Chapter 8: Articulations and Movement Flashcards
Articulation or Joint
- Place where two bones (or cartilage) come together.
- Freely movable, limited, or no apparent movement.
- Structure correlated with movement
Articulation or Joints named in 3 ways
- according to bones/parts united (temporo-maindibular).
- according to only one of bones (humeral).
- by Latin equivalent of common name (cubital).
Fibrous Joint
- United by fibrous connective tissue.
- No joint cavity
- Moves little to none.
- Types: structures, syndesmoses, gomphoses
Structures of Fibrous Joints
- Bones interdigitate
Syndesmoses
a. Bones are farther apart than in suture joints- joined by ligaments.
b. Some movement (radioulnar or interosseus membrane.
Gomphoses
a. Specialized
b. Pegs fit into sockets
c. Peridontal ligaments: keeps teeth in place.
d. Gingivitis (inflammation) - Periodontal disease
Cartilaginous joints
United by hyaline or fibrocartilage.
Synchrondroses
a. Hylaine cartilage
b. Little or no movement
c. most are temporary - replaced by synostosis.
d. Some are permanent.
e. Some costochondral joints develop into synovial joints.
Symphyses
a. Fibrocatrilage
b. Slightly movable
Change in symhysis
Pregnancy - estrogen, progesterone, and relaxin - symphysis becomes more “stretchable.”
- joint can relax some.
- after delivery, joint goes back to original condition
Synovial Joints
a. synovial fluid
b. considerable movement
c. most joints of appendicular skeleton
d. complex
Structure of Synovial Joints
a. Bursae - pockets of synovial membrane
- lf the fluid from joint= Bursitis
b. Articular discs: (TMJ, sternoclavicular, acromicoclavicular.
c. Menisci: Fibrocartilaginous pads (knee)
d. Tendon sheaths: synovial sacs surround tendons
Movements at Synovial joints
Uniaxial: occuring around 1 axis
Biaxial: occuring around 2 axes at right angles to each other.
Multiaxial: occuring around several axes
Types of Synovial Joints
Plane, Saddle Joints, Hing joints, Pivot joints, Ball, Ellipsoid
Plane
- Uniaxial. Some rotation possible but limited
- intervertebral
Saddle Joints
- Biaxial
- Thumb - carpometacrpal pollicis
Hinge Joint
- Uniaxial
- Convex cylinder in one bone; concavity in the other
- Elbow. “knee”, ankle, interphalangeal
Pivot Joint
- Uniaxial: Rotation around around a single axis
- Cylindrical bony process rotating within a circle of bone and ligament
Ball-and-Socket Joint
- Multiaxial
- Shoulder hip joints
Ellipsoid (Condyloid) Joints
- Modified ball-and-socket; articular surfaces elliosoid
- Biaxial
- Atlantooccipital
Gliding
in plane joints; slight movement
Angular
- Flexion and Extension
a. Hyperextension
b. Plantar and Dorsiflection - Abduction and adduction
Circular
- Rotation
- Pronation and Supination
- Circumduction
Flexion
anterior to the cornal plane