CMTO MCQ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Abnormal muscle length, restricted joint capsule, abnormal joint shape/surfaces (fascial
restrictions too) - Answers - Name 3 things that can limit joint ROM
Long/weak muscles crossing the joint, injury to ligaments causing instability, LMN lesion
causing muscle atrophy or flaccidity in muscle/joint tissue - Answers - Name 3 things
that would cause hypermobility in a joint
Active, Passive, Resisted, Active Assisted - Answers - Name 4 types of ROM
isometric - Answers - what type of muscle contraction is occuring when the length of the
muscle stays the same throughout the contraction?
The muscle fibers are shortening during a concentric contraction - Answers - Explain a
concentric muscle contracton
eccentric - Answers - What type of contraction involves muscle lengthening?
Joint motion. The motion of each bone that makes up a joint. - Answers - Define
Arthrokinematics
Suture (skull), Syndesmosis (distal tib/fib), Gomphosis (teeth) - Answers - Name 3
Fibrous joint types
Synchondrosis (growth plates, 1st rib/manubrium), symphysis (pubic bones) - Answers -
Name 2 Cartilaginous joint types
6 - Answers - How many types of synovial joints are there?
1. plane
2. hinge
3. pivot
4. condyloid
5. saddle
6. ball and socket - Answers - Name all types of synovial joints
opposite - Answers - In the concave convex rule, if the moving bone is convex, which
direction is the glide/slide? (same or opposite)
same - Answers - If the bone that is moving is concave, the direction of slide/glide is the
_________. (same/opposite).
Abnormal muscle length, restricted joint capsule, abnormal joint shape/surfaces (fascial
restrictions too) - Answers - Name 3 things that can limit joint ROM
Long/weak muscles crossing the joint, injury to ligaments causing instability, LMN lesion
causing muscle atrophy or flaccidity in muscle/joint tissue - Answers - Name 3 things
that would cause hypermobility in a joint
Active, Passive, Resisted, Active Assisted - Answers - Name 4 types of ROM
isometric - Answers - what type of muscle contraction is occuring when the length of the
muscle stays the same throughout the contraction?
The muscle fibers are shortening during a concentric contraction - Answers - Explain a
concentric muscle contracton
eccentric - Answers - What type of contraction involves muscle lengthening?
Joint motion. The motion of each bone that makes up a joint. - Answers - Define
Arthrokinematics
Suture (skull), Syndesmosis (distal tib/fib), Gomphosis (teeth) - Answers - Name 3
Fibrous joint types
Synchondrosis (growth plates, 1st rib/manubrium), symphysis (pubic bones) - Answers -
Name 2 Cartilaginous joint types
6 - Answers - How many types of synovial joints are there?
1. plane
2. hinge
3. pivot
4. condyloid
5. saddle
6. ball and socket - Answers - Name all types of synovial joints
opposite - Answers - In the concave convex rule, if the moving bone is convex, which
direction is the glide/slide? (same or opposite)
same - Answers - If the bone that is moving is concave, the direction of slide/glide is the
_________. (same/opposite).
