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| "Articulation"; sites where two or more bones meet |
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| Joint Classification: Structure |
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| Fibrous Joint, Cartilaginous Joint, Synovial Joint; binding material |
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| Joint Classification: Function |
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| Synarthrosis, Amphiarthrosis, Diarthrosis; amount of movement |
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| Amount of movement permitted depends on length of connective tissue fibers holding bones together; no joint cavity; based on structure |
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| Types of Fibrous Joints (3) |
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| Suture, Syndesmosis, Gomphosis |
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| Fibrous joint; very short, dense fibers connecting bones; occurs only in skull; synarthrotic joints |
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| Fibrous joint; ligaments (fibrous tissues going from one bone to another) connect bones; either synarthrotic or amphiarthrotic joints; distal fibular tibial joint |
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| Fibrous joint; peg-in-socket joint; only example is a tooth in alveolar process (periodontal ligaments); synarthrotic joint |
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| Bones joined together by cartilage; no joint cavity; based on structure |
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| Types of Cartilaginous Joints (2) |
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| Cartilaginous joint; bar or plate of hyaline cartilage joins bones; synarthrotic joints; epiphyseal plate, joint b/t ribs and sternum |
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| Cartilaginous joint; pad or plate of fibrocartilage between bones; amphiarthrotic joints; joints between bodies of vertebra, pubic symphysis; good shock absorber (retains water) |
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| Articular cartilage (hyaline, on bones), joint/synovial cavity, articular capsule; synovial fluid, reinforcing ligaments; based on structure; ALL diarthrotic |
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Part of synovial joint; surrounds capsule containing synovial fluid; 2 parts:
1. Fibrous Capsule (dense outer portion)
2. Synovial Membrane (delicate, produces synovial fluid) |
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| Types of Synovial Joints (6) |
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| Plane Joints, Hinge Joints, Pivot Joints, Condyloid Joints, Saddle Joints, Ball-and-Socket Joints; based on structure; defines movement |
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| Synovial joint; simplest; two flat surfaces glide over each other; TRANSLATION; intercarpal/tarsal joints, vertebral column |
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| Synovial joint; cylindrical projection moving into trough-like depression; elbow, interphalangeal; FLEXION and EXTENSION |
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| Synovial joint; rounded end moving inside sleeve or ring (bone or ligament); ROTATION (no movement of head); atlantoaxial joint, proximal radioulnar joint |
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| Synovial joint; oval articular surface move in depression of another; angular motion, FLEXION, EXTENSION, ABDUCTION, ADDUCTION, CIRCUMDUCTION; wrist joint, metacarpo/tarsophalangeal joints |
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| Synovial joint; like condyloid joint, more movement; concave and convex portion; carpometacarpal joint of the thumb; OPPOSITION (only joint, tip of thumb to fingertips), FLEXION, EXTENSION, ABDUCTION, ADDUCTION, CIRCUMDUCTION |
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| Synovial joint; spherical moves into cup; most freely movable; universal motion; shoulder and hip joints |
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