Joints Flashcards
Cranial and facial bones
Structure: Fibrous
Type: Suture
Function: Synarthrotic
Movement type: None
Coxal bones
Structure: Fibrous
Type: Sutures
Function: Synarthrotic
Movement: none
Distal tibiofibular
Structure: Fibrous
Type: Syndesmosis
Function: Amphiarthrotic
Movement type: wiggle room
Interosseous membrane of tibia and fibula
Structure: Fibrous
Type: Syndesmoses
Function: Amphiarthrotic
Movement: wiggle room
Interosseous membrane of radius and ulna
Structure: Fibrous
Type: Syndesmosis
Function: Diarthrotic
Movements: More freely
Teeth
Structure: Fibrous
Type: Gomphoses
Function: Synarthrotic
Movements: none
Adjacent vertebral bodies
Structure: Cartilaginous
Type: Symphysis
Function: amphiarthrotic
Pubic bones
Structure: Cartilaginous
Type: Symphysis
Function: amphiarthrotic
Sternum and rib 1
Structure: Cartilaginous
Type: Synchondrosis
Function: Synarthrotic
Movement: None
Epiphyseal plate
Structure: Cartilaginous
Type: Synchondrosis
Function: Synarthrotic
Movement: None
Intercarpal
Structure: Synovial
Type: Plane
Function: Diarthrotic
Movement: Gliding
Acromioclavicular
Structure: Synovial
Type: Plane
Function: Diarthrotic
Movement: Gliding
Sternocostal (ribs 2-7)
Structure: Synovial
Type: Plane
Function: Diarthrotic
Movement: Gliding
Carpometacarpal (digits 2-5)
Structure: Synovial
Type: Plane
Function: Diarthrotic
Movement: Gliding
Femoropatellar
Structure: Synovial
Type: Plane
Function: Diarthrotic
Movement: Gliding
Intertarsal
Structure: Synovial
Type: Plane
Function: Diarthrotic
Movement: Gliding