Articulations Flashcards
List the articulations by movement
Synarthrosis- not moveable
Amphiarthrosis- slightly movable
Diarthrosis- freely movable
Fibrous joints
Bone- fibrous connective tissue- bone
Do fibrous joints have joint cavities?
No
A cartilage joint
Bone- cartilage- bone with no joint cavity
Synchrindlrosis Cartilaginous joint
Found between ribs and sternum or the epiphyseal growth plates
What is the key difference in the diachronic synovial joint?
There is a joint cavity
__________ decreasing the angle of articulating bones
Flexion
_________ increasing the angle of articulating bones
Extension
_____________ extension past anatomical position
Hyperextension
_______________ movement away/toward the midline
Abduction/Adduction
____________: turning lateral outward
Lateral rotation
_________: turning lateral inwardly
Medial rotation
_____________ is circles such as head circles
Circumduction
_________________ is turning soles toward/away from each other
Inversion/eversion
__________________ flexion of angels joint as with point you toes toward the ceiling
Plantar flexion
____________ a movement forward/backward on a plane parallel with the floor
Protraction/retraction
____________ is palms forward/backward
Supination/pronation
Elevation/depression
Movement up/down
Gliding
Flat to flat
Pivot
Allowing turning rotation of head left/right
Hinge
A spool in a corresponding concave surface such as trochlea of humerus
