Exam 3-Articulations Flashcards
Articulation
Point of contact between bones
Aka: Joint
Synarthroses
Fibrous, immovable
Ex. Coronal structure
Amphiarthroses
Cartilagenous, slightly movable
Ex. Cartilage in rib cage
Diarthroses
Synovial, freely movable.
Ex.
SYNARTHROSES
Syndemoses, Sutures, Gomphoses
Syndemoses
Ligaments tightly connect two bones (Radius, ulna in forearm)
Sutures
Projections interlock with each other (skull)
Gomphoses
Root embedded in a bony ridge (teeth in mandible)
AMPHIARTHROSES
Synchondroses, Symphyses
Synchondroses
Hyaline cartilage between articulating bones. (costal cartilage in rib cage.)
Symphyses
Pad of fibrocartilage between articulating bones
pubic symphysis, vertebral disks
DIARTHROSES
Uniaxial Joints, Biaxial, multiaxial
Uniaxial Joints
Permits movement around one axis. Hinge (back and forth, elbow and knee) Pivot. (projection of one bone articulates with a ring or notch of another, C1 or C2, atlas or axis)
Biaxial Joints
Permits movement around two axis. Saddle, condyloid
Saddle
resemble reciprocally shaped miniature saddles. only ex: carpometa carpal joint of thumb