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What is the study of articulation?

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Anthropology

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What is a place of contact between bone & bone, bone & cartilage, bones & teeth?

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Joint/ Articulation

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What is the relationship between mobility and stability of a joint?

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+MOBILITY=-STABILITY

-MOBILITY=+STABILITY

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What are the 3 structural categories of joints?

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  • fibrous
  • cartilaginous joints
  • synovial joints
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What type of joint is made of dense irregular synarthrosis CT?

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Fibrous joint

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Name the 3 different types of fibrous joints

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  • Gomphoses
  • Sutures
  • Syndesmoses
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What membrane holds teeth in place? What joint is that a part of?

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  • Periodontal membrane.

- gomphoses

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What type of joint is immobile?

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Synarthrosis

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What type of joint is slightly mobile?

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Amphiarthrosis

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What type of joint is completely mobile?

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Diarthosis

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What type of fibrous joint holds skull bones together and morph with age?

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Sutures

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What are fused sutures called?

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synostoses

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What fibrous joint is amphiarthroses interosseous membrane between bones?
EX) radius & ulna, tibia & fibula

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Syndesmoses

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What joint holds the sides of bones together?

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interosseous membrane (interosseous ligaments)

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What joint is held together by cartilage?

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Cartilaginous joint

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What are the 2 types of cartilaginous joints?

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  • Synchondroses

- Symphyses

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What joint is made out of synarthrosis hyaline cartilage? Where can it be located?

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Synchondroses. 
Ex) immature/child skeleton
Ex) Epiphyseal plate
Ex) sphenoid & basilar part of occipital
Ex) first sternocostal joint
Ex) costochondral joints
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17
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What joint is between ribs &

differ from articulation between ribs 2-7 (synovial joint)

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Synchondroses costochondral joints

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What amphiarthroses fibrocartilagenous joint resist tension & stress between articulating bone means growing together ?
Where is it located?

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  • Symphyses

- Ex) intervertebral discs, pubic symphysis

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What diarthrosis articular cartilage separates joint cavities?

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Synovial joints

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What small space hold synovial fluid?

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Joint cavity

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What is the main function of synovial joints?

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Fluid-Filled cavities prevent friction between articulating surfaces

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Name the 3 functional differences of joints

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  • Synarthrosis
  • Amphiarthroses
  • Diarthrosis
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What is synovial fluid?

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synovia: viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc.

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What random fibrous synovial membrane sack hold synovial fluid & reduces friction?

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Bursa (purse)

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What are the 7 features of synovial joints?

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1) Articular Capsule
2) Joint Cavity
3) Synovial Fluid
4) Articular Cartilage
5) Ligaments
6) Nerves
7) Blood

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26
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What is the weakest part of a skeleton?

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Joints

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27
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What joints get injured more easily?

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Loosely fitted joints

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28
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What joints are the strongest?

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Tightly fitted joints

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29
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How do we classify the structure of a joint?

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Based on binding materials holding joint together (CT & Spaces)

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30
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How do we classify the function of a joint?

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Based on type of movment allowed

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31
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What type of joint is most immovable?

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Gomphoses Fibrous Joint

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32
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What are Synchondroses Cartilaginous Joints made of?

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Hyaline Cartilage

33
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What is the function of Synovial Joints?

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Diarthrosis

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What cartilage are Synovial Joints composed of?

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Articular Cartilage (Hyaline)

35
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What elongated bursa relieves stressed tendons?

(wrist, hand, fingers, ankle)

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Tendon Sheath of Synovial Joint

36
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What do tendons do?

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Help stabilize joint

37
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What is the basic structure of synovial joints?

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Outer: Dense Irredular CT
Inner: Loose CT (synovial membrane)

38
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What small space holds synovial fluid in a synovial joint?

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Joint cavity (articular cavity)

39
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What periphery of synovial joint protects and fills in spaces when gap opens as joint is moved?
“bubble wrap”

40
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What type of movement moves a synovial joint on 1 axis?

41
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What type of movement moves a synovial joint on 2 axis?

42
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What type of movement moves a synovial joint on multiple axis?

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Multiaxial

43
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What type of moving joint do intercarpals & intertarsal, hamate & Triquetrum have?

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Planar (Gliding) Joint

uniaxial

44
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What uniaxial, articulating, synovial joint fits into articulting depressions? Where are they located?

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Hinge Joint

EX) trochlea of humerus

45
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What uniaxial, synovial joint rotates the dens of axis on vertebrae?

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Pivot Joint

EX) head of radius & radial notch. atlas & axis

46
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What biaxial synovial joint moves by an oval fitting into an articulating depression?
EX) Jaw. scaphoid & lunate w/ radius

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Condyloid Joints

47
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What multiaxial synovial joint does the ball of femur in acetabulum represent?

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Ball-and-socket joint

48
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What extension goes beyond 180 degrees?

A

Hyperextension

49
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What “stretching out” motion INCREASES angle between articulating bones?

50
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What motion DECREASES angle between articulating bones?

51
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What movement moves the trunk side-to-side?

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Lateral Flexion

52
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What movement involves a part “moving away” from the midline?

53
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What movement involves a part “moving towards” the midline?

54
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What movement does the shoulder “drawing a cone” represent?

A

Circumduction

55
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What rotation does the head & neck make when it moves away from the median?

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Lateral Rotation: (external rotation)

56
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What rotation do the hands make when in anatomical position?

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Supination

57
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What rotation does the head make when moving towards the median?

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Medial Rotation: (internal rotation)

58
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What position do the hands make with palms flat facing back?

59
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What movement do the shoulders make when relaxed?

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Depression

60
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What movement do the shoulders make when raised?

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What movement does the ball of foot & toes make when the ankle moves foot up?

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Dorsiflexion

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What movement do the ball of foot & toes make when the foot moves down?

A

Plantar Flexion

63
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What movement happens when the ankle rotates in?

64
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What movement does the foot make when rotating out?

65
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What movement involves the head moving forward?

A

Protraction

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What movement involves the head moving backwards?

A

Retraction

67
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What movement do the thumb and pink make when they cross? (Boyscouts)

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Opposition

68
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What synovial joint is located between the mandible and mandibular fossa of the temporal bone?

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Temporomandibular Joints

69
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What type of movements do the Temporomandibular Joints (TMJ) make?

A

gliding, hinge, pivot

70
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What type of synovial joint lies I between each vertebrae of the spinal column?

A

Intervertebral discs

71
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What synovial joint connects the Manubrium of Sternum>Sternal End of Clavicle? What type of joint is it?

A

Sternoclavicular Joints

saddle-joint

72
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What shallow joint separates Head of Humerus> Glenoid Cavity of scapula?
What type of joint is this?

A

Glenohumeral (shoulder) Joints

Type: Ball-and-socket

73
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What synovial joint is located at the wrist?

A

Radiocarpal Joint

74
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What type of movement can the hip joint make?

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flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, circumduction

75
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What prevents hyperflexion of knee & displacement of tibia?

A

posterior curicate ligament (PCL)

76
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What part of the knee sperates posterior femur>anterior tibia and Prevents hyperextension?

A

anterior curicate ligament: (ACL)

77
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What type of joint is the Talocural (ankle) joint?

A

Hinge joint

78
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What is the largest diarthrosis/ hinge joint?

A

Knee joint

79
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What type of movement does the glenohumeral joint?

A

flexion, extension, abdution, adduction

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