Arthrology Flashcards
Define joint and classify joints into two categories based on the number of articulating skeletal components and three categories based on the type of uniting connective tissue and presence of a joint cavity.
Joint: allow various degrees of movement; formed when two or more bones or cartilages are united to each other or to teeth by connective tissue proper or cartilage
- Simple Joint: only two skeletal components (bone-bone, bone-cartilage, cartilage-cartilage)
- Composite Joint: three or more skeletal components
Three major categories -
Fibrous
Cartilaginous
Synovial Joints
What are the three major categories of joints?
Fibrous Joints (synarthroses), Cartilaginous Joints, and Synovial Joints (diarthroses)
Lists the major subtypes of the three major joints and what distinguishes each type.
Fibrous Joints
(make sure to list the 4 kinds of sutures)
Syndesmosis -
Uniting Connective Tissue: c.t. proper
Movement: essentially none
- 6 (1 in antebrachium, 1 in crus, 1 in middle ear)
Suture -
Uniting Connective Tissue: c.t. proper
Movement: essentially none
4 kinds:
- planar suture
- serrated suture
- squamous suture
- schindylesis
Gomphosis - Uniting Connective Tissue: peridontium Movement: essentially none - dentoalveolar jts. - peg joints
Lists the major subtypes of the three major joints and what distinguishes each type.
Cartilaginous Joints
(Make sure to note the subdivisions of synchondrosis and symphysis)
Synchondrosis (hyaline cartilaginous jts.) -
Uniting Connective Tissue: Hyaline Cartilage
Movement: little or none
- xiphisternal synchondrosis
Symphysis (cartilaginous jts) -
Uniting Connective Tissue: Fibrocartilage
Movement: little or none
- manubriosternal symphysis
- pubic symphysis
- intevertebral symphyses
Lists the major subtypes of the three major joints and what distinguishes each type.
Synovial Joints (Diarthroses)
(PT) BEGSS
Spheroidal (ball and socket)
Uniting Connective Tissue: c.t. proper (have an articular cavity)
Movement: “freely” moveable
Ellipsoid (condylar)
Uniting Connective Tissue: c.t. proper (have an articular cavity)
Movement: “freely” moveable
Bicondylar (two rounded surfaces, two depressions)
Uniting Connective Tissue: c.t. proper (have an articular cavity)
Movement: “freely” moveable
Ginglymus (hinge)
Uniting Connective Tissue: c.t. proper (have an articular cavity)
Movement: “freely” moveable
Trochoid (pivot)Uniting Connective Tissue: c.t. proper (have an articular cavity)
Movement: “freely” moveable
Sellar (saddle)
Uniting Connective Tissue: c.t. proper (have an articular cavity)
Movement: “freely” moveable
Planar (gliding)
Uniting Connective Tissue: c.t. proper (have an articular cavity)
Movement: “freely” moveable
State the functional roles of synovial fluid
This fluid lubricates and nourishes the relatively thin, avascular articular cartilage on the surfaces of the articulating skeletal components
Define ligament in reference to joints.
Fibrous connective tissue bands and cords extending from one skeletal component to another.
Differentiate three types of ligaments based on their positional relationship to the fibrous part of the joint capsule.
- Capsular ligaments: ligaments that consist of regional thickening in the fibrous layer of the joint capsule
- Extracapsular ligaments: those that are well developed, physically distinct bands of connective tissue located outside of the fibrous layer of the articular capsule
- Intracapsular ligaments: ligaments internal to the fibrous part of the joint capsule
List the joints of the body that have intracapsular ligaments and the ones that contain menisci or articular discs.
For articular discs remember (ARTS)
Joints that have intracapsular ligaments:
coxal, genual, tarsal, carpal joints, and joint of the head of the rib
Joints that contain articular discs:
radiocarpal joints, acromioclavicular joints, sternoclavicular joints, temporomandibular joints
- articular discs completely separate the articular cartilage
Joints that contain articular menisci:
genual joint
-articular menisci (half - moon/ c- shape) don’t completely separate femoral condyles from tibial condyles
Explain why joints that contain menisci or articular discs are not considered to be fibrocartilaginous joints (since that is the material composing the menisci/discs)
They are not fibrocartilaginous joints because they are fibrocartilaginous structures between the articular surfaces of the skeletal components. Their purpose is to fill in the gaps and help spread synovial fluid over the articular surfaces for lubrications and for nourishment of the chondrocytes.
Divide the joints of the axial skeleton into three categories (joints of the head, joints of the vertebrae, and thoracic cage) and name the joints in each area.
Joints of the Head
Joints of the Head:
- sutures
- synchondroses (PISSS)
1. petro - occipital syn.
2. intra - occipital syn.
3. spheno- occipital syn.
4. spheno - petrosal syn.
5. spheno - ethmoid syn. - all of the dentoalveolar joints (gomphoses)
- the temporomandibular joints
- atlanto - occipital joint
- joints associated with the auditory ossicles
Divide the joints of the axial skeleton into three categories (joints of the head, joints of the vertebrae, and thoracic cage) and name the joints in each area.
Joints of the vertebrae
Joints of the Vertebral Column:
- atlanto - axial joint
- zygapophyseal joints
- intervertebral symphyses
Divide the joints of the axial skeleton into three categories (joints of the head, joints of the vertebrae, and thoracic cage) and name the joints in each area.
Joints of the Thoracic cage
Joints of the Thoracic cage:
(associated with the ribs and sternum)
- joints of the heads of the ribs
- costotransverse joints
- costochondral joint
- sternochondral joints
- interchondral joints
- manubriosternal symphysis
- xiphisternal synchondrosis
Explain why people are measurably shorter after sitting or standing for several hours (and in senility)
Because the nucleus pulposus (gelatinous core of an intervertebral disc) slowly compresses during periods of sitting or standing, humans are measurably taller after lying down for a period of time (sleeping).
Name the joints of the superior limb including the subdivisions of the elbow and carpal joints.
Joints of the pectoral girdle
Sternoclavicular jt.
Acromioclavicular jt.
Name the joints of the superior limb including the subdivisions of the elbow and carpal joints.
Joints of the free part of the superior limb
Shoulder (humeral) jt. Elbow (cubital) jt. - Humero-ulnar jt. - Humeroradial jt. - Proximal radio-ulnar jt. Radio-ulnar syndesmoses Distal radio-ulnar jt. Carpal jts. - Radiocarpal jt. - Intercarpal jts. - Joints of the pisiform bone - Middle carpal jt. - Carpometacarpal jts. (1-5) Intermetacarpal jts. (three total) Metacarpophalangeal jts. Interphalangeal joint of the thumb
Which joint in the superior limb is not synovial?
radio - ulnar syndesmosis
Name the joints of the inferior limb including the subdivisions of the tarsal joint.
Joints of the pelvic girdle:
Joints of the pelvic girdle:
Pubic symphysis
Sacroiliac joint
Which joints of the inferior limb are not synovial?
tibiofibular syndesmosis and the pubic symphysis
Name the joints of the inferior limb including the subdivisions of the tarsal joint.
Joints of the free part of the inferior limb
Coxal (hip) joint Genual (knee) joint Tibiofibular joint Tibiofibular syndesmosis Tarsal joints - Talocrurual joint - Intertarsal joints - Transverse tarsal joint - Tarsometatarsal joints (1-5) Intermetatarsal joints Metatarsophalangeal joints (digital joints of the foot) Interphalangeal joints (digital joints of the foot)
Define and properly use extension.
Extension: an increase in the size of a flexor angle
ex) protruding the chest
Define and properly use flexion.
Flexion: implies a decrease in size of the flexor angle or a joint in an anterior/posterior plane
ex) rolling one’s body into a ball
Define and properly use dorsiflexion.
Dorsiflexion: at the tarsal joint; as when easing off the accelerator pedal
Define and properly use plantar flexion
Plantar flexion: at the tarsal joint; rising up on ones toes
