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Example Question #28 : Skeletal And Articular Physiology
Which joint type allows for little to no movement between the connected bones?
Diarthrotic joints
Cartilaginous joints
Fibrous joints
Synovial joints
Fibrous joints
There are three main joint categories: synovial, fibrous, and cartilaginous. Synovial joints have the largest range of movement, and are characterized by the presence of articular cartilage and synovial fluid. Fibrous joints lack cartilage and allow for little to no movement. Cartilaginous joints are formed by bands of cartilage between bones, and generally have some limited movement. The shoulder is a synovial joint, the sutures of the skull are fibrous joints, and the intervertebral joints are cartilaginous joints.
Diarthrosis is used to describe joints with wide ranges of movement. Amphiarthrosis describes joints with limited movement, while synarthrosis describes joints with no movement. Almost all fibrous joints are synarthrotic.
Example Question #1 : Help With Joint Physiology
Which of the following types of joints exists between the phalanges in your fingers?
Saddle joints
Biaxial joints
Gliding joints
Ball and socket joints
Hinge joints
Hinge joints
Your fingers are able to flex and extend. This type of motion is bidirectional, but along only one axis. This type of joint is called a hinge joint, at which you are able to flex and extend along an axis, with no side to side motion.
Example Question #2 : Help With Joint Physiology
What gelatinous material primarily allows for the compression and torsion forces that dictate motion in spinal joints and vertebrae?
Fibrocartilage
Nucleus pulposus
Lumbar cushion
Hyaline cartilage
Annulus fibrosus
Nucleus pulposus
The nucleus pulposus is a gelatinous, spongy material located in the core of the vertebral disk. This material responds directly to the pressures of the spinal joints, allowing for twisting, compressing, and stretching forces acting upon the spinal joints and vertebrae. This material can become less resilient with age, but generally does not disintegrate or die as other structures do.
Example Question #3 : Help With Joint Physiology
The rhomboids downwardly rotate the scapula at the __________ joint.
spinal
glenohumeral
facet
scapulocostal
sternoclavicular
scapulocostal
When the rhomboids contract, they pull on the scapula, causing the inferior angle of the scapula to swing up toward the spine. This causes the glenoid fossa to orient downward. Thus, the scapula is downwardly rotated by the rhomboids at the scapulocostal joint.
Example Question #4 : Help With Joint Physiology
When the trunk is fixed and the psoas minor contracts, it pulls the pelvis anteriorly and superiorly towards the spine. This motion is called posterior tilt of the pelvis and occurs at the __________ joint.
lumbosacral
costospinal
thoracic spinal
sacroiliac
hip
lumbosacral
When the psoas minor contracts to flex the lower trunk relative to the upper trunk, this posterior tilting of the pelvis occurs at the lumbosacral joint.
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