Chapter 9 Flashcards
Different terms for a joint?
Articulation or arthrosis
What is a joint?
Point of contact between two bones, bone and cartilage, or bone and teeth
What is the scientific study of joints called?
Arthrology
What’s the study of motion of the human body called?
Kinesiology
What are the three structural classifications of a joint?
- Fibrous joints
- Cartilaginous joints
- Synovial joints
What are the three functional classifications of joints?
- Synarthrosis
- AmphiarthrosiS
- Diarthrosis
Fibrous joints
No synovial cavity
Bones held together by dense irregular connective tissue that’s rich in collagen fibers
Cartilaginous joints
No synovial cavity
Bones held together by cartilage
Synovial joint
Synovial cavity
United by dense irregular connective tissue of an articular capsule, and often by accessory ligaments
Synarthrosis
Immovable joint
Ampihiarthrosis
Slightly moveable joint
Diarthrosis
Freely moveable joint
Synovial joint
Variety of shapes and permit several different types of movements
What are the three types of fibrous joints?
sutures, syndesmoses, and interosseous membranes
Suture
Fibrous joint
Only between skull bones
Immovable in adults or slightly moveable in infants
Synostosis
A suture that is replaced by bone in an adult resulting in a complete fusion of two separate bones into one
Syndesmosis
Fibrous joint
Greater distance between articulating surfaces and more dense irregular connective tissue than in a suture
Dense irregular connective tissue arranged in a bundle, allowing the joint limited movement
Interosseous membranes
Substantial sheet of dense irregular connective tissue defines neighbouring long bones and permit slight movement
What are the two principal interosseous membrane joints in the body and what are there use?
Between the radius and the ulna in the forearm and the tibia and fibula in the leg
help to hold adjacent long bones together
play an important role in defining range of motion
provide an increased attachment service for muscles that produce movement of the digits
What are the three types of cartilaginous joint?
- Synchodroses
- Symphyses
- Epiphyseal
Synchondrosis
Cartilaginous joint
connecting material is hyaline cartilage
slightly moveable to immoveable
Symphyses
Cartilaginous joint
ends of the articulating bones are covered with hyaline cartilage and a flat disc of fibrocartilage connects the bones
all symphyses occur in the midline of the body
slightly moveable
Epiphyseal cartilages
Hyaline cartilage growth centres during endochondral bone formation. not joints associated with movement immovable joint
for example the epiphyseal growth plate
What are the unique characteristics of a synovial joint?
A synovial cavity and articular cartilage
Synovial cavity
A space between articulating bones allows considerable movement in the joint which classifies them is freely moveable
Articular cartilage
A layer of hyaline cartilage covering bones at the synovial joint
cartilage covers the articulating surfaces of bones with a smooth slippery surface but does not bind them together
reducing friction during movement to help absorb shock
Articular capsule
Sleeve like joint capsule surrounds a synovial joint
encloses the synovial cavity Unites articulating bones
composed of two layers outer fibrous membrane inner synovial membrane
Fibrous membrane of the articular capsule
Consist of dense irregular connective tissue that attaches to the Periosteum of the articulating bones allows considerable movement at a joint and prevents bones from dislocating
some fibres arranged in bundles of dense regular connective tissue called ligaments Is one of the principal mechanical factors that holds bones close together
Synovial membrane in articular capsule
Composed of areolar connective tissue with elastic fibres accumulations of adipose tissue called articular fat pads such as in the knee
Synovial fluid
viscous, clear or yellow fluid consisting of hyaluronic acid secreted by synovial cells in the synovial membrane
interstitial fluid filtered from blood plasma forms a thin film over the surfaces within the articular capsule function: reducing friction, absorbing shock, supplying oxygen and nutrients, removing carbon dioxide and metabolic wastes from the chondrocytes within the articular cartilage
contain phagocytotic cells that remove microbes and debris from the joint
Accessory ligaments
Intracapsular ligaments and extra capsular ligaments