Chamberlain College of Nursing Anatomy and physiology

Chamberlain
College of Nursing
A&P 1 Final Exam
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,synovial joints - CORRECT ANSWERS -freely movable joints ex: hip, knee, shoulder

cartilaginous joints - CORRECT ANSWERS -allow only slight movement and consist of
bones connected entirely by cartilage

synchondrosis joint - CORRECT ANSWERS -Bones are joined by Hyaline cartilage only
ex: Epiphyseal plate

symphysis - CORRECT ANSWERS -two bones joined by fibrocartilage ex: Pubic
symphysis

suture joint - CORRECT ANSWERS -immovable joint, such as between the bones of
the skull

syndesmoses joint - CORRECT ANSWERS -More dense fibrous CT than a suture ex:
Gomphosis

interosseous joint - CORRECT ANSWERS -sheet of dense fibrous connective tissue
Ex: between radius and ulna

syntharoses joints - CORRECT ANSWERS -Allows no movement ex: Suture,
gomphosis

Amphiarthroses - CORRECT ANSWERS -slightly movable joint
ex. pubic symphysis, intervertebral discs

Diarthroses - CORRECT ANSWERS -freely movable joint ex: hip, knee, shoulder,
elbow

epiphyseal cartilage - CORRECT ANSWERS -The cartilaginous region between the
epiphysis and diaphysis of a growing bone ex: growth plate

bursa - CORRECT ANSWERS -fluid-filled sac that allows for easy movement of one
part of a joint over another

tendon sheath - CORRECT ANSWERS -an elongated bursa that wraps completely
around a tendon subjected to friction

gliding joint - CORRECT ANSWERS -allows one bone to slide over another; found in
wrist and ankles

angular joint - CORRECT ANSWERS -hyper-extension, extension, flexion, lateral
flexion, adduction, abduction, and circumduction

Rotation - CORRECT ANSWERS -CIRCULAR MOVEMENT AROUND AN AXIS ex:
lateral and medial rotation

, Special Joint Movements - CORRECT ANSWERS -elevation, depression, protraction,
retraction, supination, pronation, inversion, eversion, dorsiflexion, plantar flexion

plane joint - CORRECT ANSWERS -side to side movement and back and forth

hinge joint - CORRECT ANSWERS -Joint between bones (as at the elbow or knee) that
permits motion in only one plane

pivot joint - CORRECT ANSWERS -the rounded or pointed surface of one bone
articulates with a ring formed partly by another bone and partly by a ligament

Factors Affecting Contact and Range
of Motion at Synovial Joints - CORRECT ANSWERS -Structure and shape of the
articulating
bones, Strength and tautness of the joint ligaments, Arrangement and tension of the
muscles, Contact of soft parts, Hormones, Disuse

Mandible - CORRECT ANSWERS -lower jaw

Maxilla - CORRECT ANSWERS -upper jaw

mental foramen - CORRECT ANSWERS -

Zygomatic bone - CORRECT ANSWERS -cheek bone

squamous suture - CORRECT ANSWERS -Between parietal and temporal bones

parietal bone of skull - CORRECT ANSWERS -

Temporal bone - CORRECT ANSWERS -

Frontal Bone
(anterior view) - CORRECT ANSWERS -

scaphoid bone - CORRECT ANSWERS -

Lunate - CORRECT ANSWERS -

Triquetral - CORRECT ANSWERS -

Pisiform - CORRECT ANSWERS -

trapezium bone - CORRECT ANSWERS -

Trapezoid - CORRECT ANSWERS -