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

A) True
B) False

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Question 42

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Lifting up a glass to take a drink involves the elbow joint.Which of the following correctly characterizes that joint?

A) cartilaginous
B) pivot
C) diarthrotic
D) biaxial

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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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?"

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

How can osteoarthritis be treated?

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

The amount of movement permitted by a particular joint is the basis for the functional classification of that joint.

Which of the following is NOT strictly a part of a synovial joint?

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

Movement at the hip joint does not have as wide a range of motion as at the shoulder joint.

Compared to the shoulder,displacements of the hip joints are ________.

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name. -Joint 4.

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, what type of axial movement does each joint have? -Joint 3.

Synovial fluid is a viscous material that is derived by filtration from blood.

After months of very little exercise,you decide to go for a long run.After a mile,you start to feel pain in your kneecap area.What could explain this?

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?

Figure 8.2 Using Figure 8.2, identify each type of synovial joint by name. -Joint 6.

Which of the following are cartilaginous joints?

Figure 8.1 Using Figure 8.1, match the following: -Periosteum.

The major role of ligaments at synovial joints is to unite bones and prevent undesirable movement.