Musculoskeletal Questions 3

Joints do not have the function of:
Allowing growth
Transmitting force
Allowing movement
Storage
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What is the defining function of a synovial joint:
Allowing movement, not restricted by specific bones or tissues
Allowing transmitting force
Storage
Allowing growth
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The next section refers to the 3 types of bone. Select the correct answers and mark in a group of 3

Synarthrosis
Freely movable
None of the above
Slightly movable
Immovable joint
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Diarthrosis
Slightly movable
None of the above
Freely movable
Immovable joint
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Amphiarthrosis
Freely movable
Slightly movable
Immovable joint
None of the above
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The next section refers to examples of the 3 types of bone. Select the correct answers and mark in a group of 3

Synarthrosis
None of the above
Intervertebral disks (spine)
Hip joint
Skull
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Amphiarthrosis
None of the above
Intervertibral disks (spine)
Hip joint
Skull
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Diarthrosis
Hip joint
Intervertebral disks (spine)
None of the above
Skull
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How many structures are there in a joint?
7
8
5
6
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The fluid phase of articular cartilage does not include:
Water
Liquids
Ions
Oil
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Chondrocytes do not have:
The ability to build and maintain cartilage
The ability to occur in nests
A blood supply
Lacunae to live in
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The surface zone does not contain:
Flattened chondrocytes
Low proteoglycan concentration
Cell nests
Fibres parallel to the surface
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Which is not true moving down through cartilage:
Calcification increases
Oxygen increases
Collagen becomes more perpendicular to the surface
Surface zone, Middle zone, Deep zone, Tide mark, Calcified cartilage, Osteochondral junction, Subchondral bone.
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Which is not a component of hyaluronic acid:
Keratin sulphate
Glycosaminoglycan
Disaccharides
Water
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Which does not contribute to the formation of a bottle brush shaped glycosaminoglycan?:
-ve charged disaccharides
hydrophobic interactions
anchorage to a core protein
disaccharide polymerisation
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