A nursing student is learning how to perform a musculoskeletal assessment on an elderly female client. She is asked to assess the client's shoulder, and knowing what type of joint the shoulder is will help guide her assessment
What type of joint is the shoulder? a. synovial c. amphiarthrosis
b. synarathrosis d. diarthrosis
D
A joint is a junction of two or more bones. There are three types of joints: diarthrosis, synarthrosis, and amphiarthrosis. Diarthrosis joints are freely movable, such as the hinge (elbow, knee), ball and socket (hip and shoulder), pivot (skull and first vertebrae), gliding (wrist), and saddle (thumb). Synarthrosis joints are immovable, such as the suture line between the temporal and occipital bones of the skull. Amphiarthrosis joints are slightly movable, such as the vertebrae and pelvic bones separated by fibrous cartilage.
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