Anatomy Notes and Terms

Latin English diathroses Freely moving joints such as knuckles are called synarthrose Skull sutures and other immovable joints are called synovial fluid The lubricant in the joint cavity of a diarthrosis is called tendon sheath A long tubular bursa enclosing a tendon is called range of motion The maximum angle through which a joint can move is called resistance arm The part of a lever from the fulcrum to the resistance is called fulcrum , effort In the elbow, a third-class lever, the ____ is between the ____ and the resistance dorsiflexion If you keep your heels on the floor but raise your toes, you are preforming the action of true A meniscus is a type of bursa seen, for example, in the space between the femur and tibia true The fibrous capsule of a synovial joint is continuous with the periosteum of the adjoining bones true If you have been pointing toward a car on your right using your right hand and then you reach into your pocket for your keyes, your arm has exhibited adduction syndesmosis Two long bones joined by a broad interosseous membrane from a type of joint called false Suppose you grasp a doorknob with your right hand and turn the knob clockwise to open the door. In doing so your forearm has exhibited pronation false The wrist can be hyperextended but the elbow cannot true The right and left halves of the hard palate are joined by a plane suture true A single joint may combine features of condyloid, hinge, and gliding joints false The shoulder joint is stabilized mainly by its three glenohumeral ligaments ligament- L Fibrous band or cord connecting one bone to another bursa- E Fibrous sac filled with synovial fluid, adjacent to a joint cavity saddle joint- A Synovial joint type unique to the trapziometacarpal joint pivot joint -H synovial joint type seen between the radius and ulna and between the atlas and axis rotator cuff -C Formed by tendons of the subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor
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