Articulations Flashcards
Articulation
Place where bone meets another bone, cartilage or teeth
Fibrous Joint
Bones held together by dense regular CT
Cartilaginous Joint
Bones joined by cartilage
Synovial Joint
Bones seperated by fluid filled cavities
Synarthroses
Immobile Joint
Amphiarthrosis
Slightly mobile joint
Diarthrosis
Fully mobile joint
Gomphoses
Joint between teeth and skull
Sutures
Joints between skull bones
Syndesmoses
Joint between tibia and fibula or radias and ulna
Synchondroses
Bones joined by hyaline cartilage
Symphyses
Bones joind by pads of fibrocartilage
Articular capsule
Bilayer capsule surrounding a synovial joint
Articular capsule’s outer layer
Dense regular CT
Articular capsule’s inner layer
Synovial membrane
Synovial fluid
The fluid in synovial joints serving as lubricant, shock absorption and nourishment
Ligaments
Dense regular CT joining bone to bone, can serve to reinforce articular capsules
Bursae
Sacs of synovial fluid outside of synovial joints at points of rubbing
Tendon sheaths
Elongated bursae around groups of tendons
Fat pads
Pads of fat that act primarily as packing
Uniaxial
Joint moves in 1 axis or plane
Biaxial
Joint moves in 2 axes or planes