Types of Joints
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Between the atlas and axis vertebrae, what form of joint is found?
What will happen if the cells of the anterior horn of the spinal cord are destroyed?
Sensory impulses
Commissural impulses
Voluntary motor impulses
Integrating impulses
In which one of the following preparations are you likely to come across cell junctions most frequently?
Tendon
Ciliated epithelium
Thrombocytes
Hyaline cartilage
Name the structure that protects the spinal cord.
The tissue that attaches the muscle to the bones is ______.
Cartilage.
Tendons.
Ligaments.
Nerves.
Which of the following are examples of ellipsoid joint?
The wrist joint
The metacarpophalangeal joints
The metatarsophalangeal joints
All of these
Bones which enclose the organs of our body that lie below the abdomen is pelvic bone.
True
False
Sprain of the body is due to the pulling of
Nerves
Tendons
Muscles
Ligament
What is spinal cord?
(i) Ball and socket joint | - Between humerus and pectoral girdle |
(ii) Pivot joint | - Between carpal and metacarpal |
(iii) Saddle joint | - Between atlas and axis |
(iv) Gliding joint | - Between the carpals |
(v) Fibrous joint | - In flat skull bones |
- (ii) Only
- (ii) and (iii)
- (v) Only
- (i) and (iv)
What will happen if ligaments are cut or broken?
Bones will move freely at the joint
There will not be movement at the joint
Joint will become unstable
Joint remains stable, but it hurts
A. Pivot | 1. Elbow |
B. Gliding | 2. Shoulder |
C. Ball and socket | 3. Neck |
D. Hinge | 4. Wrist |
- A- 3, B- 4, C- 2, D- 1
- A- 4, B- 3, C- 1, D- 2
- A- 4, B- 3, C- 2, D- 1
- A- 1, B- 2, C- 3, D- 4
Which organ is affected when a person suffers from laryngeal oedema
Nose
Sinuses
Eyes
Airways
Identify the type of joint from the clues given below.
1. It allows movement in all directions
2. It is found in the shoulders
- Pivotal
- Hinge
- Saddle
- Ball and socket
- Shoulder joint
- Knee joint
- Hip joint
- Elbow joint
- Hinge joint
- Fixed joint
- Ball and socket joint
- All of the above
-Aves have two forelimbs that are modified for flight.
What do they mean so?
- Wrist joints
- Both A and B
- Shoulder joints
- Hip joints
- Saddle
- Hinge
- Ball and socket
- Pivot
- Condyloid
- Striated muscles.
- Cartilage.
- Smooth muscles.
- Tendons / ligaments.
- P - Gliding joint; Q - Pivot joint
- P - Hinge joint; Q - Ball and socket joint
- P - Pivot joint; Q - Hinge joint
- P - Hinge joint; Q - Gliding joint
- Hard tissue
- Bone to bone
- Bone to muscle
- Flexible tissue
Match the following and choose the correct option
Types of synovial~jointsBones involvedA. Ball and socket1. Carpal and metacarpal of thumbB. Hinge2. Atlas and axisC. Pivot3. Frontal & ParietalD. Saddle4. Knee5. Humerus and pectoral girdle
A = 1, B = 3, C = 4, D = 5
A = 5, B = 4, C = 2, D = 1
A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 1
A = 1, B = 2, C = 5, D = 4
- Pubic symphysis
- Tip of nose
- Ear pinna
- Sternal part of ribs
- Human
- Rabbit
- Both of the above
- Frog
Which two joints move the same way in our skeleton?
Knee joints and the neck
Knee joints and elbow joints
Shoulder joints and the elbow joint
Ankle joints and the neck joints
Joints are lubricated by:
Peritoneal fluid
Pleural fluid
Synovial fluid
Lymphatic fluid
- gliding joints
- hinge joints
- saddle joints
- pivot joints
- Ball and socket joints
- Fixed joints
- Hinge joints
- None of the above
Type of joint | Example |
(a) Cartilaginous joint | between frontal and parietal |
(b) Pivot joint | between third and fourth cervical vertebrae |
(c) Hinge joint | between humerus and pectoral girdle |
(d) Gliding joint | between carpals |
- B
- C
- A
- D