Bones & Joints Flashcards
a special form dense connective tissue that can withstand heavy flexing, tension, and pressure.
Cartilage
locations of cartilage?
- ) tip of your nose
- ) ears
- ) soft spots in babies
- ) between your ribs
located at the ends of bones acting as a shock absorber and preventing the ends from grinding together as they move
articular cartilage
in addition to cartilage, there are small sacs called ____ that contains a lubricant called synovial fluid
bursa
two or more bones join to form a joint or ____
articulation
connective tissue that form very rough, whitish bands, that connect bone to bone and can withstand heavy stress.
ligaments
cord-like structures that attach muscle and bone
tendons
held together by short connective tissue strands being immobile (skull)
fiberous joints
held together by cartilage disk being slightly moveable
cartilaginous joints
joined by a joint cavity lined with a synovial membrane and filled with synovial fluid being freely moveable (shoulders, hips, knees, elbows)
synovial joints
have a circular portion of one bone that spins inside a ring-shaped portion of another bone
pivot joint
consistent of spherical bone that articulates with a cup shaped socket on the other bone (hips and shoulders) allow for the greatest movement
ball and socket joints
bone is the shape of a cylinder and the other is a trough (knee and elbows) these joints open and close
hinge joints
flat or slightly cured, plate-like bones that slide back and forth (wrist and ankles)
gliding joints
one bone is shaped like a saddle and the other like a horse’s back and they rock up and down (thumb)
saddle joints
provide two axis of movements through the same joint (wrist)
ellipoidal joints
general term used to determine inflammation of a joint
arthritis
a degenerative condition that is a result of “wearing out” of a joint that could be from a sports injury, trauma, repetitive motion, obesity, or simply from the aging process
osteoarthritis