Chapter 9 Flashcards
The type of fibrous joints that are immobile and found only between certain bones of the skull are called ___________.
Sutures
Symphyses can be found where?
-glenohumeral joints
-joints between the sternum and ribs
-knee joint
-intervertebral joints
Intervertebral joints
Joined together by cartilage.
Cartilaginous joint
Joined together by dense regular connective tissue.
Fibrous Joint
Has a fluid-filled joint cavity.
Synovial joint
Between tooth and jaw
Gomphoses
Between radius and ulna.
Syndesmoses
Between skulls bones.
Suture
True or False: Synovial joints have these features: an articular capsule, a joint cavity containing synovial fluid, articular cartilage, ligaments, blood vessels, and nerves.
True
Immobile Joint
Synarthroses
Slightly mobile joint
Amphiarthroses
Freely mobile joint
Diarthroses
Lines the synovial joint cavity.
Synovial membrane
From a relaxed, standing position, as you bring your arms up laterally so that they are straight out from your sides to stretch in the morning, the motion of the arms is called ____________. When you put your arms straight back down to your sides and then reach both hands up to rub your eyes, the motion that results at the elbow joint is called __________.
abduction, flexion
A place where a bone contacts another bone is called a(n) ______________.
articulation or joint
