We have provided 50 MCQs on Joints Unit-2, 1st semester, Human Anatomy and physiology, B. Pharm. We have covered following topics.
Structural and functional classification, types of joints movements and its articulation
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MCQ on joints
Which classification system categorizes joints based on the presence or absence of a joint cavity and the type of connective tissue holding them together?
- A) Functional classification
- B) Fibrous classification
- C) Structural classification
- D) Synovial classification
Correct Answer: C) Structural classification
- A suture joint is an example of which type of structural joint?
- A) Fibrous joint
- B) Cartilaginous joint
- C) Synovial joint
- D) Ball-and-socket joint
Correct Answer: A) Fibrous joint
Which type of joint allows for little to no movement and is characterized by the presence of dense connective tissue?
- A) Cartilaginous joint
- B) Synovial joint
- C) Fibrous joint
- D) Suture joint
Correct Answer: C) Fibrous joint
The pubic symphysis, which connects the pubic bones in the pelvis, is an example of which type of joint?
- A) Hinge joint
- B) Pivot joint
- C) Cartilaginous joint
- D) Synovial joint
Correct Answer: C) Cartilaginous joint
What type of joint allows for movement in multiple planes and is characterized by a synovial cavity and a layer of hyaline cartilage on the articulating surfaces?
- A) Hinge joint
- B) Ball-and-socket joint
- C) Fibrous joint
- D) Cartilaginous joint
Correct Answer: B) Ball-and-socket joint
Which of the following is a functionally classified joint that allows for a wide range of movements and is commonly found in the limbs?
- A) Synarthrosis
- B) Amphiarthrosis
- C) Diarthrosis
- D) Fibrous joint
Correct Answer: C) Diarthrosis
Which joint movement involves reducing the angle between two bones and is commonly seen in the flexion of the forearm at the elbow?
- A) Extension
- B) Abduction
- C) Adduction
- D) Flexion
Correct Answer: D) Flexion
In the context of joint movements, which term describes moving a body part away from the midline of the body?
- A) Extension
- B) Adduction
- C) Abduction
- D) Eversion
Correct Answer: C) Abduction
Which joint movement occurs when you rotate your head to look over your shoulder?
- A) Supination
- B) Pronation
- C) Circumduction
- D) Rotation
Correct Answer: D) Rotation
What type of articulation allows for the movement of one bone surface sliding or gliding over another, without angular or rotary motion?
- A) Pivot joint
- B) Plane joint
- C) Hinge joint
- D) Ball-and-socket joint
Correct Answer: B) Plane joint
The sutures in the human skull are an example of which type of joint?
- A) Ball-and-socket joint
- B) Hinge joint
- C) Pivot joint
- D) Fibrous joint
Correct Answer: D) Fibrous joint
What type of joint is found in the intervertebral discs of the spine and allows for limited movement and shock absorption?
- A) Ball-and-socket joint
- B) Hinge joint
- C) Cartilaginous joint
- D) Synovial joint
Correct Answer: C) Cartilaginous joint
Which functional classification of joints allows for no movement and is highly stable?
- A) Synarthrosis
- B) Amphiarthrosis
- C) Diarthrosis
- D) Fibrous joint
Correct Answer: A) Synarthrosis
When you raise your arm straight out to the side, you are performing which type of joint movement?
- A) Abduction
- B) Adduction
- C) Flexion
- D) Extension
Correct Answer: A) Abduction
What is the term for the movement that brings the foot sole toward the shin, as in dorsiflexing the ankle?
- A) Eversion
- B) Inversion
- C) Plantar flexion
- D) Supination
Correct Answer: B) Inversion
Which type of joint allows for movement in only one plane, like the hinge joint in the elbow?
- A) Pivot joint
- B) Plane joint
- C) Ball-and-socket joint
- D) Saddle joint
Correct Answer: A) Pivot joint
When you touch your thumb to your fingertips to create a circle with your hand, you are performing which type of joint movement?
- A) Pronation
- B) Opposition
- C) Circumduction
- D) Eversion
Correct Answer: B) Opposition
Which type of articulation allows for the widest range of motion, including flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and rotation?
- A) Plane joint
- B) Hinge joint
- C) Ball-and-socket joint
- D) Pivot joint
Correct Answer: C) Ball-and-socket joint
The knee joint is an example of which type of joint, characterized by its synovial cavity and hinge-like movement?
- A) Plane joint
- B) Hinge joint
- C) Ball-and-socket joint
- D) Pivot joint
Correct Answer: B) Hinge joint
Which functional classification of joints allows for limited movement and is found in the amphiarthrotic joints of the pelvis?
- A) Synarthrosis
- B) Amphiarthrosis
- C) Diarthrosis
- D) Fibrous joint
Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthrosis
Which type of joint is found at the base of the thumb, allowing for a wide range of movement, including opposition?
- A) Saddle joint
- B) Hinge joint
- C) Ball-and-socket joint
- D) Pivot joint
Correct Answer: A) Saddle joint
In terms of structural classification, which type of joint is characterized by bones that are connected by hyaline cartilage, allowing for slight movement?
- A) Fibrous joint
- B) Synovial joint
- C) Cartilaginous joint
- D) Amphiarthrosis
Correct Answer: C) Cartilaginous joint
When you bend your knee, you are performing which type of joint movement?
- A) Abduction
- B) Flexion
- C) Extension
- D) Rotation
Correct Answer: B) Flexion
Correct Answer: C) Diarthrosis
The joint between the carpal bones of the wrist is an example of which type of joint, characterized by flat articulating surfaces and gliding movements?
- A) Hinge joint
- B) Saddle joint
- C) Plane joint
- D) Pivot joint
Correct Answer: C) Plane joint
When you rotate your forearm so that your palm faces down, you are performing which type of joint movement?
- A) Pronation
- B) Supination
- C) Circumduction
- D) Eversion
Correct Answer: A) Pronation
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in the jaw is an example of which type of joint, allowing for hinge-like movements during chewing?
- A) Pivot joint
- B) Plane joint
- C) Hinge joint
- D) Saddle joint
Correct Answer: C) Hinge joint
Which type of joint movement brings a limb closer to the midline of the body, such as bringing your arms to your sides?
- A) Abduction
- B) Adduction
- C) Flexion
- D) Extension
Correct Answer: B) Adduction
The articulation between the radius and ulna bones in the forearm, allowing for rotational movements, is an example of which type of joint?
- A) Ball-and-socket joint
- B) Pivot joint
- C) Hinge joint
- D) Saddle joint
Correct Answer: B) Pivot joint
Which functional classification of joints allows for no movement and is highly stable?
- A) Synarthrosis
- B) Amphiarthrosis
- C) Diarthrosis
- D) Fibrous joint
Correct Answer: A) Synarthrosis
Which type of joint is commonly found in the spine and allows for limited movement and shock absorption due to its fibrocartilaginous discs?
- A) Pivot joint
- B) Hinge joint
- C) Ball-and-socket joint
- D) Cartilaginous joint
Correct Answer: D) Cartilaginous joint
When you rotate your head from side to side to indicate “no,” you are performing which type of joint movement?
- A) Pronation
- B) Supination
- C) Rotation
- D) Circumduction
Correct Answer: C) Rotation
The joint movement that decreases the angle between the dorsum of the foot and the shin is called:
- A) Eversion
- B) Plantar flexion
- C) Inversion
- D) Dorsiflexion
Correct Answer: D) Dorsiflexion
Which functional classification of joints allows for some movement and is found in the amphiarthrotic joints of the spine?
- A) Synarthrosis
- B) Amphiarthrosis
- C) Diarthrosis
- D) Fibrous joint
Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthrosis
The joint between the proximal and distal phalanges of the fingers, which allows for bending and straightening of the fingers, is an example of which type of joint?
- A) Ball-and-socket joint
- B) Hinge joint
- C) Plane joint
- D) Saddle joint
Correct Answer: B) Hinge joint
In the context of joint movements, what term describes moving a body part away from the midline of the body?
- A) Abduction
- B) Adduction
- C) Flexion
- D) Extension
Correct Answer: A) Abduction
The hip joint is an example of which type of joint, characterized by a ball-and-socket structure allowing for a wide range of motion?
- A) Pivot joint
- B) Plane joint
- C) Hinge joint
- D) Ball-and-socket joint
Correct Answer: D) Ball-and-socket joint
Which functional classification of joints allows for a wide range of movement and is commonly found in the limbs?
- A) Synarthrosis
- B) Amphiarthrosis
- C) Diarthrosis
- D) Fibrous joint
Correct Answer: C) Diarthrosis
The articulation between the atlas and axis vertebrae in the neck, allowing for the nodding and rotation of the head, is an example of which type of joint?
- A) Ball-and-socket joint
- B) Pivot joint
- C) Hinge joint
- D) Saddle joint
Correct Answer: B) Pivot joint
Which structural classification of joints is characterized by bones that are held together by dense connective tissue and allow for no movement?
- A) Fibrous joint
- B) Cartilaginous joint
- C) Synovial joint
- D) Amphiarthrosis
Correct Answer: A) Fibrous joint
Which type of joint allows for movements in all directions and is characterized by a spherical head fitting into a cup-like socket?
- A) Plane joint
- B) Hinge joint
- C) Ball-and-socket joint
- D) Pivot joint
Correct Answer: C) Ball-and-socket joint
In terms of structural classification, which type of joint is characterized by a synovial cavity, articular cartilage, and a synovial membrane?
- A) Fibrous joint
- B) Cartilaginous joint
- C) Synovial joint
- D) Amphiarthrosis
Correct Answer: C) Synovial joint
Which type of joint allows for bending and straightening movements along a single plane, such as the elbow joint?
- A) Pivot joint
- B) Plane joint
- C) Hinge joint
- D) Ball-and-socket joint
Correct Answer: C) Hinge joint
The functional classification of joints that allows for no movement and is highly stable is known as:
- A) Synarthrosis
- B) Amphiarthrosis
- C) Diarthrosis
- D) Fibrous joint
Correct Answer: A) Synarthrosis
When you bend your wrist to bring your palm closer to your forearm, you are performing which type of joint movement?
- A) Flexion
- B) Extension
- C) Abduction
- D) Adduction
Correct Answer: A) Flexion
The shoulder joint, which allows for a wide range of motion in all directions, is an example of which type of joint?
- A) Plane joint
- B) Hinge joint
- C) Ball-and-socket joint
- D) Saddle joint
Correct Answer: C) Ball-and-socket joint
Which functional classification of joints allows for some movement and is commonly found in the amphiarthrotic joints of the pelvis?
- A) Synarthrosis
- B) Amphiarthrosis
- C) Diarthrosis
- D) Fibrous joint
Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthrosis
The articulation between the metacarpal bone of the thumb and the trapezium bone of the wrist, allowing for thumb opposition, is an example of which type of joint?
- A) Pivot joint
- B) Plane joint
- C) Hinge joint
- D) Saddle joint
Correct Answer: D) Saddle joint
Which structural classification of joints is characterized by bones that are held together by hyaline cartilage and allows for slight movement?
- A) Fibrous joint
- B) Cartilaginous joint
- C) Synovial joint
D) Amphiarthrosis
Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous joint
In the context of joint movements, what term describes moving a body part toward the midline of the body?
- A) Abduction
- B) Adduction
- C) Flexion
- D) Extension
Correct Answer: B) Adduction
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