Classification of Joints

Question 1

how are joints classified?

Answer 1

presence/absence of joint capsule and type of connective tissue binding articulating surfaces

Question 2

fibrous joints

Answer 2

no joint capsule, held together by dense CT

Question 3

cartilaginous joints

Answer 3

no joint capsule, held together by cartilage

Question 4

synovial joints

Answer 4

have joint capsule

Question 5

levels of movement allowed

Answer 5

synarthrosis: no movement
amphiarthrosis: slightly moveable
diarthrosis: freely moveable

Question 6

types of fibrous joints

Answer 6

gomphoses: peg in socket joint (tooth into mandible)
sutures: joints between skull bones (no movement)
syndesmoses: joints between parallel bones

Question 7

types of cartilaginous joints

Answer 7

synchondroses: joints where bones are joined together by hyaline cartilage (ribs to cartilage)
symphyses: little amounts of movement, bons are joined together by fibrocartilage (intervertebral disc)