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What is the 3 main types of joints?
the suture joint which is the skull. the ball and socket joint which is the shoulder and the pivoting you knee or your wrist and the sliding which is the plate on your hand
What plate boundary is not associated with volcanoes?
A transform plate boundary
What are continental mountain ranges associated with?
Plate tectonics, (inter-continental plate collision).
What happens to bone growth if the epiphyseal plate is damaged?
Bone growth would be stunted due to the damage done to the epiphyseal plate. The degree of which growth would be affected depends on the severity of the injury.
What mountains are associated with divergent plate boundaries?
Volcanic Mountains are associated with divergent plates.
What is the 3 main types of joints?
the suture joint which is the skull. the ball and socket joint which is the shoulder and the pivoting you knee or your wrist and the sliding which is the plate on your hand
What is the difference between syndesmosis and synchondrosis?
Syndesmosis: Amphiarthrotic (meaning they slightly move), fibrous joint held together by ligaments. Ex: joints joining fibula and tibia Synchondrosis: Synarthrotic (meaning they do not move), cartilaginous joints held together by hyaline cartilage. Ex: epiphyseal plate
Joints are classified according to?
Joints are classified into 3 types 1) Fibrous, includes joints between skull bones 2) Cartilaginous, includes A) Primary, means there is a sheet of cartilage between bones ( Epiphysis and diaphysis, so that bone can grow in length and get ossified, when growth stops. B) Secondary cartilaginous joints in witch a thin plate of cartilage persists like pubic symphysis. 3) Synovial type of joints, including all mobile joints like shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle joints. They have Synovial membrane.
Does it hurt bad when you break a growth plate?
it hurts quite bad. I fractured my growth plate in my shoulder.I took a couple x rays and it had a tiny crack in the growth plate.
What is a ligement?
(a) A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints. (b) A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.
What is the scientific name for growth plate?
Epiphyseal plate
The growth plate is also known as the what?
The epiphyseal plate.
How can you stop growth?
break your growth plate...in your bone
What plate boundary is associated with volcano Yellowstone caldera?
The Yellowstone caldera is associated with a hot spot, not a plate boundary.
What plate boundary is not associated with volcanoes?
A transform plate boundary
Another name for a growth plate is?
Epiphyseal plate
Where is the growth plate located in the arm?
In those who are not fully adult, growth plates are located on the ends of long bones. On the arm, the growth plate is located on the end of the humerus near the elbow.
