Joint Structure and Function Flashcards
Open Kinematic Chain
Distal joint segment is free to move while proximal segment provides stability
Closed Kinematic Chain
Distal joint segment is “fixed” from moving while proximal segments are allowed to move on stable distal segment
Stability Joints
Simple Designs
Mobility Joints
More complex joints
Transegrity
Joints that serve stability and mobility roles
Arthoses
1) Synarthroses/Synarthrodial (nonsynovial)
2) Diarthroses/Diarthrodial
Synarthroses
1) Fibrous
2) Cartilagenous Tissue
Diarthroses/Diarthrodial (synovial)
Friction free environment
Fibrous Joints
1) Sutures
2) Gomphoses
3) Syndesmoses
Sutures
Bone united by collagenous sutural ligament or membrane
Shapes interlock or overlap
Occurs only in the skull
Gomphosis
Surfaces adapted like a peg in hole
Connected via fibrous tissue
Teeth
Syndesmosis
Bones joined directly by an interosseous ligament or cord or aponeurotic membrane
Small amount of motion
EX: between radius and ulna
Cartilagenous Joints
1) Symphysis Joint
2) Synchondrosis Joint
Symphysis Joint
Secondary Joint
Covered by thin lamina of hyaline cartilage & directly joined by fibrocartilage in the form of disks or pads
Synchondrosis Joint
Primary Cartilagenous
Hyaline cartilage joins the surface
Forms a bond at ossifying centers
Permits growth, stability
Diarthoses
End of bony components are free to move
Synovial Joints