Exam 8: Joints

Supination is the movement of the forearm in which the palm of the hand is turned anteriorly or superiorly.

All joints permit some degree of movement, even if very slight.

Antibiotic treatment would be recommended for ________.

Performing "jumping jacks" requires________.

After reading a medical report, you learn that a 45-year-old female has the following symptoms:inflammation of synovial membranes, accumulation of synovial fluid, pain and tenderness about the joints, pannus formation, and some immobility at certain joints. On the basis of these symptoms, what would the patient probably have?

Although uric acid is a normal waste product of nucleic acid metabolism, excessive levels lead to goutyarthritis. How does this waste product build up and cause so much pain when things go wrong and why is it more common in men?

Synovial joints have six distinguishing features. What are they?

A joint united by fibrocartilage tissue that usually permits a slight degree of movement is a________.

An individual with a "double-jointed" thumb can pull it back towards the wrist much farther than normal. What does it mean to be "double-jointed?"

Moving a limb so that it describes a cone in space is called circumduction.

In the classification of joints, which of the following is true?

Flexion of the ankle so that the superior aspect of the foot approaches the shin is called dorsiflexion.

A fibrous joint that is a peg-in-socket is called a ________ joint.

A person who has been diagnosed with a sprained ankle has an injury to the ligaments that attach to that joint.

Maggie is a 28-year-old Caucasian woman who has newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis. She complains of painful, stiff hands and feet, feeling tired all the time, and reports an intermittent low-grade fever. She asks the nurse if she is going to be "crippled." How might the nurse explain the pathophysiology ofrheumatoid arthritis?

Extracapsular ligaments stabilizing the knee include ________.

Which ligament restricts side-t o-side movements at the elbow?

The only movement allowed between the first two cervical vertebrae is flexion.

Presence of a synovial cavity, articular cartilage, synovial membrane, and ligaments are characteristics of what type of joint?

Hinge joints permit movement in only two planes.