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are the least movable joints.


A) Symphyses
B) Synchondroses
C) Syndesmoses
D) Gomphoses
E) Synostoses

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Your shoulders when you reach to push a revolving door.


A) protract
B) retract
C) supinate
D) hyperextend
E) elevate

F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

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The joint between L2 and L3 is a


A) synostosis.
B) gomphosis.
C) synchondrosis.
D) symphysis.
E) syndesmosis.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Which is the most stable joint?


A) coxal joint
B) glenohumeral joint
C) tibiofemoral joint
D) humeroulnar joint
E) humeroradial joint

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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The epiphysis and diaphysis of a long bone in a child are bound by a


A) synchondrosis.
B) symphysis.
C) serrate suture.
D) lap suture.
E) plane suture.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Suppose you are looking at the back of your hand and you turn your fingers upward to admire a new ring.A motion employed in this would be


A) dorsiflexion of the hand.
B) hyperextension of the wrist.
C) extension of the wrist.
D) flexion of the wrist.
E) hyperextension of the metacarpophalangeal joints.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Circumduction is limited to ball-and-socket joints.

A) True
B) False

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The jaw joint is the articulation of


A) mandible and temporal bone.
B) mandible and sphenoid bone.
C) mandible and zygomatic bone.
D) mandible and maxilla.
E) maxilla and zygomatic.

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Radial (lateral) and ulnar (medial) collateral ligaments restrict side-to-side movements of the joint.


A) shoulder
B) elbow
C) wrist
D) hip
E) knee

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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The wrist can be hyperextended but the elbow cannot.

A) True
B) False

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These are the major categories of joints, except


A) elastic.
B) synovial.
C) cartilaginous.
D) fibrous.
E) bony.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Some joints become synostoses by


A) the replacement of fibers with cartilage.
B) the replacement of cartilage with fibers.
C) the replacement of bone with cartilage.
D) the replacement of bone with fibers.
E) the replacement of fibers with bone.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

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An articulation is any point at which two bones meet.

A) True
B) False

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What do sutures, gomphoses, and syndesmoses have in common?


A) these are joints found only in the appendicular skeleton
B) these are joints found only in the axial skeleton
C) these are bony joints
D) these are fibrous joints
E) these are cartilaginous joints

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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A baseball player winding up for the pitch the shoulder.


A) rotates
B) circumducts
C) extends
D) flexes
E) elevates

F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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Bony joints are the most common type of joints.

A) True
B) False

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Synovial fluid is rich in albumin and hyaluronic acid, which give it a viscous texture similar to egg white.

A) True
B) False

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are the most movable joints.


A) Symphyses
B) Synovial joints
C) Syndesmoses
D) Gomphoses
E) Synchondroses

F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

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The metacarpophalangeal joints at the base of the fingers are joints.


A) ball-and-socket
B) condylar
C) pivot
D) hinge
E) plane (gliding)

F) A) and C)
G) D) and E)

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These are all structures found in the shoulder joint except


A) the glenohumeral ligament.
B) the transverse humeral ligament.
C) the coracohumeral ligament.
D) the radioulnar ligament.
E) the rotator cuff.

F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

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