Joint structure and function Flashcards
what are the solid joints
- fibrous joint
- cartilaginous joints
what are caveatted joints
- synovial joints
what are the two divisions of joints
- solid joints
- cavitated joints
what joints do not move very much
- solid joints do not move very much therefore this means fibrous and cartilaginous joints do not move very much
what skeleton are solid joints mainly in
axial
what skeleton are caveatted joints main in
appendicular
describe the structure of fibrous joints
- No synovial cavity
- Articulating bones held together by fibrous connective tissue
- Little or no movement
name some fibrous joints
- sutures
- synostosis
- syndesmosis
- gomphosis
what are sutures
- these are fibrous joints that are between the bones of the skull
what is a synostosis
- this is an ossified suture in the skull
- for example we actually have two frontal bones together and they fuse together to form a single frontal bone
- immovable
what is a syndemosis
- sheet of fibrous tissue between bones,
- it is the interosseous membrane
- it keeps the radius and the ulnar tethered and stops them separating as you move
what is a gomphosis joint
cone-shaped peg fits into a socket
- e.g. teeth this is held by the periodontal ligament
what happens in the skull of children
- sutures do not form straight away
- there is a fibrous tissue that connects the frontal bone
- anterior frontanal
what is the anterior frontanatal
- present in children
- opening in the skull
- stays open for about 18-24 months,
- then it becomes no longer papltable
- can be used to check intracranial pressure as it causes the anterior frontanatal to bulge
describe the structure of the cartilaginous joints
- No synovial cavity
- little or no movement, little more movement then the fibrous joints
- Articulating bones connected by cartilage either fibrous or hyaline cartilage
what is the symphysis connected by
fibrocartilage
what is the synchrondosis connected by
hyaline cartilage