .

symphyses

The specific structural classification of the joints between the bones of the sternum are .

symphyses

A ______ consists of two bones are joined together by a pad of fibrocartilage.

symphysis

The junction between the manubrium and the body of the sternum is a ______.

symphysis

A ______ is a type of mobile fibrous joint in which the bones are held together by a band of long collagen fibers.

syndesmosis

A joint in which bones are held together by only a ligament or band of fibrous tissue would be classified as a ______.

syndesmosis

Which is an example of a fibrous joint?

syndesmosis

When two bones grow together, the result is a joint called a(n) ____.

synostosis

A joint in which bones are separated by a narrow, fluid-filled, encapsulated space is a(n)_____ joint.

synovial

The majority of the costochondral joints are categorized as ______.

synovial

The inner lining of a synovial joint cavity that secretes synovial fluid is the ______.

synovial membrane

Categorize each fibrous joint by matching the structural classification to the description of bones joined. gomphoses syndesmoses suture

tooth and alveolar processes tibia and fibula parietal and temporal bones

Any joints that allow movement along only one axis are classified as

uniaxial

Identify the correct descriptions of fibrous joints.

united by fibrous tissue having no joint cavity having a limited range of motion