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CH 7 Articulations/Joints Flashcards

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Articulations (Joints)

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  • Place where a bone meets bone, cartilage or teeth
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Study of Joints

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Anthrology

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Classification of joints by structure

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fibrous
cartilaginous
synovial

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Classification of joints by function

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synarthrosis
amphiarthrosis
diarthrosis

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fibrous joint

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  • Held together by dense regular tissue
    - Immovable
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cartilaginous joint

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  • Bones joined by cartilage
    - Semi movable
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synovial joint

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  • Bones separated by fluid-filled cavity
    - Freely moveable
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synarthrosis

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immovable joint

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amphiarthrosis

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slightly movable

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diarthrosis

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freely movable

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Gomphoses

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  • Synarthroses
    - Teeth
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Sutures

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  • Sytnharthroses
    - Skull
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Syndesmoses

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  • Amphiarthroses
    - Tibia/fibula
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  • Synchondroses
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Cartilaginous
- Synarthroses
- Hyaline cartilage
- Epiphyseal plate
- Rib sternum connection

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  • Symphyses
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Cartilaginous
- Amphiarthroses
- Contain fibrocartilage
- Vertebrate discs

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Synovial Joints

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  • Freely mobile (diarthroses)
  • Joint cavity
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Common Synovial Joints

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  • Shoulder
    • Elbow
    • Knee
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Synovial features

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Articular capsule
Articular cartilage
Joint cavity
Ligaments
Bursae
Tendon sheaths

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Articular capsule

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  • Fibrous layer (outer)
    - Synovial membrane (synovial fluid)
    - Furthest outside layer
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  • Articular cartilage
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  • Layer of hyaline cartilage
    - Reduces friction
    - Shock absorber
    - On end of bone
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Joint Cavity

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  • Space between bones (synovial fluid)
    - Insides
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Ligaments

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  • Dense regular connective tissue
    - Strengthen and reinforce capsule
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Bursae

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  • Sacs outside synovial fluid
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  • Tendon sheaths
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  • Elongated bursae around tendons
    - Wrist
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  • Arthritis
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  • Normal
    - Osteocytearthritis
    - Bone ends rub together
    - Rheumatoid
    - Swollen inflamed synovial membrane
    - Bone erosion
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3 classification of synovial joints

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uniaxial
biaxial
multiaxial

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uniaxial

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  • Moves in one plane
    - Pivot joints
    - Hinge joints
    - Plane joints
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pivot joints

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  • Rotate on longitudinal axis
    - Vertebrae
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Hinge joints

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  • Like hinge of a door
    - Humerus and ulna
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Plane joints

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  • Side to side movement
    - Tarsals
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Biaxial

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  • Moves in two planes
    - Condylar joints
    - Saddle joint
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Condylar joints

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  • Concave surface + convex of other
    - Metacarpal + phalanx
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Saddle joint

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  • Resemble saddle shape
    - Metacarpal and carpal
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Multiaxial joint

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moves in three planes
Ball and socket joints

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  • Ball-and-socket joints
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  • Spherical head into cuplike socket
    - Hips and elbows
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  • 4 types of motion
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Gliding
Angular mortion
Rotation
Special movements

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Gliding

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  • Articular surfaces sliding back and forth or side to side
    - Occurs in plane joints
    - Ie: carpals
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Angular motion

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  • Increases or decreases the angle between bones
    Flexion
    Extension
    Hyperextension
    Lateral flexion
    Abduction
    Adduction
    Circumduction
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Flexion

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  • Decreases joint angle
    - Bicep flex
    - Looking down
    - Wrist flipped down
    - Hamstring curl
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Extension

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  • Straightens joint angle
    - Arm flat
    - Looking up
    - Wrist flipped up
    - Leg locked out
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Lateral flexion

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Oblique curl

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Abduction

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  • Lift arm up
    - Leg up to side
    - Wrist out lateral
    - Spread fingers
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Adduction

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  • Arm at side
    - Leg at side
    - Wrist in medial
    - Radoiocarpal & ulna carpal
    - Fingers together
    - Metacarpophalangeal
    - Interphalangeal
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Circumduction

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  • Arm circles
    - Gelnohumeral
    - Hip circles
    - Acetabulofemoral
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Rotation

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  • Bone turns on its own longitudinal axis
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Lateral rotation

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  • Forearm flipped out
    - Point toes out
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Medial rotation

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  • Forearm flipped in
    - Point toes in
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Pronation

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  • Palms back
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Supination

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  • Palms forward
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Depression and elevation

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  • Up and down
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  • Dorsiflexion and plantar flexion
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  • Toe up and toe down
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  • Inversion and eversion
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  • On outside of foot and inside of foot
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  • Protraction and retraction
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  • Chin out vs chin in
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Joints of pectoral girdle and upper limbs

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  • Sternoclavicular joint
    • Glenohumeral (shoulder) joint
    • Elbow joint
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  • Sternoclavicular joint
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  • Diachronic joint (sternum and clavicle)
    - Supporting ligaments
    - Anterior and posterior sternoclavicular
    - Costoclavicular
    - Interclavicular
56
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  • Glenohumeral (shoulder) joint
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  • Diathrotic ball and socket joint (humerus and scapula)
    - Greatest range of movement (most unstable) of any joint in body
    - Tendon of biceps brachia long head
    - Rotator cuff muscles
57
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  • Glenohumeral (shoulder) joint ligaments
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  • Coracoacromial
    - Coracohumeral
    - Glenohumeral
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  • Glenohumeral (shoulder) joint bursae
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  • Subacromial
    - Sub deltoid
    - Sub scapular
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  • Elbow joint
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  • Diathrotic hinge joint (humeroulnar and humeroradial)
    - Trochlea of humerus with trochlear notch of ulna
    - Capitulum of humerus with head of radius
    - Single articular capsule (both joints)

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