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Unit Project 2: Joints

Across
Joint type that occurs where bones are held together by dense regular connective tissue.
Is a freely movable joint.
Type of uniaxial joint that only allows limited side to side movements in a single plane.
An example of a ball-and-socket joint is the glenohumeral _____ joint.
When the ankle is bent so that the superior surface of the foot and toes moves toward the leg.
Type of biaxial joint that has a greater range of movement than a condylar joint.
The number of planes a ball and socket plane moves in.
Place of contact between bones, bones and cartilage, or between bones and teeth.
The ____ plate is a type of sychondroses.
Slightly mobile joint.
An example of a ball-and-socket joint is the coxal or ___ joint.
Fibrous, sac like structure that contains synovial fluid and is lined by the synovial membrane.
The opposite movement of opposition.
Opposite movement of adduction.
A joint in which the bone moves in just one plane or axis.
Joint type that has a fluid-filled joint cavity that separates the articulating surfaces of bones.
Joint type that has no joint cavity and occurs where bones are joined by cartilage.
Composed of dense regular tissue and connect bone to bone.
Occurs when the forearm rotates laterally so the palms face anteriorly or superiorly.
Pivoting motion in which a bone turns on its own longitudinal axis.
Down
Sole of foot turns to face medially.
Type of cartilaginous joint joined by hyaline cartilage.
Rotation of the forearm so the palm of the hand is directed posteriorly or inferiorly.
Complex movement that involves flexion, abduction, extension, and adduction in succession.
Posterior directed movement of a body part from the anatomic position
Is an immobile joint.
Inferior movement of the body.
Type of uniaxial joint in which one articulating bone with a rounded surface fits into a ring formed by a ligament and another bone.
The opposite movement of dorsiflexion is ____ flexion.
Immobile fibrous joint found between certain bones of the skull.
Movement of thumb toward the palmar tips of the fingers as it crosses the palm of the hand.
When a joint is extended more than 180 degrees.
Joint that binds teeth to the sockets in the mandible.
A joint in which the bone moves in two planes or axes.
Superior movement of the body.
Sole of foot turns to face laterally.
An example of a pivot joint is the proximal radial-____ joint.