BIOL 203 Exam 2 Quiz Questions - Module 5

Raising an arm to one side of the body to stop a taxi is an example of _________ of the shoulder.

Abduction

The _______ deepens the socket of the hip joint and helps stabilize the joint.

Acetabular labrum

Suppose you cup your hands to hold some water. To limit the amount of leaking through your hands, this action would most likely require __________.

Adduction of the fingers

The __________ is not found in the elbow.

Distal radioulnar joint

The study of joint structure, function, and dysfunction is called the ______________.

Arthrology

The smooth, connective tissue lining that covers the opposing bony surfaces of a synovial joint is called __________.

Articular cartilage

Which of the following is not a major joint category?

Elastic

Radial (lateral) and ulnar (medial) collateral ligaments restrict side-to-side movements of the ______________ joint.

Elbow

When you walk up the stairs, your hip and knee joint __________ to lift your body weight.

Extend

T or F. A joint with mechanical advantage greater than 1.0 has increased speed.

False

T or F. A meniscus is a type of bursa seen in the space between the femur and tibia

False

T or F. Bony joints are the most common type of joints.

False

T or F. Bursae are structures associated with fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial joints.

False

T or F. Circumduction is limited to ball-and socket joints.

False

T or F. Fibrous joints are joints at which two bones are united by hyaline cartilage

False

T or F. Symphyses are the most common type of fibrous joints.

False

T or F. The coxal joint is a ball-and-socket joint, in which the head of the humerus articulates with the glenoid cavity of the scapula.

False

T or F. The shoulder is only multiaxial, ball-and-socket joint in the human body

False

A synostosis is the most moveable type of joint.

False; synovial joints are the most movable

The ligament that attaches the lateral femoral epicondyle to the fibula is called the _____________.

Fibular (lateral) collateral ligament (LCL)

When you hold out your hands with the palms up, ____________ your wrists will tip your palms toward you.

Flexing

Raising your hand and placing it on the shoulder of a person standing in front of you, requires __________ of the shoulder.

Flexion

A monoaxial joint, like an elbow, is capable of which one of the following movements?

Flexion and extension

A monoaxial joint, like the elbow is capable of which one of the following movements?

Flexion and extension

Unlike other joints, a ____________ does not join two bones to one another.

Gomphosis

The union of proximal and middle phalanges from _____________ joints.

Hinge

One example of a multiaxial joint is the ____________ joint.

Humeroscapular

While standing, looking up at the stars requires __________.

Hyperextension of teh neck

When standing, looking up at the stars requires

Hyperextension of the neck

Showing your palm to someone who is in front of you, as if to tell them "stop" requires ___________.

Hyperextension of the wrist

The rotator cuff tendons enclose the shoulder joint on all sides except _____________, which partly explains the nature of most shoulder dislocations.

Inferiorly

The jaw joint is the articulation of the __________ and the __________.

Mandible; temporal bone

The fibrocartilage pad between the medial condyle of the femur and the medial condyle of the tibia is called the ___________.

Medial meniscus

The proximal radioulnar joint is a __________ joint.

Pivot

The ____________ is not part of the tibiofemoral joint.

Posterior tibiofibular ligament

When doing a pushup, your shoulders _________ as your body is pushed upward.

Protract

The joint between the left and the right parietal bones is called the _____________.

Sagittal suture

The ____________ bursa is not an accessory structure of the glenohumeral joint.

Subpatellar

The joint between the L2 and L3 vertebrae is a _____________.

Symphysis

The epiphysis and diaphysis of a long bone in a child are bound by a _________.

Synchondrosis

The joint between the first costal cartilage and the sternum is a _______, whereas the other costal cartilages are joined to the sternum by _________ joints.

Synchondrosis; synovial

The joint between the first costal cartilage and the sternum is a __________ whereas the other costal cartilages are joined to the sternum by ______________ joints.

Synchondrosis; synovial

The lease moveable joints are _________ joints.

Synostosis

What do sutures, gomphoses, and syndemoses have in common?

These are all fibrous joints

T or F. An articulation is any point at which two bones meet.

True

T or F. Hinge joints, such as the tibiofemoral joint, are monoaxial.

True

T or F. Synovial fluid is rich in albumin and hyaluronic acid, which gives it a viscous texture similar to egg whites.

True

T or F. The forearm acts as a third-class lever during flexion of the elbow.

True

T or F. The main stabilizer of the shoulder is the biceps brachii muscle.

True

T or F. Under normal circumstances, the wrist can be hyperextended, but the elbow cannot.

True

The elbow has both pivot and hinge joints.

True

Some joints become synostoses by replacing ___________ with_________.

fibers; bone

To tip the soles of the feet medially, so they face each other requires_______. Tipping them out laterally so they face away from each other is _________.

inversion; eversion

The fibrocartilage pad between the medial condyle of the femur and the medial condyle of the tibia is called the _____________.

medial meniscus

Coronal, sagittal, and lambdoid are examples of _____________

serrate sutures

The joint between the diaphyses of the radius and the ulna is a _________

syndesmosis

The most moveable joints are _________joints.

synovial

The temporomandibular joint is a(n) _______________ joint.

synovial

A(n) ____________ is a sac of fluid associated with a synovial joint.

Bursa

With the elbow and wrist extended, painting a circle on a canvas requires _________ of the shoulder.

Circumduction

The metacarpophalangeal joints at the base of the fingers are ________ joints.

Condylar

Which of the following is the most stable joint?

Coxal joint

Which of the following structure prevents knee hyperextension?

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)

Which of the following is a first class lever?

The atlanto-occipital joint

Which of the following is not an anatomical component of a synovial joint?

The interossesous membrane

Which of the following is the largest and most complex diarthrosis in the body?

The knee

Which of the following is not a factor that determines the range of motion of a joint?

The length of the bone

Which of the following structures is not found in the shoulder

The radioulnar ligament

Which of the following is true regarding joints that are first-class levers?

their mechanical advantage may be either greater or less than 1.0

The talocrural joint is formed by the union of the ________, the __________, and the _________.

tibia; fibula; talus