Question 1

Why are epiphyseal plates considered temporary joints?

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Question 2

Figure 8.2
Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name.
-Turning the foot medially at the ankle would be called .

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Question 3

Figure 8.2
Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name.
-Joint 4.

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Question 4

While the fingers can exhibit flexion and extension and other angular motions, the thumb has much greater freedom. Why?

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Question 5

Figure 8.1
  Figure 8.2
Using Figure 8.2, what type of axis does each joint have?Using Figure 8.1, match the following:
-Joint (synovial) cavity.

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  Figure 8.2
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Question 6

Fluid- filled fibrous sacs lined with a synovial membrane and occurring where ligaments, muscles, and tendons rub together are called .

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Question 7

Although uric acid is a normal waste product of nucleic acid metabolism, why are so many men suffering from a condition known as gouty arthritis? How does this product that should be eliminated in the urine cause so much pain when things go wrong?

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Question 8

For each of the following movements, indicate the specific kind of joint involved (e.g., hinge, etc.) and the movement performed (e.g., extension, etc.).
a. Bending the elbow: , _ .
b. Turning head side to side: _ _, _ .
c. Lowering your arm to your side: _ , _ .
d. Turning the sole of foot medially: , _.

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Question 9

Joint 2.

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Joint 2 only allows for movement in one axis, specifically in the sagittal plane, making it uniaxial.

Question 10

Why is muscle tone the most important stabilizing factor for most joints?

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Question 11

After reading a medical report, you learn that a 45- year- old female has the following symptoms: inflammation of synovial membranes, accumulation of synovial fluid, pain and tenderness about the joints, pannus formation, and some immobility at certain joints. On the basis of these symptoms, what would the patient probably have?

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Question 12

The joint between the frontal and parietal bones is classified by material as a joint.

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Question 13

Synovial joints have five major features. What are they?

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Question 14

Figure 8.2
Using Figure 8.2, what type of axis does each joint have?
-Joint 5.

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Question 15

Figure 8.2
Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name.
-Joint 5.

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Question 16

Joint 3.

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Question 17

Figure 8.2
Using Figure 8.2, what type of axis does each joint have?
-Joint 1.

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Question 18

Figure 8.2
Using Figure 8.2, what type of axis does each joint have?
-Joint 6.

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Question 19

Moving your jaw forward, causing an underbite, is called .

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Question 20

Figure 8.2
Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name.
-Joint 3.

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Quiz 8: Joints

Why are epiphyseal plates considered temporary joints?

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name. -Turning the foot medially at the ankle would be called .

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name. -Joint 4.

While the fingers can exhibit flexion and extension and other angular motions, the thumb has much greater freedom. Why?

Figure 8.1 Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, what type of axis does each joint have?Using Figure 8.1, match the following: -Joint (synovial) cavity.

Fluid- filled fibrous sacs lined with a synovial membrane and occurring where ligaments, muscles, and tendons rub together are called .

Although uric acid is a normal waste product of nucleic acid metabolism, why are so many men suffering from a condition known as gouty arthritis? How does this product that should be eliminated in the urine cause so much pain when things go wrong?

Joint 2.

Why is muscle tone the most important stabilizing factor for most joints?

The joint between the frontal and parietal bones is classified by material as a joint.

Synovial joints have five major features. What are they?

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, what type of axis does each joint have? -Joint 5.

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name. -Joint 5.

Joint 3.

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, what type of axis does each joint have? -Joint 1.

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, what type of axis does each joint have? -Joint 6.

Moving your jaw forward, causing an underbite, is called .

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name. -Joint 3.