Joints A & P

A movement that lowers a body part vertically in the frontal plane is called:
flexion
depression
adduction
elevation

_____ is the movement in the frontal plane toward midline of the body.

2 characteristics that describe the joint movement called retraction:
1 movement along a frontal plane
2 posterior movement of a bone
3 anterior movement of a bone
4 movement along a transverse plane

Movement of the arm so as to draw a large circle with the hand is an example of ________.

Anterior movement of a bone along a trasverse plane is ______.
protraction
circumduction

______ is a movement of the foot so that the toes are elevated off the ground.
flexion
dorsiflexion
lateral flexion

A strip of tough collagenous tissue attaching bone to bone is called a _____.

A ______ is a collagenous band or cord associated with muscle, usually attaching to a bone.

The two bones that articulate to form the jaw joing?

____ of the foot turns the sole of the foot laterally.
inversion
eversion
abduction

Immobile fibrous joints are called ___.

What joint is a "peg-in-socket" fibrous joint?
Synarthrosis
gomphosis
symphyses

A joint in which bones are separated by a narrow, fluid-filled, encapsulated space is a _____ joint.
cartilaginous
synchondrial
synovial

Name the two articulations of the elbow joints.
ulnoradial
humeroulnar
humeroradial
humerolecranal

A joint in which fibrocartilage binds bones together is a ____.

synchondroses
symphysis
synovial