Chapter 9 -

Correctly identify the following anatomical parts of the temporomandibular joint.

?bottom right?

Chronic pain and inflammation of a joint is called __________.

Arthritis

How are individual joints typically named?

Based on the names of the bones involved in the joint

T/F If the mechanical advantage is greater than 1.0, the lever produces more force, but less speed or distance, than the force exerted on it. If the mechanical advantage is less than 1.0, the lever produces more speed or distance, but less force, than the input.

True

T/F In old age, some cranial sutures become obliterated by ossification and the adjacent cranial bones, such as the parietal bones, fuse.

True

An articulation, or joint, is defined as ___________.

any point where two bones meet.

Choose the accurate statement(s) regarding the types of fibrous joints. Check all that apply.

1. In syndesmoses joints, the fibers are longer and the attached bones are more movable.In syndesmoses joints, the fibers are longer and the attached bones are more movable. 2. In sutures and gomphoses, the fibers are very short and allow for little or no movement. 3.

What is movement of the foot upwards, as when walking on your heels, called?

Dorsiflexion

The classification of a joint as bony, fibrous, cartilaginous, or synovial describes which of the following? -How much motion is allowed by the joint -How the bone ends are held together within the joint -The number of axes a joint has

How the bone ends are held together within the joint

Identify the correct statement regarding the three types of sutures.

Lap sutures occur where two bones have overlapping beveled edges.

What is a syndesmosis held together by?

Long collagen fibers

What is a cartilaginous joint in which hyaline cartilage binds the bones together called?

Synchondrosis

Which structure attaches a muscle to bone and helps stabilize a synovial joint?

Tendon