Basic Skeletal Anatomy and Joint Types Flashcards
1
Q
Short bone
A
Cube shaped
2
Q
Flat
A
More flat than round
3
Q
Irregular bone
A
2 or more different shapes
4
Q
Sesmoid
A
Developed with tendons, floating inside soft tissue
5
Q
Immovable joints
A
Suture and Sychondroses
6
Q
Suture
A
Irregular joint between flat bones of the cranium
7
Q
Sychondroses
A
Utilizes cartilage as bonding tissue
8
Q
Slightly movable joint
A
Synphyses and syndemoses
9
Q
Sympheses
A
Have a pad of fibro cartilage between bones
10
Q
Syndemoses
A
Lack fibro cartilage and are held together by interoseous ligament
11
Q
Ball and socket
A
Angular movement
12
Q
Hinge
A
Elbow joint
13
Q
Saddle
A
Looks like a saddle
14
Q
Pivot
A
Rotational around an axis
15
Q
Gliding
A
Nearly flat
