Exam 9: Joints

If you stand on tiptoes to reach something high, you are performing at the ankle.

Symphyses are the most common type of fibrous joints.

The elbow has both pivot and hinge joints.

The shoulder is stabilized mainly by the biceps brachii muscle on the anterior side of the arm.

The does not belong to the tibiofemoral joint.

Raising an arm to one side of the body to stop a taxi is an example of of the shoulder.

The talocrural joint is a meeting of

Suppose you cup your hands to hold some water.This action would most likely involve

tips the soles medially, like facing each other, and tips the soles laterally, away from each other.

The joint between costal cartilage 1 and the sternum is a , whereas the other costal cartilages are joined to the sternum by joints.

A meniscus is a type of bursa seen in the space between the femur and tibia.

The deepens the socket of the hip joint and helps stabilize the joint.

To raise your hand and place it on the shoulder of a person standing in front of you involves of the shoulder.

When you hold out your hands with the palms up, of your wrists will tip your palms toward you.

The study of joint structure, function, and dysfunction is called

When you walk up the stairs your hip and knee joints to lift your body weight.

The is not found in the elbow.

Hinge joints, such as the tibiofemoral joint, are monaxial.

The radioulnar joint is a

Bursae are structures associated with fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial joints.