Joints Crossword Puzzle

Joints

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When forearm rotates medially so that the palm faces posteriorly

Peg-in-socket joint

Turning movement of a bone around the longitudinal axis

Disc of fibrocartilage that extends internally from the capsule and completely or partly divides the joint cavity in two

Nonangular movement in the posterior direction (bringing jutted jaw back in)

Depressing the foot or elevating the heel (pointing the toes)

Movement of a limb toward the body's midline

Bending a joint back beyond its normal range of motion

Joint where fibrocartilage unites the bones

Nearly flat surfaces of two bones slip across each other

Joint where the spherical head of one bone fits into a round socket in another

Immovable joints

Movement of a limb away from the body's midline

Moving a limb or finger so that it describes a cone in space

Joint where each articular surface has both convex and concave areas

Joint where hyaline cartilage unites the bones

Allows movement around one axis only

Lifting the foot so that its superior surface approaches the shin

Joint where the cylindrical end of one bone fits into a trough-shaped surface on another bone

Movement where you turn the sole of the foot laterally

Are the most movable joints and all are diarthroses

Movement that increases the angle between the bones, and is a straightening action

Moving an elevated part inferiorly

Freely movable joints

Nonangular movement in the anterior direction (jutting out the jaw)

Movement occurs around two axes

Joints that allow movement in all axes, including rotation

Movement that decreases the angle between the bones, bringing them closer together

An elongated bursa that wraps around a tendon

Joint where the rounded end of one bone fits into a ring that is formed by another bone plus an encircling ligament

Slightly movable joints

Joint where the egg-shaped articular surface of one bone fits into an oval concavity in another

Flattened fibrous sac lined by a synovial membrane

Where the rigid elements of the skeleton meet

Where bones are connected exclusively by ligaments

When forearm rotates laterally so that the palm faces anteriorly

Action by which you move your thumb across the palm enabling it to touch the tips of the other fingers on the same hand

Lifting a body part superiorly

Movement where you turn the sole of the foot medially

Joint whose articular surfaces are essentially flat planes and only short gliding or transitional movements are allowed

Occur only between the bones of the skull

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