Anatomy Chapter 8
This type of joint is multiaxial and has a very wide range of motion?
Ball and socket joint
This joint has movement around two axes at right angles to one another?
Biaxial joint
The three arches in your feet do what?
Distribute the weight so you can be easily supported
What is a modified ball and socket joint?
Ellipsoid joint
What is it called when you turn the ankle so the plantar surface faces laterally?
Eversion
What are good ways to affect aging on your joints?
Exercise, stretching
Which joint has no joint cavity and has little to no movement?
Fibrous joint
Bowing your head is an example of?
Flexion
Opposite of extension?
Flexion
Type of movement between carpal bones?
Gliding
What is between the teeth and mandibular suture?
Gomphoses
The term for a metabolic disorder caused by increased uric acid in the blood?
Gout
Where do two bones meet?
Joint, articulation
When you bend to your side that is an example of?
Lateral flexion
Which suture would you find between the two parietal bones?
Sagittarius suture
How do we classify joints?
Structure
The opposite of pronation?
Supination
Epiphyseal plate is actually a temporary joint called?
Synchondroses
When two bones grow together across a joint to form a single bone that's called?
Synostosis
What substance decreases friction in joints?
Synovial fluid
Most joints in the appendicular skeleton are what kind of joint?
Synovial joint
What kind of joint is your atlanto occipital joint?
Synovial joint
Most commonly dislocated joint in the body?
glenohumeral joint
What makes synovial fluid slippery?
hyaluronic acid
What is the name of the ligament at the head of the femur?
ligamentum teres
What is the most common arthritis?
osteoarthritis
Which joint is most movable?
synovial joint
In the TMJ joint, the mandible articulates with the
temporal bone
What is Lyme disease?
A bacterial infection given by ticks
What is the name of inflammation of any joint?
Arthritis
What covers the end of bones in synovial joints?
Articular cartilage
This joint unites two bones with fibro or hyaline cartilage?
Cartilaginous joint
What do you call a movement through 360 degrees that combines flexion, abduction, extension, and adduction?
Circumduction
Why do we want articular cartilage at the end of bones?
Creates smooth protective surface
Opposite of eversion?
Inversion
What kind of joint restricts movement to rotation of something?
Pivot joint
A joint consisting of two opposing flat surfaces is a
Plane joint
Standing on your tippy toes is an example of?
Plantar flexion
Rotating the wrist to face posteriorly
Pronation
What does a bursa do?
Provides a fluid cushion that reduces friction
