Ch 8 Practice Questions

The site where two or more bones meet is called a(n)

• alignment site

• articulation site

• cartilage connection site

• none of the above

Which of the following correctly lists the three structural types of joints?

• Fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial 

• Synarthrotic, diarthrotic, amphiarthrotic 

• Bony, cartilaginous, immovable 

• Sutures, syndesmoses, gomphoses 

Which is correctly matched? 

• Synarthroses; freely moveable joints 

• Amphiarthroses; slightly moveable 

• Diarthroses; immoveable 

• All of correctly matched 

Which is not a fibrous joint? 

• Suture 

• Gomphosis

• Synchondrosis

• Syndesmosis

The ______ the ligament fibers of a syndesmosis, the ______ the degree of movement. 

• wider; smaller 

• shorter; greater 

• longer; smaller

• longer; greater

Which of the following joints is a site of long bone growth? 

• Gomphosis

• Ball and socket

• Synchondrosis

• Symphysis

• c and d

When someone has "slipped a disc" of the vertebral column, which type of joint is disrupted? 

• Symphysis

• Synchondrosis

• Suture

• Gomphosis

• The connections between the vertebrae are not examples of joints 

All synovial joints are ______. 

• amphiarthrotic 

• diarthrotic 

• synarthrotic 

• a and c 

• none of the above

Which synovial joint components is responsible for secreting synovial fluid? 

• Articular capsule

• Synovial cavity

• Articular cartilage

• Synovial membrane

• b and c

Much of the friction associated with synovial joints is reduced by the presence of ______. 

• bursae

• fibrous capsules

• fatty pads

• tendons

• b and d