QUIZ: Skeletal

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): elbow and knee

hinge joint

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): between atlas axis, between radius and humerus

pivot joint

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): to turn or spin

rotation

The breastbone is called the:

sternum.

Match the term to its description: fibrous, immovable joint

synarthrosis

Match the term to its description: lubricates synovial joints

synovial fluid

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): take away from the midline

abduction

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): move toward the midline

adduction

Match the term to its description: slightly movable joint (cartilagenous)

amphiarthrosis

Match the term to its description: found at the ends of bones, helps to absorb impact, cushion and keep friction low

articular cartilage

Match the term to its description: another word for a joint

articulation

Another name for the first cervical vertebra (C1) is the _________.

atlas

Another name for the second cervical vertebra (C2) is the ______.

axis

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): shoulder and hip

ball and socket joint

This bone connects the manubrium of the sternum to the acromion process of the scapula. (It is also called the collar bone)

clavicle

Match the term to its description: freely movable joint (synovial)

diarthrosis

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): increase the angle between bones

extension

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): decrease the angle between bones

flexion

Bone number 6 is both a false rib and a ____________ rib.

floating

Match the term to its description: fibrous connective tissue that seals around the joint between two bones

joint capsule

Match the term to its description: space between two bones

joint cavity

Match the term to its description: fibrous connective tissue that attaches bones to bones

ligament

Top of the sternum

manubrium

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): hinge joint

type of joint that only allows for flexion and extension

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): pivot joint

type of joint that only allows rotation

Match the term to its description (do not match identical words like hinge joint with hinge joint): ball-and-socket joint

type of joint that primarily allows for abduction and adduction

Bottom of the sternum

xiphoid process