HBIO 301 CHAPTER 9 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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What are the structural classifications of joints?
Fibrous
Cartilaginous
Synovial
How do fibrous joints unite bones?
By collagenic fibers
How do cartilaginous joints unite bones?
By hyaline cartilage and fibrocartilage
How do synovial joints unite bones?
Bones separated by joint cavity and covered with articular cartilage
Enclosed with an articular capsule and line with synovial membrane
What are the functional classifications of joints?
Synarthroses
Amphiarthroses
Diarthroses
What are synarthroses and where are the common?
Immovable
Axial skeleton
What are amphiarthroses and where are they common?
,Slightly moveable
Axial skeleton
What are diarthroses and where are they common?
Freely movable
Appendicular skeleton
What type of joint are all synovial joints?
Diarthroses
What are the types of fibrous joints?
Sutures, syndesmoses, gomphoses
What is the degree of flexibility for fibrous joints?
Immovable or slightly moveable
What type of tissue are most fibrous joints?
Dense regular connective
What are fibrous suture joints like and where are they found?
Short fibers, immobile
ONLY between bones of skull
What are synostoses?
Closed sutures that have ossified in middle age
What are fibrous syndesmosis joints like?
Longer fibers
Slight mobile and immobile depending on fiber length
Bones connected exclusively by ligaments
What are examples of fibrous syndesmosis joints?
, 1. Tibiofibular joint (immovable)
2. Interosseous membrane between radius and ulna (freely moveable)
What are fibrous gomphoses like?
Immobile
What is the one example of a fibrous gomphosis joint?
Tooth in socket
What is the connecting ligament in a gomphosis?
Periodontal ligament
Which types of joints have no joint cavity?
Fibrous
Cartilaginous
What are the 2 types of cartilaginous joints?
Synchondroses
Symphyses
What are synchondroses made of? What's their mobility? Where are they found?
Hyaline cartilage
Immobile
Epiphyseal plates (temporarily) and joint between 1st rib and manubrium
What are symphyses made of? What's their mobility? What do they do? Where
are they found?
Fibrocartilage
Slightly movable
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
What are the structural classifications of joints?
Fibrous
Cartilaginous
Synovial
How do fibrous joints unite bones?
By collagenic fibers
How do cartilaginous joints unite bones?
By hyaline cartilage and fibrocartilage
How do synovial joints unite bones?
Bones separated by joint cavity and covered with articular cartilage
Enclosed with an articular capsule and line with synovial membrane
What are the functional classifications of joints?
Synarthroses
Amphiarthroses
Diarthroses
What are synarthroses and where are the common?
Immovable
Axial skeleton
What are amphiarthroses and where are they common?
,Slightly moveable
Axial skeleton
What are diarthroses and where are they common?
Freely movable
Appendicular skeleton
What type of joint are all synovial joints?
Diarthroses
What are the types of fibrous joints?
Sutures, syndesmoses, gomphoses
What is the degree of flexibility for fibrous joints?
Immovable or slightly moveable
What type of tissue are most fibrous joints?
Dense regular connective
What are fibrous suture joints like and where are they found?
Short fibers, immobile
ONLY between bones of skull
What are synostoses?
Closed sutures that have ossified in middle age
What are fibrous syndesmosis joints like?
Longer fibers
Slight mobile and immobile depending on fiber length
Bones connected exclusively by ligaments
What are examples of fibrous syndesmosis joints?
, 1. Tibiofibular joint (immovable)
2. Interosseous membrane between radius and ulna (freely moveable)
What are fibrous gomphoses like?
Immobile
What is the one example of a fibrous gomphosis joint?
Tooth in socket
What is the connecting ligament in a gomphosis?
Periodontal ligament
Which types of joints have no joint cavity?
Fibrous
Cartilaginous
What are the 2 types of cartilaginous joints?
Synchondroses
Symphyses
What are synchondroses made of? What's their mobility? Where are they found?
Hyaline cartilage
Immobile
Epiphyseal plates (temporarily) and joint between 1st rib and manubrium
What are symphyses made of? What's their mobility? What do they do? Where
are they found?
Fibrocartilage
Slightly movable
