Bio107-ch8 Flashcards
Joints are
Where 2 or more bones come together
Slight to no movement or freely movable
Articulations
Joints
Structural classification
Based on MATERIALS found between bones
Functional classification
Based on MOVEMENT between bones
Fibrous joints (3)
- Not true joint
- Sutures of the skull
- Very slight motion-syndesmosis
Syndesmosis
End of tibia, fibula, wrist, ulna
Very slight movement
Cartilage is
Not a true joint
Gomphosis - cartilage
Gums locked in jaw
Synchroidrosis - cartilage
Cartilage around sternum
Symphysis - cartilage
Intervertebral discs
Slight grinding motion
Synovial joints are
True joints
Sac with fluid inside surrounding joints
Dyarthrosis
Freely moveable
Uniaxial
One plane
Biaxial
Two planes
Synovial joint fluid gets ____ the more you move around
Thinner
Waking up- stiff
Joints warm up- normal
Synovial structures (3)
- Synovial capsule
- Bursa
- Tendon sheath
Bursitis
Inflammation of bursa
Tendinitis
Inflammation of a tendon