A CH 9 Joints Flashcards
Arthrology
The study of joints
Articulations are point of contacts between what
Bones
Bones and cartilage
Bones and teeth
Kinesiology
The study of motion of the human body
Functional classifications of joints
Synarthroses (immovable)
Amphiarthroses (partially movable)
Diarthroses (freely moveable)
Structural classification of joints
Fibrous
Cartilaginous
Synovial
Synovial fluid consists of?
Hyaluronic acid
Interstitial fluid from plasma
Functions of synovial fluid
Lubrication Reduce friction between structures Supply nutrients Remove waste products Phagocytosis of microbes and debris
Movement at joints
Structure and shape of bones involved Strength and tension of ligaments Arrangement and tension of muscles Opposing soft parts Hormones Disuse
Fibrous joints
Joints are formed by a solid mass of connective tissue between the neighboring bones
This one has dense irregular connective tissue
Cartilaginous joints
Use cartilage as connective tissue between bones
Allows little or no movement
Synovial joints
Surrounded by a connective tissue capsule that attaches the articulating bones
Slightly moveable to the most moveable for example between carpal bones and the shoulder
Covered with a hyaline layer of articular cartilage
Gliding
Movement of relatively flat bone surfaces back and forth and side to side over one another
Little change of angle between bones
Carpals
Angular
Increase or decrease in angle between bones
Flexion, extension, hyperextension, and lateral Flexion
Flexion
Decrease on angle between articulating bones, usually in the sagittal plane.
Holding your leg straight out, moving your head forward, flexing your arm, moving hands up
Lateral Flexion
Movement of trunk in frontal plane
Moving head left or right towards the ground
Extension
Increase in angle between articulating bones usually in sagittal plane
Head upright facing forward, hand and wrist flat, knee bent, leg when standing up
Hyperextension
Extension beyond anatomical position
Putting head back, holding arm behind you, holding leg out behind you
Abduction
Movement of bone away from midline usually in frontal plane
Holding shoulder and arm out to the side, spreading fingers apart
(Shoulder joint, hip joint, wrist joint, metacarpals)
Adduction
Movement of bone toward midline usually in frontal plane
Arms at side, moving wrist toward body, putting fingers together
Circumduction
Flexion, abduction, adduction, extension, and rotation in succession or opposite order
Distal end of body part moves in circle swinging arm or leg around. Shoulder join. Hip joint