ASU BIO 201- Joints| Questions with 100% Correct
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Define "joint" - ANSWER a point at which parts of an artificial structure are joined
Name the term that is synonymous with joint - ANSWER Articulations
Define arthrology - ANSWER the study of joints
Define kinesiology - ANSWER the study of musculoskeletal movement
Explain how joints are named - ANSWER they are derived from the names of the bones
involved
Define diarthrosis - ANSWER freely movable
ex: carpals, elbow, knee
Define amphiarthrosis - ANSWER slightly movable
ex: joints between the skull bones surrounding the brain,pubic symphysis or an
intervertebral cartilaginous joint., the elbow joint
Define synarthrosis - ANSWER little or no movement
ex: fibrous joints of the skull sutures and the cartilaginous manubriosternal joint
, List four types of joints based on the way they adjacent bones are joined - ANSWER
bony, fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial joints
Explain the discrepancy between the number of bones in infants and adults - ANSWER
the frontal and mandibular bones in infants, cranial sutures in elderly, attachment of
first rib and sternum with old age
Describe a synostosis and give examples of where they are located - ANSWER bony joint
in the fibrous or cartilaginous joints
List and describe the three types of fibrous joints - ANSWER sutures, gomphoses,
syndesmoses
Examples of sutures - ANSWER cranial sutures
Examples of gomphoses - ANSWER the roots of the teeth (the pegs) fit into their sockets
in the mandible and maxilla
Examples of syndesmoses - ANSWER manubriosternal joint or the joints between the
skull bones surrounding the brain, in-between the radius and ulna as well as the tibia
and fibula
Recognize three types of sutures - ANSWER serrate, lap (squamous), plane (butt)
Examples of serrate sutures - ANSWER coronal, sagittal, lambdoid
Examples of lap (squamous) - ANSWER temporal and parietal bone, squamous suture
Solutions
Define "joint" - ANSWER a point at which parts of an artificial structure are joined
Name the term that is synonymous with joint - ANSWER Articulations
Define arthrology - ANSWER the study of joints
Define kinesiology - ANSWER the study of musculoskeletal movement
Explain how joints are named - ANSWER they are derived from the names of the bones
involved
Define diarthrosis - ANSWER freely movable
ex: carpals, elbow, knee
Define amphiarthrosis - ANSWER slightly movable
ex: joints between the skull bones surrounding the brain,pubic symphysis or an
intervertebral cartilaginous joint., the elbow joint
Define synarthrosis - ANSWER little or no movement
ex: fibrous joints of the skull sutures and the cartilaginous manubriosternal joint
, List four types of joints based on the way they adjacent bones are joined - ANSWER
bony, fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial joints
Explain the discrepancy between the number of bones in infants and adults - ANSWER
the frontal and mandibular bones in infants, cranial sutures in elderly, attachment of
first rib and sternum with old age
Describe a synostosis and give examples of where they are located - ANSWER bony joint
in the fibrous or cartilaginous joints
List and describe the three types of fibrous joints - ANSWER sutures, gomphoses,
syndesmoses
Examples of sutures - ANSWER cranial sutures
Examples of gomphoses - ANSWER the roots of the teeth (the pegs) fit into their sockets
in the mandible and maxilla
Examples of syndesmoses - ANSWER manubriosternal joint or the joints between the
skull bones surrounding the brain, in-between the radius and ulna as well as the tibia
and fibula
Recognize three types of sutures - ANSWER serrate, lap (squamous), plane (butt)
Examples of serrate sutures - ANSWER coronal, sagittal, lambdoid
Examples of lap (squamous) - ANSWER temporal and parietal bone, squamous suture
