A&P CHAPTER 8: ARTICULATIONS Flashcards
JOINTS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS WHAT
ARTICULATIONS
SYNARTHROTIC JOINT
IMMOVABLE
AMPHIARTHROSIS
SLIGHT MOVEMENT
DIARTHROSIS
FREE MOVEMENT
SUTURES
SYNARTHROTIC JOINT
OCCUR ONLY BETWEEN SKULL BONES
ONLY EXAMPLE OF GOMPHOSES IN BODY
TEETH
SYNOVIAL JOINTS
ALLOW FREE MOVEMENT (DIARTHROTIC)
OUTER LAYER OF LIGAMENTS
INNER LAYER OF SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE THAT SECRETES SYNOVIAL FLUID TO LUBRICATE JOINTS
6 CHARACTERISTICS OF SYNOVIAL JOINTS
ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
ARTICULAR CAVITY
ARTICULAR CAPSULE
SYNOVIAL FLUID
REINFORCING LIGAMENTS
NERVES AND BLOOD VESSELS
BURSAE
FLAT FIBROUS SACS WITH SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES LINING THEM
WHERE BONES, MUSCLES, ETC RUB TOGETHER
TENDON SHEATH
LENGTHENED BURSAE WRAPPING TOTALLY AROUND A TENDON SUBJECTED TO FRICTION
GLIDING JOINT
NONAXIAL LINEAR GLIDING AND FLAT SURFACES (PATELLA)
HINGE JOINT
UNIAXIAL INVOLVED FLEXION AND EXTENSION (ELBOW)
PIVOT JOINT
UNIAXIAL ROTATION AROUND A VERTICAL AXIS
ELLIPSOIDAL JOINTS
BIAXIAL MOVEMENT INVOLVING ADDUCTION AND ABDUCTION (METACARPALS)
SADDLE JOINTS
BIAXIAL MOVEMENT OF FLEXION/EXTENSION AND ADDUCTION/ABDUCTION (THUMBS)