GCU BIO 201 HUMAN ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY I EXAM ACTUAL TEST PAPER
WITH FULL SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
◉ Synarthroses. Answer: immovable joints
◉ Example of synarthroses joint. Answer: sutures in skull
◉ Amphiarthroses. Answer: slightly movable joints
◉ Example of amphiarthroses joints. Answer: IVT discs and ribs
◉ Diarthroses. Answer: freely movable joints
◉ Fibrous joints. Answer: no joint cavity, connected by fibrous tissue,
most immovable
◉ Types of fibrous joints. Answer: suture, syndesmoses, gomphoses
◉ Syndesmoses. Answer: bones connected by a ligament
(interosseous membrane between radius and ulna, knee)
, ◉ Gomphoses. Answer: teeth into mandible "peg-in-socket"
◉ Cartilaginous joints. Answer: connected by cartilage, no joint
cavity
◉ Types of cartilaginous joints. Answer: synchondroses, symphysis
◉ Synchondroses. Answer: bar or plate of hyaline cartilage unites
bone, immovable (epiphyseal plates connecting diaphysis and
epiphysis of long bone)
◉ Symphysis. Answer: pubic symphysis and IVT discs
◉ Synovial joint. Answer: separated by joint cavity w/ fluid, free
moving, have bursa
◉ Features of synovial joints. Answer: Articular cartilage, joint
cavity, articular capsule, synovial fluid, reinforcing ligaments
◉ Articular cartilage. Answer: hyaline cartilage covers surface of
opposing bone
◉ Articular capsule. Answer: 2 layered capsule that encloses the joint
cavity
PHYSIOLOGY I EXAM ACTUAL TEST PAPER
WITH FULL SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
◉ Synarthroses. Answer: immovable joints
◉ Example of synarthroses joint. Answer: sutures in skull
◉ Amphiarthroses. Answer: slightly movable joints
◉ Example of amphiarthroses joints. Answer: IVT discs and ribs
◉ Diarthroses. Answer: freely movable joints
◉ Fibrous joints. Answer: no joint cavity, connected by fibrous tissue,
most immovable
◉ Types of fibrous joints. Answer: suture, syndesmoses, gomphoses
◉ Syndesmoses. Answer: bones connected by a ligament
(interosseous membrane between radius and ulna, knee)
, ◉ Gomphoses. Answer: teeth into mandible "peg-in-socket"
◉ Cartilaginous joints. Answer: connected by cartilage, no joint
cavity
◉ Types of cartilaginous joints. Answer: synchondroses, symphysis
◉ Synchondroses. Answer: bar or plate of hyaline cartilage unites
bone, immovable (epiphyseal plates connecting diaphysis and
epiphysis of long bone)
◉ Symphysis. Answer: pubic symphysis and IVT discs
◉ Synovial joint. Answer: separated by joint cavity w/ fluid, free
moving, have bursa
◉ Features of synovial joints. Answer: Articular cartilage, joint
cavity, articular capsule, synovial fluid, reinforcing ligaments
◉ Articular cartilage. Answer: hyaline cartilage covers surface of
opposing bone
◉ Articular capsule. Answer: 2 layered capsule that encloses the joint
cavity
