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
