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Articulations Flashcards

1
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Synarthrosis

A

Immovable

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2
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Amphiarthrosis

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Slightly movable

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3
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Disthrosis

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Freely movable

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4
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Types of fibrous joints

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  • suture
  • syndesmosis
  • gonphosis
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5
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Types of cartilaginous joints

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  • symphysis

* stncondrosis

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6
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Suture joint

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Irregular edges of bones bound together by connective fibers

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7
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Syndesmosis joint

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Long fibers that have a little give that connect two bones

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8
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Gomphosis

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Joint between the teeth and sockets

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9
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Symphysis

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Intervertebral disks

Pubic symphysis

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10
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Synchondrosis

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Costal cartilage

Epiphyseal plate

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11
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Joint capsul

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Sleeve if connective tissue enclosing the joint

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Joint cavity

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Cavity around bone ends that contains synovial fluid

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13
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Composition of synovial fluid

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Water and nutrients

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14
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Reinforcing ligaments

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Ligaments that reinforce the joint capsul

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Bursa

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Flattened sack lined with synovial membrane and contains synovial fluid found where joints rub together

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16
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Tendon sheath

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Elongated bursa that wraps completely around a tendon that is subject to friction

17
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Plane joint

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Gliding between two flat surfaces

•intercarpal joints

18
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Hinge joint

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Cylinder if one bone fits into trough if another

•elbow

19
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Pivot joint

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Rounded end f one bond fits into sleeve of another bone

• proximal radius/ulna

20
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Condyloid joint

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Egg shaped surface of one bone fits into oval concavity if another
•knuckle

21
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Saddle joint

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Each bone had a concave/convex region

•thumb

22
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Ball and socket joint

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Most freely moving joint

•hip

23
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Sprain

A

Ligaments and tendons reinforcing joint are damaged or torn

•long time to head b/c of limited blood supply

24
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Hyper extension

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To extend beyond the normal range of motion

25
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Extension

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Bending that increases the angle between segments

26
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Flexion

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Bending that decreases the angle between segments

27
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Abduction

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A motion that pulls a structure away from the midline of the body

28
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Adduction

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Motion that pulls a structure toward the midline if the body

29
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Circumduction

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Combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abbduction

30
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Pronation

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  • Hand turns in ward (palm down)

* Foot towards outward (weight in medial edge)

31
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Supination

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  • hand turns outward (palm up)

* foot turns inward (weight on lateral edge)

32
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Plantar flexion

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Movement that decreases that angle between the sole of the foot and the back if the leg

33
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Dorsiflexion

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Movement that decreases the angle between the top if the foot and the leg

34
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Protraction

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Movement in an anterior direction

35
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Retraction

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Movement in a posterior direction

Human A+P (18 decks)

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