lab 6
True/false. All synovial joints are diarthroses, or reply movable joints.
True
True/false. The fingers of the hand and the toes of the foot-with the exception of the great toe and the thumb-each have three phalanges
True
Movement of a limb away from the idling or median plane of the body in the frontal plane is known as
abduction
The functional classification of joints is based on:
amount of movement allowed by the joint
The ___ skeleton is made up of 126 bones of the limbs and girdles
appendicular
The hip joint is an example of a ___ synovial joint
ball and socket
True/false. The knee joint is the most freely movable joint in the body
false
You are studying a pelvis that is wide and shallow. The acetabula are small and far apart. The pubic arch is rounded and greater than 90 degrees. It appears to be tilted forward, with a wide, short sacrum. Is this a male or female pelvis?
female
The strongest, heaviest bone of the body is the ___
femur
Name one of the two functions of an articulation, or joint
hold bone together and allow movement
The arm consists of one long bone, the ___
humerus
Every muscle of the body is attached to a bone or other connective tissue structure at two points. The ___ is the more movable attachment.
insertion
The hand consists of three groups of bones. The carpals make up the wrist. The ___ make up the palm, and the phalanges make up the fingers.
metacarples
The ___, or "knee cap", is a sesamoid bone that is found within the quadriceps tendon
patella
The pectoral/pelvic girdle attaches the upper limb to the axial skeleton
pectoral
This type of movement is common in ball and socket joints and can be described as the movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis. it is ___
rotation
The ___, on the posterior thorax, are roughly triangular in shape. They have no direct attachment to the axial skeleton but are held in place by trunk muscles.
scapulae
Structural classification of joints includes fibrous, cartilaginous, and ___, articulating bones
synovial
Each foot has a total of ___ bones
26
