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4. Articulations/Joints Flashcards

1
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What is a joint?

A

Place of contact between two or more bones (articulation)

Some joints are very mobile, others immobile

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Mobility/stability relationship of joints

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More planes or motion = reduced stability

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3
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How is joint stability increased?

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Muscular support and ligamentous attachment

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4
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How are joints classified

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By structure or function

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5
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Structural classifications of joints

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Fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial

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Joint that connects bones connected and made of dense regular connective tissue

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Fibrous joint

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Joint that connects bones by plates of cartilage

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Cartilaginous joint

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8
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Articular capsule with joint cavity

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Synovial joint

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9
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Types of fibrous joints

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Gomphosis, sutures, and syndesmosis

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Characteristics and example of gomphosis

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Immobile and consist of small amounts of dense connective tissue

Ex) teeth and sockets

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Characteristics and example of sutures

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Immobile and consist of small amount of dense connective tissue with irregular edges

Ex) skull bones

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12
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What does irregular edges do for sutures

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Increases surface area, which increases stability

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Characteristics and example of syndesmosis

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Slightly mobile and consists of large amounts of dense regular connective tissues

Ex) interosseous membrane of tibia-fibula and radius-ulna

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14
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Types of cartilaginous joints

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Synchondrosis and symphysis

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Characteristics and example of synchondrosis

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Immobile and connected by hyaline cartilage

Ex) 1st rib-manubrium, epiphyseal plates

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Characteristics and example of symphysis

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Slightly mobile and connected by fibrocartilage

Ex) intervertebral discs, pubic symphysis

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17
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Types of synovial joints

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Planar, hinge, pivot, saddle, condylar, and ball-socket

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18
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Characteristics of synovial joints

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Very mobile, consists of articular capsule with joint cavity, lined by articular/hyaline cartilage, and stable due to ligaments/muscles

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19
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Components of articular capsule of synovial joints

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Fibrous capsule for support

Synovial membrane that lines joint cavity and secretes synovial fluid

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20
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Joint movement that decreases angle

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Flexion

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21
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Joint movement that increases angle

22
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Joint movement away from midline

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Joint movement toward midline

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Joint movement rotating outward

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Lateral rotation

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Joint movement rotating inward

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Medial rotation

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Joint movement superiorly

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Joint movement inferiorly

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Depression

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Joint movement forward

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Protraction

29
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Joint movement backward

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Retraction

30
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Joint movement where palm is rotated anteriorly

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Supination

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Joint movement where palm is rotated posteriorly

32
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Joint movement of sole of foot inward

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Joint movement of sole of foot outward

34
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Joint movement of elevating foot

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Dorsiflexion

35
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Joint movement of depressing foot

A

Plantar flexion

36
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Types of movement at synovial joints

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Nonaxial, uniaxial, biaxial, multiaxial

37
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Movement in which bones slide across each other on plane (not around an axis)

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Nonaxial movement

38
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Movement around one axis

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Uniaxial movement

39
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Movement around 2 axes/planes
Ex) front to back and side to side

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Biaxial movement

40
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Movement around all three axes/planes
Ex) front to back, side to side, rotation/twisting

A

Multiaxial movement

41
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Flat articular surface that undergoes nonaxial movement via gliding

A

Plane joint

42
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Examples of plane joints

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Intercarpal joints, intertarsal joints, and joints between vertebral articular surfaces

43
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Joint consisting of a cylinder and trough that undergoes uniaxial movement via flexion and extension

A

Hinge joint

44
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Examples of hinge joints

A

Elbow joints and interphalangeal joints

45
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Joint consisting of a sleeve and axle that undergoes uniaxial movement via rotation

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Pivot joint

46
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Examples of pivot joints

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Proximal radioulnar joints, atlantoaxial joint

47
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Joint consisting of oval articular surfaces that undergoes biaxial movement via flexion/extension and adduction/abduction

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Condylar joint

48
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Examples of condylar joints

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Metacarpophalangeal (knuckle) joints, wrist joints

49
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Joint consisting of articular surfaces that are both concave and convex and undergoes biaxial movement via adduction/abduction and flexion/extension

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Saddle joint

50
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Examples of saddle joints

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Carpometacarpal joints of the thumbs

51
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Joint consisting of a cup (socket) and spherical head (ball) that undergoes multiaxial movement via flexion/extension, adduction/abduction, and rotation

A

Ball-and-socket joint

52
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Examples of ball-and-socket joints

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Shoulder joints and hip joints

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