Musculoskeletal Questions 3

Joints do not have the function of:
Allowing growth
Allowing movement
Storage
Transmitting force
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What is the defining function of a synovial joint:
Allowing growth
Allowing transmitting force
Storage
Allowing movement, not restricted by specific bones or tissues
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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

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