BIOL 2401 Exam 3 REVIEW Dr. Lee BIOL
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Articulations Ans: Where 2 or more bones unite. Designed for
"motility" Weakest part of the skeletal system.
Synarthroses (synarthroctic) Ans: Immovable joints
Amphiarthroses (amphiarotic) Ans: Slight movement
Diarthroses (Diarthrotic) Ans: freely moveable
fibrous joints Ans: Interlocking junctions filled with connective
tissue fibers.
Synarthoric joints Ans: Joints with no cavity
cartilaginous joints Ans: Lack of joint cavity
synovial joints Ans: a Diarthrotic, fluid filled joint cavity.
fetal skull Ans: does a fetal skull or adult skull have more bones?
synovial joints Ans: all limb joints and majority of joints in the
body are what?
Bones of the skull Ans: What fuses together as we age?
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, Fontanels Ans: Unossified remnants of fibrous membranes
between fetal skull bones
Larger anterior fontanel Ans: What may take up to 18 to 24
months before completing ossification to suture formations
Bursae Ans: Fibrous sacs of synovial fluid designed to reduce
friction between articulating structures tend to rub together
shoulder joint Ans: ball and socket synovial joint
hip joint Ans: Ball & Socket joint. Head of proximal femur
articulates with the acetabulum.
Bursae Ans: what lie between ligaments, muscles, skin, tendons
and bones which would rub together and be broken down
tendon sheath Ans: elongated bursa that wraps completely around
a tendon
Shoulder joint Ans: in this joint the head of humerus articulates
with the glenoid cavity of the scapula
Hip joint Ans: this joint has a deeper socket than the shoulder
therefore greater stability and less prone to dislocation but also
has less range of motion (ROM).
knee joint Ans: Largest most complex synovial joint of the human
body. Flexes, extends & rotates.
collateral ligaments, cruciate ligaments, catrilages
(menisci) Ans: Common knee injuries involved the 3 C's
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