Week 4 - Joints

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

Name the three types of joints

Back (Answer)

• Fibrous • Cartilaginous • Synovial

Front (Question)

Give an example of a Fibrous joint

Back (Answer)

Structures between cranial bones

Front (Question)

Give an example of Cartilaginous joint

Back (Answer)

Intervertebral discs

Front (Question)

Give an example of a synovial joint

Back (Answer)

Hinge (elbow)

Front (Question)

State the range of movement at the Fibrous joint

Back (Answer)

Little to no movement

Front (Question)

State the range of movement at the Cartilaginous joint

Back (Answer)

Small amount of movement

Front (Question)

Name two types of synovial joints

Back (Answer)

• Hinge Joints - Ball and Socket Joints

Front (Question)

State the function of the synovial membrane

Back (Answer)

Connective tissue which lines the inner surface of the capsule of a synovial joint and secretes synovial fluid

Front (Question)

Describe two homeostatic imbalances that occur at synovial joints

Back (Answer)

• Sprains - Dislocations

#10

Front (Question)

Describe a sprain

Back (Answer)

• Twisting of joint that stretches or tears ligaments (mostly ankle, knee, lumbar spine) • Painful & immobilising • May damage nearby blood vessels, muscles or tendons • Swelling and haemorrhage from blood vessels

#11

Front (Question)

Describe a dislocation

Back (Answer)

Displacement of a bone from a joint

#12

Front (Question)

What is most commonly dislocated?

Back (Answer)

Jaw, shoulder, fingers, thumbs

#13

Front (Question)

What are the different types of range of movements?

Back (Answer)

• Extension • Flexion • Abduction • Adduction • Circumduction • Rotation • Hyperextension • Inversion • Eversion • Planter flexion • Dorsiflexion • Pronation • Supination

#14

Front (Question)

What type of joints can preform Flexion and extension?

Back (Answer)

• Elbow • Knee • Hip • Shoulder

#15

Front (Question)

What type of joints can preform Abduction and adduction?

Back (Answer)

• Hip - Shoulder

#16

Front (Question)

What types of joints can preform Circumduction?

Back (Answer)

• Hip • Shoulder • Wrist

#17

Front (Question)

What type of joints can preform rotation?

Back (Answer)

• Head • Shoulder • Hip

#18

Front (Question)

Define Hyperextension

Back (Answer)

Joint has been forced to move beyond its normal range of motion

#19

Front (Question)

What joints can hyperextend?

Back (Answer)

• Knees • Ankles • Elbow • Neck • Fingers

#20

Front (Question)

What joint can preform Inversion, Eversion, Planter flexion and dorsiflexion?

Back (Answer)

Ankle

#21

Front (Question)

What joint can preform supination and pronation?

Back (Answer)

Proximal radioulnar joint. (Forearm)

#22

Front (Question)

Where is the Menisci located?

Back (Answer)

Attached to the shinbone (Tibia)

#23

Front (Question)

What are the 3 functions of the Menisci?

Back (Answer)

• Act to disperse the weight of the body and reduce friction during movement. (the menisci spread the load of the body’s weight.) - Provide Stability • Absorb Shock • Provide lubrication and nutrition to the knee joint.

#24

Front (Question)

Location of the Bursae

Back (Answer)

Are located next to the tendons near large joints (Shoulders, knees, hips, elbows)