Types of Movements
Bending of the leg at the knee is what type of joint movement?
What is Flexion
Pulling the mandible posteriorly is what type of joint movement?
What is Retraction
Joints that are joined by ligaments or short sheets of fibrous connective tissues are what structural type (broad category) of joints?
What are Fibrous Joints
Synovial joints that are nearly flat or slightly curved are what structural type of joints?
What are Gliding or Plane Joints?
When ligaments reinforcing a joint are torn or excessively stretched is called a what?
What is a Sprain
Straightening the leg at the knee is what type of joint movement?
What is Extension
Sliding the mandible forward is what type of joint movement?
What is Protraction
Joints connected by fibrocartilage or hyaline cartilage are what structural type of joints?
What are Cartilaginous Joints
Synovial joints where the convex surface of one bone fits into the concave surface of another and rotate around a single axis are what structural type of joints?
What are Hinge Joints
What type of joint arthritis usually results from articular cartilage wearing away with age?
What is osteoarthritis
Moving your feet to stand on your toes is what type of joint movement?
What is Plantar Flexion
Twisting the head from side to side at the neck is what type of joint movement?
What is Rotation
Joints which allow free movement are which structural type of joints?
What are Synovial Joint
Joints that have the cylindrical surface of one bone rotating within a ring of bone and ligament are what type of joints?
What are Pivot Joints?
How a torn meniscus may be treated
What is arthroscopic surgery
Pointing your toes, by way of the ankle, up to your nose is what kind of movement?
What is Dorsiflexion
Turning the hand so the palm is upward or facing the anterior in anatomical position is what type of joint movement?
What is Supination
Joint that consists of a bone with a head articulating with a cup shaped activity of another bone are what type of synovial joints?
What are Ball and Socket Joints?
Synovial joints that form between bones who articulating surfaces have both concave and convex regions and are bi-axial are what type of joints?
What are Saddle Joints
An autoimmune disease which targets the joints and causes the breakdown of the articular cartilage and fusion of bone.
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Continuing extension of the leg at the knee beyond standard anatomical position is what type of joint movement?
What is Hyperextension
Turning the hand so the palm is downward or facing the posterior in anatomical position is what type of joint movement?
What is Pronation
Joints that have an oval shaped condyle of one bone fitting into an elliptical cavity of another bone are what specific structural type of joints?
What are Condyloid or Ellipsidal joints?
An articulation of two or more bones is called a what?
What is a Joint
Men tend to develop degenerative changes at this part of the body.
What is the vertebral column?