1. The lubricant of a diarthrosis is called _______________.

2. A fluid-filled sac that eases the movement of a tendon over a bone is called a/an _______________.

3. A _______________ joint allows one bone to swivel on another.

4. _______________ is the science of movement.

5. The joint between a tooth and the mandible is called a/an _______________.

6. In a _______________ suture, the articulating bones have interlocking wavy margins, somewhat like a dovetail joint in carpentry.

7. In kicking a football, what type of action does the knee joint exhibit? _______________

8. The angle through which a joint can be moved is called the _______________.

9. Both the shoulder and hip joints are somewhat deepened and supported by a ring of fibrocartilage called a/an _______________.

10. The femur is prevented from slipping sideways off the tibia in part by a pair of cartilages called the lateral and medial _______________.

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