The cancellous bone beneath the articular cartilage in a synovial joint:

1. provides a smooth surface for articulating

2. absorbs shocks and helps protect the joint

3. holds together the bones of the synovial joint

4. secretes synovial fluid

The joint that is weak inferiorly and is most likely to be dislocated is:

1. knee joint

2. hip joint

3. shoulder joint

4. elbow

A decrease in the mass of the muscle most commonly experienced when persons suffer temporary disabling circumstances is called as:

1. hypertrophy

2. atrophy

3. dystrophy

4. peristalsis

Exposure to Sarin, a nerve gas will cause all the following except:

1. Failure to release acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction

2. Prolonged depolarization of the motor end plate

3. Paralysis eventually leading to death

4. Inability to break down acetylcholine

The vitamin required for collagen synthesis that holds teeth in their sockets is the vitamin:

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

A dense outer layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints is the:

1. epiphysis

2. diaphysis

3. articular cartilage

4. periosteum

When a bone bends and cracks, instead of breaking completely into separate pieces, the fracture is called as:

1. greenstick

2. incomplete

3. compound

4. simple

Given these types of joints:

a. gomphosis
b. suture
c. symphysis
d. synchondrosis
e. syndesmosis

Choose the types that are held together by fibrous connective tissue.

1. a, b, c

2. a, b, e

3. b, c, e

4. c, d, e
 

Given these types of joints:

1 gomphosis
2 suture
3 symphysis
4 synchondrosis
5 syndesmosis

Choose the types that are held together by cartilage.

1. 1,2

2. 1,4

3. 2,3

4. 3,4
 

The primary cartilaginous joints and the secondary cartilaginous joints are respectively called:

1. sutures; synchondroses

2. syndesmoses; symphyses

3. symphyses; syndesmoses

4. synchondroses; symphyses