Joints in the human body online quiz

In the given table options i and iv are correctly matched.

So, the correct option is 'A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)'.

The pelvic girdle is located in the lower part of the trunk. It consists of three bones that are upper ileum, lower ischium and inner pubis, they fuse to form a stout hip bone. Ventral wall of the pubis has a small bone which is known as cotyloid. The acetabulum is formed by ilium, ischium and pubis, but in mammals, pubis is replaced by cotyloid bone.

The joints between the carpal bones are 'gliding joints'.

Our body is made up of many joints. Each of these joints is of different categories and perform specific functions. They may be movable joints or immovable joints. Among the movable joints, some are hinge joints. This means that they are able to move about one axis. They are a type of synovial joint.

Osteology is the study of the structure and function of the skeleton and bony structures.

• A joint is a location at which two or more bones make contact.
  
• Fibrous or immovable joints are connected by dense connective tissue, consisting mainly of collagen.
  
• Gomposes is a type of fibrous joint. It is a joint between the root of a tooth and the sockets in the maxilla or mandible.
  
• So, the correct answer is 'Gomposes →→ Intercarpal joints'
  

• Gout is a metabolic disease in which crystals of uric acid gets deposited in joints, tendons and surrounding soft tissues.
• Symptoms of gout increase irritation, inflammation of joints and tendon tissue, joints become hot red and swollen.
• Hence accumulation of uric acid crystals in joints causes their inflammation.
• So, the correct answer is 'Accumulation of uric acid crystals in joints causes their inflammation'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. Gliding joint is a type of synovial joint.
• Gliding joints allow the bones to glide past one another in any direction along the plane of the joint -up and down, left and right, and diagonally.
• The joint between carpals is gliding joint.
• So, the correct answer is 'Gliding joint  → Between carpals'.

There are six types of synovial joints. These are a pivot, hinge, saddle, plane, condyloid, and ball and socket joints. The pivot joint is a type of synovial joint that allows rotation. The joint between atlas and axis is pivot joint which allows the movement of the head back and forth. The hinge joint is a type of synovial joint which allows movement only in one axis, that is flexion and extension. Knee joint, ankle joint are examples of the hinge joint. Ball and socket joint allows rotation in multiple directions. In this type of joint, ball-shaped surface of one joint lies in the socket-like depression of another joint. The hip joint is an example of ball and socket joint. Saddle joint is the joint present between the carpal and metacarpal of thumb. It allows flexion, extension, adduction, abduction and circumduction movements. It provides stability and flexibility to bones.

Articulation between the occipital condyles and the atlas vertebra forms a hinge joint, it permits the head movement in one plane.

The joint of the femur with pelvic girdle is a synovial - ball and socket joint. Where the ball like projection of the femur fits into the cup like acetabulum of the pelvic bone, with the movement being 360$^0$ and the gap between the joint filled by synovial fluid.

Tibia and fibula are two long bones in the lower leg tibia connect to the knee joint while the fibula is located below the knee joint but is not part of the joint itself, while the joint between atlas and axis is pivot type of joint.

Pivot joint helps in turning movements. One bone is fixed and second articulate. This is generally seen in the Atlas and axis of the skull rotate with the axis vertebra also known as an atlantoaxial joint.

There are many joints present in the skeleton. Joint is a point of contact between two bones. The various type of joints present in the body are-

The joint of radio-ulna with the upper arm is 'hinge joint'.

The joint in which one of the two bones is fixed in its place and bears a peg like process over which the other bone rotates is called pivot joint,

A gliding joint allows bones to slide past one another, which is characteristic of the zygapophyses of successive vertebrae. Other options misidentify the joint types for the specified structures.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements.
• Hence the type of joint has a fluid-filled cavity with a significant role in locomotion is synovial joint.
• So, the correct answer is 'Synovial joint'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
•  Ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint.
• In ball and socket joint, the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone.
• Pelvic girdle consists of a pair of hip bones. the hip bone is formed by the fusion of 3 bones: the ischium, ilium and pubic bone. Together, they form the acetabulum(socket), which is the area where the head of the femur(ball) articulates with the hip bone.Hence.Joint of the femur with pelvic girdle is ball and socket joint.
• So, the correct answer is 'Ball and socket joint'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. 
  
• The knee joint is a hinge joint i.e a type of synovial joint. Hence knee joint is a synovial joint.
• So, the correct answer is 'Synovial joint'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Joints are of three types. They are fibrous joint, cartilaginous joints, and synovial joints
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements.
• The synovial joint is called a true joint because they allow the free moment i.e freely movable joints.
• So, the correct answer is 'Synovial joint'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. 
• A hinge joint (ginglymus) is a joint in which the articular surfaces are molded to each other in such a manner as to permit motion only in one plane. It is a type of synovial joint. For example, joint between metacarpals and phalanges is hinge.
• So,the correct answer is 'Hinge'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements.synovial joints are freely movable joints.
• Ankle, knee and elbow joints are synovial joints.
  
• So, the correct answer is 'Synovial joints'.

The longest bone in the human body is the femur bone also called the thigh bone. It is located in the anatomical position just below the pelvic girdle in articulation with the acetabulum thereby forming the hip joint proximally and in articulation with the proximal parts of the tibia and fibula bones below the patella region, distally.

i) In our neck cervical vertebrae form joints which are pivotal joints.

The shoulder joint, also known as an acromioclavicular joint is a joint at the top of the shoulder. It is the junction between acromion (part of the scapula that forms the highest point of the shoulder) and the clavicle. It is a plane synovial joint. This joint provides the ability to raise the arm above the head.

Thecodont teeth are anchored in sockets within the jawbone. This specific type of fibrous joint, where a peg fits into a socket, is known as a gomphosis.

A hinge joint is a type of synovial joint that restricts movement to a single plane, allowing for angular movement in one direction, such as bending and straightening. Hence, it is classified as uniaxial.

• The forelimbs consist of the humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges. 
  
• It moves against or articulates with the scapula at the shoulder joint.

A hinge joint allows movement primarily on one plane. A hinge joint spool like the surface of one bone fits into the concave surface of another love.

The hinge joint is a synovial joint, which permits uniaxial movement of bone about one axis of rotation. In hinge joint, convex surface of one bone fits into concave surface of another. The movements possible are flexion and extension. Example of hinge joints are elbow, interphalangeal joint, knee and ankle joints.

Saddle joint is a type of synovial joint in humans in which opposing articular surfaces with both concave and convex surfaces fit into one another. Example of saddle joint is carpometacarpal joint of thumb.

Synovial joints are characterised by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. Such an arrangement allows considerable movement. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. Common examples of synovial joints are ball and socket joint (between the humerus and pectoral girdle) and hinge joint (knee and elbow joints).

The fabella is a fibrocartilaginous or ossified sesamoid bone of the knee, classically located within the tendon of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle, behind the lateral condyle of the femur.

Joint between atlas and axis vertebrae is an example of pivot joint. It is a type of synovial joint. This joint is characterised with central bony pivot surrounded by collar of bone and ligament. This type of joint permits supination, rotation and pronation types of movements. Examples are proximal radioulnar joint and atlanto-axial joints.

According to functional classification, joints may be immovable (synarthroses), slightly movable (amphiarthroses) and freely movable (diarthrosis). According to structure, joints can be classified into fibrous, cartilaginous and synovial.
The pivot joint is a synovial joint, which permits the movement of bone about one axis of rotation. In pivot, the joint central bony pivot of one bone is surrounded by a collar of bone and ligaments. The types of movement possible are rotation, pronation, supination. An example of pivot joints is proximal radioulnar and atlantoaxial joints.

Ball and socket is a type of synovial joint in which globe-like the head of one bone fits into the cup-like concavity of another bone. It permits flexion, extension, internal rotation, lateral rotation, abduction, adduction and circumduction type of movements. 

Head of the humerus is articulated with the cup-shaped socket of pectoral girdle by a joint, called as ball and socket joint. It is movable in all planes and also exhibits rotation. Pivot joint exhibits rotation only while hinge joint shows up and down motion in one plane only. The correct answer is B.

The hinge joint is a synovial joint, which permits uni-axial movement of bone about one axis of rotation. In a hinge joint, the convex surface of one bone fits into the concave surface of another. The movements possible are flexion and extension. Examples of hinge joints are elbow (radio-ulna with upper arm), interphalangeal joint, knee and ankle joints.

Locomotion is the movement of organisms from one place to another. The femur and the acetabulum form the hip joint. Hence, the rotation of head of femur in acetabulum will lead to the movement of the legs and thereby, be help in locomotion. Bending of arm at elbow will only cause movement of hands and hence no locomotion. Peristalsis is the movement of the oesophagus as food pases through it and so, it can also not be considered as locomotion. Contraction of the heart will only cause pumping of blood and will not be responsible for actual locomotion.

Each scapula or pectoral girdle has a concave, articular surface called the glenoid cavity which articulates with the head of the humerus. The ball like the head of the humerus articulates with the glenoid cavity which creates a ball and socket joint that allows the upper limb great motility. So, the correct answer is 'Ball and socket'.

A hinge joint is a common class of synovial joint that includes the ankle, elbow and knee joints. Hinge joints are formed between two or more bones where the bones can only move along one axis to flex or extend. The elbow is a hinged joint made up of three bones which are the humerus, ulna and radius. So, the correct answer is 'Humerus and ulna/radio-ulna'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. 
• The humerus is the long bone in the upper arm. It is located between the elbow joint and the shoulder. At the elbow, it connects primarily to the ulna. The type of joint between humerus and ulna is synovial joint.
• So, the correct answer is 'Humerus and ulna'.

The ankle, knee, and elbow are all examples of synovial joints, which are characterized by a fluid-filled joint cavity. While they are specifically hinge joints, they are all categorized under the broader classification of synovial joints.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements.
  
• Gliding joint is a type of synovial joint formed between bones that meet at flat or nearly flat articular surfaces. Gliding joints allow the bones to glide past one another in any direction along the plane of the joint - up and down, left and right, and diagonally.
  
• An example of the gliding joint is zygapophyses of adjacent vertebrae.
  
• So, the correct answer is 'Zygapophyses of adjacent vertebrae'.
  

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. 
• Joints of hip and shoulder are ball and socket joints(the head of one bone fits into the socket of another) i.e a type of synovial joints
• So, the correct answer is 'Ball and socket joint'.
  

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. 
• Joint pains in old people are mostly due to reduced synovial fluid.
  
• So, the correct answer is 'Reduced synovial fluid'.

• The fabella is a small sesamoid bone that is found embedded in the tendon of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle behind the lateral condyle of the femur.
• The femur meets the large shin bone (the tibia) to form the knee joint. Hence fabellae are associated with the knee joint.
• So, the correct answer is 'Knee joint'.
  

A gliding joint is a common type of synovial joint formed between bones that meet at flat or nearly flat articular surfaces. Gliding joints occur between the carpal bones, between the tarsal bones and those between the articular processes (zygapophyses) of successive vertebrae. So, the correct answer is 'Gliding joint- Between zygapophyses of successive vertebrae'.

The ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint in which the ball shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup like depression of another bone. There are 2 pairs of ball and socket joints present in human body. One is in the hip, where the round head of the femur rests in the cup like acetabulum of the pelvis and another in the glenohumeral joint of the shoulder, where the rounded head of the humerus rests in the cup like glenoid fossa of the shoulder blade. So, the correct answer is '2 pairs'. 

The glenohumeral joint is the articulation between the head of the humerus and the glenoid cavity of the scapula or pectoral girdle. It is a ball and socket type of synovial joint that allows for lateral rotation, flexion and extension of the arm. So, the correct answer is 'Humerus and pectoral girdle'.

The ankle joint is the joint between the foot and the leg and it is a type of hinge joint. A hinge joint is a common class of synovial joint that includes the ankle, elbow and knee joints. Hinge joints are formed between two or more bones where the bones can only move along one axis to flex or extend. So, the correct answer is 'hinge joint'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• A suture is a type of fibrous joint that is only found in the skull(cranial bones+facial bones). 
• Sutural joints are present between cranial bones of the skull.
• Hence sutures forming cranium is not a synovial joint.It is a fibrous joint.
• So, the correct answer is 'Sutures forming cranium'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. Saddle joint is a type of synovial joint.
• The saddle joint gets its name because the bone forming one part of the joint is concave (turned inward) at one end and looks like a saddle. The other bone's end is convex (turned outward), and looks like a rider in a saddle.
  
• The joint between carpal and metacarpal of human thumb is an example of saddle joint.
  
• So, the correct answer is 'Saddle joint'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. Ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint.
• Synovial joints are of following types: pivot, hinge, saddle, plane, condyloid, and ball-and-socket joints. Hence ball and socket joint, pivot joint, hinge joint are synovial joints.
• So, the correct answer is '1,2 and 3'.

A synovial joint is a connection between two bones consisting of a cartilage lined cavity filled with fluid. There are five types of synovial joints. These are planar joints, hinge joints, condyloid joints, saddle joints and ball and socket joints. So, the correct answer is '5'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. Ball and socket type of joint is a type of synovial joint.
• In the ball and socket joint the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone. Enarthrose refers to articulation with spherical surfaces allowing the bones to move in all directions.
• Hence ball and socket type of joint is also called enarthrose.
• So, the correct answer is 'Enarthrose'.

The elbow joint allows for flexion and extension, which is the classic movement of a hinge joint. It operates like a door hinge.

A hinge joint (ginglymus) is a bone joint in which the articular surfaces are moulded to each other in such a manner as to permit motion only in one plane-backward and forward-the extent of motion at the same time being considerable. The best examples of hinge joint are the inter phalangeal joints and the joint between the humerus and ulna; the knee and ankle-joints are less typical, as they allow a slight degree of rotation or of side-to-side movement in certain positions of the limb. The knee is the largest hinge joint in the human body.

The moving bone rotates within a ring that is formed from a second bone and adjoining ligaments. The pivot joint is exemplified by the joint between the atlas and the axis directly under the skull which allows for turning of the head from side to side.

Ball and socket joint is a natural or manufactured joint or couplings, such as the hip joint, in which partially spherical lies in a socket, allowing multidirectional movement and rotation.

So, the correct option is 'Hinge joint-hip'.

(A)Propioceptor responds to activities of muscles and joints.

The axis has a bony peg called the odontoid process, which sticks up through the hole in the atlas. It is this special arrangement that allows the head to turn from side to side as far as it can.

A joint in the human body is a connection between the tissues, cartilages and bones. These are classified structurally and functionally and of these, the synovial joint is one that is functionally freely movable. The pectoral girdle or the shoulder girdle which is synovial joint is made up of a set of bones, the clavicle and scapula that connects the arms to the axial skeleton on both sides. In fact, the shoulder girdle has five joints of which three are anatomical (true joint ) and two are physiological or false joints.

• A gliding joint is a common type of synovial joint formed between bones that meet at flat or nearly flat articular surfaces.
• Gliding joints allow the bones to glide past one another in any direction along the plane of the joint — up and down, left and right, and diagonally. For example, between zygapophyses of the successive vertebrae.
  
• Hence Gliding joint - between zygapophyses of the successive vertebrae are correctly matched.
• So, the correct answer is 'Gliding joint - between zygapophyses of the successive vertebrae'.

The deltoid tuberosity is a rough, triangular elevation on the lateral surface of the humerus, serving as the insertion point for the deltoid muscle.

The hinge joint is a joint in which a convex part of one bone fits into a concave part of another, allowing motion in only one plane. In hinge joint, the two bones open and close in one direction only (along one plane) like a door, such as a knee joint.

Pivot joint is a synovial joint, which permits uniaxial movement of bone about one axis of rotation. In pivot joint central bony pivot is surrounded by collar of bone and ligament. The movements possible are supination, pronation and rotation. Examples of pivot joints are proximal radioulnar joint and atlanto-axial joint.

The humerus and the radioulna together form the elbow which is the hinge joint. The distal end of the humerus articulates the proximal end of the radius and ulna. The humeroulnar joint is also a part of the elbow and is a hinge joint whereas the proximal radioulnar and the distal radioulnar is a pivot joint. Thus, the correct answer is option D.

The type of joint found at the shoulder is called a ball and socket which also found in the hip

The ball and socket joint is the type of synovial joint present between the bones having structures like ball and socket. This joint is found in the shoulder joint. Head of the humur acts as the ball and the glenoid cavity of scapula acts as the socket.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements. 
• A hinge joint (ginglymus) is a joint in which the articular surfaces are molded to each other in such a manner as to permit motion only in one plane.
• The knee joint and elbow is a hinge joint/ ginglymoid i.e a type of synovial joint. 
• So, the correct answer is 'Elbow and Knee'.

A synovial joint is a connection between two bones which consists of a cartilage lined cavity filled with fluid. The knee joint is the biggest synovial joint in the human body. At the junction of the knee, the large femur bone of the thigh connects to both the tibia and fibula of the leg, as well as to the patella or knee cap. So, the correct answer is 'Knee joint'.

• Joints are points of contact between bones, or between bones and cartilages.
  
• Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of a fluid-filled synovial cavity between the articulating surfaces of the two bones. These joints help in locomotion and many other movements.
• Synovial joints are freely movable joint. Hence synovial fluid is present in freely movable joint.
• So,the correct answer is 'Freely movable joints'.

Synovial fluid is the pale yellow fluid that is present in every joint of the human body. It helps the bone able to slide past each other without causing damage to the ends of the bone. It means that synovial fluid lessens the friction in ball and socket joint. So, the correct answer is 'Synovial fluid'.